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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0352.v1

Risk Connectedness among International Stock Markets: Fresh Findings from a Network Approach

Ki-Hong Choi, Seong-Min Yoon

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: risk connectedness; network approach; value-at-risk; international stock market; extreme risk

Online: 20 March 2023 (07:57:54 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0311.v1

Financial Risk Management of the Russian Economy During the COVID-19 Pandemic

S. P. Kolchin, N. Y. Glubokova, M. S. Gordienko, Galina N. Semenova, Milyausha K. Khalilova

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: risks; COVID-19 pandemics; Russian economy, financial stimulation, risk management.

Online: 17 March 2023 (01:44:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0279.v1

Memoryless Property of the Income Distribution as an Indication for Testing the Equality of Opportunity: Evidence from China (1978-2015)

Yong Tao

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Exponential income distribution; Memoryless property; Equality of opportunity; Veil of ignorance; Gibrat’s Law; Random growth theory

Online: 15 March 2023 (10:05:47 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0273.v1

The Regulatory Quality and ESG Model at World Level

Alberto Costantiello, Angelo Leogrande

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Analysis of Collective Decision-Making; General; Political Processes: Rent-Seeking; Lobbying; Elections; Legislatures; and Voting Behaviour; Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption; Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation; Implementation

Online: 15 March 2023 (08:49:24 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0180.v1

The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance and Sustainability Evolution Before and During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017-2022)

Paulo Caldas, Miguel Varela

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Hospital performance; Hospital quality; Sustainability; Performance evolution; Data Envelopment Analysis

Online: 9 March 2023 (13:07:25 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0495.v1

Increasing the Voltage – Sequencing Decarbonisation With Green Power & Efficiency

Stefan M. Buettner, Josefine Döpp, Liane Strauch, Marina Gilles, Werner König, Anna-Lena Klingler

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: decarbonisation; energy supply security; energy demand; energy systems; industry; capacity planning

Online: 28 February 2023 (02:53:02 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0424.v1

Future Readiness with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): Prospects and Challenges

Hafiz Aliyev, Ahmet Faruk Aysan, Umar Nawaz Kayani

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: NFT; Fintech; Blockchain; Finance; Innovation

Online: 24 February 2023 (09:16:21 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0214.v1

Assessment of Postharvest Loss of Avocado at Producers Level (Case of Wolaita and KembataTembaro Zones)

Abera Abebe Dolaso, Berhanu Kuma Shano

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Post-harvest losses; Avocado; producer’s; Quantity; MLR

Online: 13 February 2023 (10:00:45 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0120.v1

Digital Transformation and Export Quality of Chinese Products: An Analysis based on Innovation Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity

Fei Wang, Linwei Ye

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: digital transformation; innovation performance; total factor productivity; quality improvement

Online: 7 February 2023 (04:39:22 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0005.v1

Potential Forage Hybrid Markets for Enhancing Sustainability and Food Security in East Africa

Jhon Jairo Junca Paredes, Jesús Fernando Flórez Herrera, Karen Johanna Enciso Valencia, Luis Miguel Hernández Mahecha, Natalia Triana Ángel, Stefan Burkart

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: potential markets; improved forages; food systems; food security; forage hybrids; nutrition

Online: 1 February 2023 (02:45:07 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0572.v1

The Role of Government Effectiveness in the Light of ESG Data at Global Level

Lucio Laureti, Alberto Costantiello, Angelo Leogrande

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: analysis of collective decision-making; general; political processes: rent-seeking; lobbying; elections; legislatures; and voting behavior; bureaucracy; administrative processes in public organizations; corruption; positive analysis of policy formulation; implementation

Online: 31 January 2023 (04:39:04 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0556.v1

Green Deal and Carbon Neutrality Assessment of Czechia

Lukáš Rečka, Vojtěch Máca, Milan Ščasný

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Green deal; GHG emissions; carbon neutrality; EU ETS; TIMES-CZ

Online: 30 January 2023 (11:37:56 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0481.v1

Urban Regeneration and Social Housing Through the Capability Approach: An Experimental Approach

