📈 economics

Fragile When It Matters: Regimes, Spillovers, and the Structural Determinants of Gold ETF Tracking Errors

This study reveals that gold ETFs, often marketed as crisis insurance, exhibit significantly degraded tracking fidelity during stress periods due to cross-market spillovers and structural hierarchies, rendering them least reliable precisely when investors need them most.

Ahmad Shauqi bin Haji Mohamad Zubir, Che Mohd Imran bin Che Taib, Zalailah binti Salleh, Nik Nor Amalina binti Nik Mohd (…)2026-08-21
📈 economics

From Talent Attraction to Retention in Qatar

Drawing on survey data from four key talent groups in Qatar, this paper argues that effective talent retention requires shifting policy focus from mere recruitment to fostering long-term attachment through improved residency pathways, career development, and workplace integration, as evidenced by a significant gap between the perceived importance of retention and current government actions.

Ahmed A. Khalifa, Ali H. Fetais, Asma O. Al-Khtib, Jesper Akesson2026-08-21
📈 economics

Multi-Dimensional Sales Performance and Demand Pattern Analysis for Strategic Business Optimization: A Descriptive Business Analytics Study of a Kitchen Appliances Company in Coimbatore

This descriptive analytics study utilizes a Power BI-based dashboard to analyze sales data from a Coimbatore kitchen appliance company, revealing that despite the pandemic, sales grew driven by grinder products and top dealers in South India, thereby offering actionable insights for seasonal inventory planning and strategic business optimization.

Saravanapriya M, Senthilkumar K. G., Nithin Balaraman2026-08-21
📈 economics

Beyond Vulnerability: Measuring External Resilience in the Global Economy, 1998–2024

This paper introduces and validates the External Resilience Index (ERI), a multidimensional framework measuring 196 economies' capacity to absorb and adapt to external shocks through buffer and structural-adaptive resilience, demonstrating its effectiveness as a diagnostic tool for sovereign debt distress and IMF programme participation while clarifying its role as a complement to, rather than a universal predictor of, financial crises.

Paul Oluikpe2026-08-21
📈 economics

Do the servitization of manufacturing inputs and outputs have the same impact on carbon emission efficiency? Evidence from the “Belt and Road” Initiative

This study utilizes EORA input-output data and a super-efficiency SBM-GML model to demonstrate that while both input and output servitization in manufacturing initially suppress carbon emission efficiency due to a "green cost," they exhibit a U-shaped nonlinear relationship where the negative impact is mitigated by increasing knowledge-intensive service inputs and high value-added manufacturing, offering critical insights for Belt and Road Initiative countries pursuing sustainable production.

Yongcai Han, Yujia Li, Zhaofan Tan2026-08-20