📈 economics

The Interactive Effect of Investment Environment and Research and Development (R&D) on Productive Capacities

This study utilizes OLS analysis of data from 2007–2023 to reveal that while a favorable investment environment and R&D interaction generally boost productive capacity in developed nations, specific investment restrictions negatively impact developing countries, even though the interactive effect of R&D on investment components is stronger in developing economies.

Abolfazl Shahabadi, Haneih Samari2026-08-31
📈 economics

Relative Development and the Intelligence Divide: Human Capital, Technology Diffusion, and AI

This paper argues that whether AI helps poorer countries catch up depends not on access to the technology itself, but on a nation's human capital capacity to absorb and implement it, as countries with higher human capital exhibit significantly faster productivity mobility while those with lower capacity risk remaining trapped at the bottom despite cheaper intelligence.

Patrick A. Imam, Jonathan R.W. Temple2026-08-31
📈 economics

Electronic Word of Mouth as Reputational Infrastructure in International Entrepreneurship

This study theorizes electronic word of mouth (eWOM) as a critical upstream reputational infrastructure in international entrepreneurship, demonstrating how algorithmic path dependence, cultural distance, and stakeholder diversity shape the interpretation of digital signals to build legitimacy and manage trust across borders.

Daniel Kennebrew, Robert Zinko, Philip Bouchard, Mulugeta Wolde2026-08-31