Domenico Marino, Gaetano Giunta, Andrea Giunta, Marco Giunta, Liliana Leone

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Urban regeneration; housing; capabilities approach; real experiment; redistribution policies

Online: 26 January 2023 (16:07:41 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0019.v1

The Fight Against Corruption at Global Level. A Metric Approach

Lucio Laureti, Alberto Costantiello, Angelo Leogrande

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Analysis of Collective Decision-Making; General; Political Processes: Rent-Seeking; Lobbying; Elec-tions; Legislatures; and Voting Behavior; Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organ-izations; Corruption; Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation; Implementation

Online: 3 January 2023 (08:36:13 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0508.v1

The Role of Trust in Government in China’s Rural Pension Program

Benxi Lin, Wenting Li, Yu Yvette Zhang, Junbiao Wu

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: China’s Rural Pension Program; Pension contribution; Trust in government; Propensity Score Matching method; Rural China

Online: 27 December 2022 (03:22:26 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0496.v1

The Role of Renewable Energy Consumption in Promoting Sustainability and Circular Economy. A Data-Driven Analysis

Lucio Laureti, Alberto Costantiello, Angelo Leogrande

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Environmental Economics; General; Valuation of Environmental Effects; Pollution Control Adop-tion and Costs; Recycling.

Online: 27 December 2022 (01:30:08 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0317.v1

The Determinants of U.S. Olive Oil Imports

A. Malek Hammami, John C. Beghin

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: olive oil; trade; gravity equation; migrant network

Online: 19 December 2022 (03:54:13 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0193.v1

The Impact of Renewable Electricity Output on Sustainability in the Context of Circular Economy: A Global Perspective

Lucio Laureti, Alberto Costantiello, Angelo Leogrande

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: environmental economics; general; valuation of environmental effects; pollution control adoption and costs; recycling

Online: 12 December 2022 (04:40:25 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0015.v1

Fintech as a Financial Disruptor: The Bibliometric Analysis

Zhamal Nanaeva, Ahmet F. Aysan

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Fintech; disruption; transformation; bibliometric analysis

Online: 1 December 2022 (08:09:39 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0522.v1

Can We be Optimistic about Carbon Neutrality Goal of China? A Research about The Mediating Role of Production Automation Based on Carbon Kuznets Curve

Panda Su, Yu Wang

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: carbon reduction; production automation; labor cost; manufacturing transformation; manufacturing intelligence

Online: 29 November 2022 (02:33:50 CET)

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As China put forward its “carbon emissions peak and carbon neutrality” goals, how to achieve carbon reduction had become a key for China’s goal. The manufacturing industry is an important source of carbon dioxide emissions. For a manufacturing country like China, adjustments in various aspects of the industry would have a huge impact on carbon emissions. As an important reform of contemporary production mode, the process of production automation in China will inevitably affect China's carbon emissions. Therefore, the analysis of the impact of production automation on carbon dioxide emissions was an important basis for judging the future carbon reduction in China. Refer to the traditional study of carbon Kuznets curve, this paper analyzed the impact of average wage on production automation and the role of production automation in the carbon Kuznets curve(CKC). This paper proposed that production automation plays a mediating role in the process of carbon emissions, and gives a verification model of the mediating role. By analyzing the relationship between average wage and production automation process, the U-shaped curve relationship between them was verified. By examining the relationship between carbon dioxide emission data and production automation industry in China, we verified that production automation plays a partial mediating role in the change of carbon Kuznets curve. Combined with the analysis of the two parts, this paper believed that with the continuous development of China's intelligent manufacturing industry, China's carbon reduction prospects were more optimistic, and there was a good industrial foundation to achieve the “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality” goals. Finally, this paper proposes policy suggestions as increase research investment in production automation, help promote the application of production automation, encourage the research and application development of low-carbon technology, especially encourage modular design, so as to give full play to the role of production automation in the process of carbon neutrality in China.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0391.v1

Decomposing the Impact of GMO Regulation on Bilateral Trade: An Application to Corn Trade

John C. Beghin, M. Amine Hedoui

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Genetically modified organism (GMO); corn; asynchronous regulation; trade

Online: 21 November 2022 (11:55:07 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0268.v1

