1816 papers
This research argues that crowdfunding serves as a superior predictor of SME internationalization and growth compared to traditional financial indicators by leveraging the "wisdom of the crowd" for market validation and strategic foresight.
This article argues that enhancing the financial resilience of Cameroonian local authorities requires a synergistic approach combining diversified funding sources—specifically through strengthened local taxation, optimized transfers, innovative mechanisms, and climate finance—with effective multilevel governance to ensure sustainable fiscal stability amidst economic and environmental pressures.
Using panel data from 269 Chinese cities (2011–2023), this study demonstrates that green finance pilot policies not only boost local green finance but also significantly drive development in adjacent non-pilot cities through spillover effects, particularly in economically advanced, large, non-resource, and digitally developed regions, while highlighting the need for improved policy mechanisms to sustain these benefits.
Based on a survey of 431 rural residents across five districts in Gujarat's oil and gas sector, this study reveals an "awareness paradox" where higher knowledge of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives does not lead to greater perceived rural development outcomes, suggesting that compliance-driven CSR communication often functions as a decoupled legitimacy signal rather than a driver of substantive beneficiary value.
This study integrates high-resolution spatial data with an agro-economic model to demonstrate that while establishing pesticide buffer zones near EU residential areas offers significant public health benefits with minimal aggregate production loss, it disproportionately affects high-value crops and necessitates careful management of intra-EU trade-offs and potential trade leakage.
Based on panel data from 30 Chinese provinces (2012–2024), this study demonstrates that Green Finance Reform and Innovation Pilot Zones significantly boost regional pollution-control investment by improving financing environments and stimulating technological innovation, with effects being particularly pronounced in less developed and more polluted regions.
This paper proposes a mathematical model of J.M. Keynes' *The General Theory* that strictly adheres to the original text to demonstrate how liquidity preference, the marginal efficiency of capital, and the marginal propensity to consume collectively determine aggregate income and employment.
This mixed-method study of Zambian microfinance institutions reveals that ownership structure significantly influences social sustainability, with cooperative and NGO models prioritizing community impact and inclusivity, whereas privately owned entities tend to focus on profitability, thereby supporting stakeholder theory's assertion that participatory ownership enhances social alignment.
This paper presents a framework for determining the maximum economically viable incentive for load flexibility by calculating avoided grid expansion costs under uncertainty, demonstrating that realistic incentive levels are significantly lower than currently reported in literature and should be evaluated based on avoided peak capacity rather than shifted energy volumes.
By comparing survey data from Zimbabwe and Laos, this study reveals that public perceptions of Chinese economic engagement are significantly more positive in Laos due to its visible infrastructure-led projects, whereas Zimbabwe's resource-intensive investments correlate with lower trust and perceived benefits, underscoring the critical role of project type and local context in shaping host-country attitudes.