Difference Between Franchisers with and without Direct Retail Stores

Jin Hyung Lee

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: franchise market; market saturation; regulation

Online: 15 November 2022 (03:15:09 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0245.v1

The Impact of Patent Applications on Technological Innovation in European Countries

ANGELO LEOGRANDE, Alberto Costantiello, Lucio Laureti

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Innovation, and Invention: Processes and Incentives; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; Diffusion Processes; Open Innovation

Online: 14 November 2022 (08:26:39 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0212.v1

Exploration on Inter-relation of Environmental Regulation, Economic Structure, and Economic Growth: Provincial Evidence from China

Ye Tian, Qian Wan, Yao Tan

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Environmental Regulations; Economic Structure; Economic Growth; PVAR Model

Online: 11 November 2022 (03:25:10 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0207.v1

Rural Areas and Well-Being: Empirical Models and Policies

Domenico Marino, Domenico Tebala

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Fair and sustainable well-being; rural area; complementarities; policies multidimensionality; terri-torial differentials

Online: 11 November 2022 (02:06:31 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0117.v1

Price Dynamics and Integration in India's Staple Food Commodities – Evidence from Wholesale and Retail Rice and Wheat Markets

Ramadas Sendhil, Kashish Arora, Sunny Kumar, Priyanka Lal, Arnab Roy, Ramalingam Jayakumara Varadan, Sivasankar Vedi, Pouchepparadjou Anandan

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: commodity market; price integration; seasonal price index; cointegration; rice and wheat; impulse response function; wholesale and retail

Online: 7 November 2022 (10:58:26 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0434.v1

How Do Mass Rapid Transit and Convenience Stores Affect Housing Prices?

Qian Qingshan

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Housing Prices; MRT; Prediction; Machine Learning

Online: 27 October 2022 (11:12:44 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0394.v1

Systematic Review of Socio-Economic Assessments of Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Areas

Mar Riera-Spiegelhalder, Luís Campos-Rodrigues, Elena Marie Enseñado, Janneke den Dekker-Arlain, Olympia Papadopoulou, Stratos Arampatzis, Koen Vervoort

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Climate change adaptation; Coastal cities; Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA); Socio-economic assessment; Systematic literature review

Online: 26 October 2022 (03:33:30 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0118.v1

Financial Inclusion Strategy and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Short-Run Empirical Analysis

Callistar Obi

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Adult Population; Economic Growth; Financial Exclusion; Financial Inclusion; Financial Institutions; Financial Inclusion Strategy

Online: 10 October 2022 (10:07:47 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0093.v1

The Short and Long Run Impact of Population Growth and HIV Incidence on Economic Growth and Economic Development in Selected African Countries

Thomas Mwimba, Mhponyane Marialetta Telukhunoana, Esther Wambui Karanja, Nomfundo Ndzimandze

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: population growth; HIV/AIDS; GDP; per capita GDP; PMG

Online: 8 October 2022 (04:38:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0060.v1

Characteristics of the Board of Directors and Corporate Financial Performance – An Empirical Evidence

Van Chien Nguyen, Thuan Huynh Thi Ngoc

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Impact; board of directors; endogeneity; cross-sectional dependence; firm performance

Online: 6 October 2022 (09:22:17 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0397.v1

Foreign Aid and External Debt–A Bane or a Boom to the Ghanaian Economy? New Insights

Sulemana Mumuni

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: foreign aid; external debt; debt overhang; dependency theory; Ghana; VECM

Online: 26 September 2022 (11:21:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0393.v1

The Opportunity Driven Entrepreneurship in the Context of Innovation Systems in Europe in the Period 2010-2019

Angelo Leogrande, Alberto Costantiello, Lucio Laureti

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Innovation; and Invention: Processes and Incentives; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; Diffusion Processes; Open Innovation

Online: 26 September 2022 (10:39:02 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0376.v1

(Un)sustainable Wildlife Conservation

Robert E. Wright

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: wildlife conservation; common pool; top-down regulation; private ownership; extinction

Online: 26 September 2022 (04:28:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0166.v1

The Role of Non-R&D Expenditures in Promoting Innovation in Europe

Angelo Leogrande, Albertoc Costantiello, Lucio Laureti

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: innovation and invention: processes and incentives; management of technological innovation and R&D; diffusion orocesses; open innovation

Online: 13 September 2022 (09:50:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0053.v1

The Impact of New Doctorate Graduates on Innovation Systems in Europe

Angelo Leogrande, Alberto Costantiello, Lucio Laureti

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Innovation, and Invention: Processes and Incentives; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; Diffusion Processes; Open Innovation.

Online: 5 September 2022 (08:56:35 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0476.v2

Zero Hunger by 2030 – Are We on Track? Climate Variability and Change Impacts on Food Security in Africa

Sulemana Mumuni, Machol Joseph Aleer

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Climate Variability; Climate Change; Food Security; Zero Hunger; System GMM; PCSE

Online: 31 August 2022 (03:22:49 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0476.v1

Zero Hunger by 2030 – Are We on Track? Climate Variability and Change Impacts on Food Security in Africa

Sulemana Mumuni, Machol Joseph Aleer

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Climate Variability; Climate Change; Food Security; Zero Hunger; System GMM; PCSE

Online: 29 August 2022 (08:14:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0471.v1

Impact of Using Extension Services of Organic Fertilizers for Carbon Sequestration in China: Evolutionary Game Analysis on Local Governments and Farmers' Behavioral Strategies

Qiang Zhang

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: carbon sequestration; evolutionary game theory; organic fertilizer; food security

Online: 29 August 2022 (07:29:22 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0461.v1

Efficiency of Rice-Cum-Fish Culture in Ghatail Area of Tangail District

Manuj Kumar Das, Rony Roy, Md. Lutfor Rahman Shimanta

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Rice; Fish; Culture; Efficiency; Environment; Rice-Fish Culture

Online: 26 August 2022 (14:04:49 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0445.v1

Does Adult Children’s Education Increase Parents Longevity in China?

Yanna Ma, Zhanli Ma, Moqin Yang

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Adult children's education; parental longevity; truncated regression; emotional support.

Online: 26 August 2022 (04:18:44 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0374.v1

K-Means Clusterization and Machine Learning Prediction of European Most Cited Scientific Publications

Angelo Leogrande, Alberto Costantiello, Lucio Laureti

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Processes and Incentives; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; Diffusion Processes; Open Innovation

Online: 22 August 2022 (04:51:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0300.v1

The Export of Medium and High-Tech Products Manufactured in Europe

Angelo Leogrande, Alberto Costantiello, Lucio Laureti

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Innovation; and Invention; Processes and Incentives; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; Diffusion Processes; Open Innovation

Online: 17 August 2022 (04:33:29 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0200.v1

The Determinants of Lifelong Learning in Europe

Alberto Costantiello, Lucio Laureti, Angelo Leogrande

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Processes and Incentives; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; Diffusion Processes; Open Innovation

Online: 10 August 2022 (09:59:09 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0195.v1

Marketing and Organizational Innovations in Europe

Alberto Costantiello, Lucio Laureti, Angelo Leogrande

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: innovation; and invention: processes and incentives; management of technological innovation and R&D; diffusion processes; open innovation

Online: 10 August 2022 (07:53:45 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0457.v1

Rethinking Push-Pull Factors and Multiplier Effects of Egalitarian and Inclusive Creative Economy through The Lens and Vantage Point of A Recent “Citayam Pop-up and Makeshift Fashion Week” Phenomenon Related to the SE Asian Youth Street Subculture

Andri Wibowo

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Citayam; fashion week; inclusive; makeshift; subculture

Online: 29 July 2022 (09:54:22 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0336.v1

Modelling the Integrated Environmental Accounting for Marine Protected Areas: The Case of Porto Cesareo Marine Protected Area (Italy)

Francesca Visintin, Elisa Tomasinsig, Maurizio Spoto, Francesco Marangon, Paolo D'Ambrosio, Luciana Muscogiuri, Sergio Fai, Stefania Troiano

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Life Cycle Assessment; Marine Ecosystem Service; Indicators; Cost Benefit Analysis; Porto Cesareo Marine Protected Area; CICES

Online: 22 July 2022 (11:43:53 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0237.v1

Crop Diversification and Resilience of Drought-Resistant Species in Semi-arid Areas: An Economic and Environmental Analysis

Annalisa De Boni, Antonia D'Amico, Claudio Acciani, Rocco Roma

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: crop diversification; resilience; water management; water efficiency

Online: 15 July 2022 (14:54:43 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0093.v1

Evaluating Tobacco Excise Sharing Fund as Policy Instrument for Farmers’ Viable Alternatives in Indonesia: Case Study of Four Municipalities in Indonesia

Abdillah Ahsan, Nur Hadi Wiyono, Nadira Amalia, Retno Rusdjijati, Meita Veruswati, Santi Martini, Yayi Suryo Prabandari, Adela Miranti Yuniar

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: tobacco control; tobacco farming; FCTC; Indonesia; public health

Online: 6 July 2022 (09:00:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0396.v1

A Perspective for Economic and Social Unfoldings of AI

Hime Oliveira

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Fuzzy Logic; Global optimization; Mechanism design; Game theory; Artificial inference; Global learning

Online: 29 June 2022 (05:22:14 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0345.v1

Theoretical Aspects of the Analysis of Learning and Growth Based on a Balanced Scorecard

Sergey Krylov

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: applied strategic analysis; balanced scorecard; learning and growth; personnel; management; company

Online: 27 June 2022 (03:28:09 CEST)

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Research background – Learning and growth is one of the essential tools that companies ought to use in today's market economy in order to ensure their sustainable development in the long-term and, consequently, to achieve their maximum market value.Purpose – This article is predominantly of theoretical nature and considers the possibility of using the applied strategic analysis technique that was developed by the author to analyze learning and growth in the course of a study of strategic aspects of learning growth. The technique is based on the balanced scorecard system of the same name. Design/methodology/approach – Methodologically, the study is based on Kaplan and Norton's balanced scorecard concept and the author's concept of applied strategic analysis. Findings – It is shown that applied strategic analysis of learning and growth envisages comparative evaluation, diagnostics of deviations and predictions of the values of the balanced scorecard metrics of learning and growth in the dimension of strategic objectives. It includes analysis of the level of motivation in employees, the volume of authroity delegation and whether their personal goals match company goals; analysis of the expansion capacity of information systems, and analysis of the quality of retraining and the creativity level of employees. The applied strategic analysis of learning and growth with comparative evaluation of the metrics of the level of motivation in employees, the volume of delegation to them and of the match between their personal and corporate goals, and concludes with a prediction of the values of factor measures of the quality of retraining and creativity development in employees.Originality/value – The author comes to a conclusion that applied strategic analysis of learning and growth is a new and sufficiently effective instrucment for studying the strategic aspects of companies' performance that is associated with the training and development of their personnel. The instrument provides analytical support to strategic management as regards personnel training and development in today's conditions. Its results might be useful when working out managerial decisions for the company's short-term, medium-term and long-term plans in the area of learning and growth.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0314.v1

Heterogeneous Dynamic Correlation Research Among Industrial Structure Distortion, Two-way FDI, and Carbon emission intensity

Jiansheng You, Guohan Ding, Liyuan Zhang

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: two-way FDI; structural distortion; ecological civilization construction; spatial econometrics; carbon emission intensity

Online: 22 June 2022 (10:10:13 CEST)

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In this paper, industrial structure distortion, two-way FDI and carbon emission intensity are brought into a unified research framework, and based on China's panel data from 2011 to 2020, empirical tests are conducted employing Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA), spatial econometric model and intermediary effect test. The results show the following. Firstly, China's industrial structure distortion index shows a downward trend. The industrial structure distortion index is the highest in the west, followed by the middle, and the lowest in the East. Secondly, the relationship between carbon emission intensity and economic development shows a "decoupling" effect and keeps decreasing year by year. The spatial disparity is remarkable, showing the pattern of "the east leading, the middle catching up and the west lagging ". At the provincial level, except in Xinjiang province, the carbon emission intensity of other provinces showed different degrees of decline. In terms of spatial distribution, the polarization characteristics of carbon emission intensity are significant, and the traditional spatial distribution pattern has been broken. Thirdly, there is a positive spatial correlation between China's industrial structure distortion, two-way FDI and carbon emission intensity. The distortion of industrial structure will not only lead to the increase of local carbon emission intensity but also produce reverse spillover to adjacent areas. IFDI and OFDI provide a strong driving force for the decline of carbon emission intensity. IFDI promotes the decline of carbon emission intensity in adjacent areas, while OFDI will increase the carbon emission intensity in surrounding areas. The interaction of IFDI and OFDI can significantly reduce the carbon emission intensity of local and adjacent areas. Fourthly, the results of intermediary effect analysis show that two-way FDI is the two channels of industrial structure distortion affecting carbon emission intensity. Industrial structure distortion can affect the transmission mechanism of carbon emission intensity by affecting two-way FDI.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0202.v1

The Prediction of Diabetes

Alessandro Massaro, Nicola Magaletti, Gabriele Cosoli, Vito O.M. Giardinelli, Angelo Leogrande

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Machine Learning; Clusterization; Elbow Method; Prediction; Correlation Matrix; Principal Component Analysis; Binary and non-Binary regression models

Online: 14 June 2022 (09:54:46 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0173.v1

Estimation of Water Resources Ecological Service System Value in Tarim River Basin -- From a Full Value Chain Perspective

Quan Lu, Duo Hua, Yanjun Li, Dezhen Wang

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Tarim river; ecological service function value; river ecosystem; evaluation indicators

Online: 13 June 2022 (09:33:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0169.v1

The Exports of Knowledge Intensive Services: A Complex Metric Approach

Angelo Leogrande, Alberto Costantiello, Lucio Laureti

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: innovation, and invention: processes and incentives; management of technological innovation and R&D; diffusion processes; open innovation

Online: 13 June 2022 (05:21:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0067.v1

Impacts of COVID-19 on Nutritional Intake in Rural China: Panel Data Evidence

Xinru Han, Yufei Guo, Ping Xue, Xiudong Wang, Wenbo Zhu

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: COVID-19; nutritional intake; rural China; food consumption; food security

Online: 6 June 2022 (08:22:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0283.v1

Energy Economics in the GCC: A Synergistic Product of Engineering and Economics at Missouri S&T

Yishu Zhou, Joseph D. Smith, Greg Gelles

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: energy policy; energy economics; renewable energy; fossil energy; nuclear energy; hybrid energy; teaching

Online: 23 May 2022 (03:33:09 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0263.v1

The Determinants of Internet User Skills in Europe

Angelo Leogrande, Nicola Magaletti, Gabriele Cosoli, Vito Giardinelli, Alessandro Massaro

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Processes and Incentives; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; Diffusion Processes; Open Innovation

Online: 19 May 2022 (15:25:11 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0240.v1

Export Decision and Formal Credit Constraints - Evidence in Vietnamese Small and Medium Enterprises

Trang Phan

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Credit constraints; Export; SMEs; Instrumental variable; Probit regression; Vietnam

Online: 18 May 2022 (10:35:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0235.v1

Dependence Structure between Bitcoin and Economic Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Time-Frequency Quantile-Dependence Methods

Samia Nasreen, Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Zhuhua Jiang, Seong-Min Yoon

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Bitcoin; economic policy uncertainty; spillover; wavelet coherence analysis; quantile cross-spectral dependence

Online: 18 May 2022 (03:15:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0065.v1

Supervision of Banking Networks Using the Multivariate Threshold-Minimum Dominating Set (mT-MDS)

Periklis Gogas, Theophilos Papadimitriou, Maria-Artemis Matthaiou

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Complex networks; Minimum Dominating Set; Banking supervision; monitoring optimization

Online: 6 May 2022 (09:08:42 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0216.v1

The Innovation Index in Europe

Angelo Leogrande, Lucio Laureti, Alberto Costantiello

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: innovation and invention: processes and incentives; management of technological innovation and R&D; diffusion processes; open innovation

Online: 25 April 2022 (04:40:06 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0094.v1

Be Nice to Thy Neighbours: Spatial Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Poverty in Africa

Sodiq Arogundade, Mduduzi Biyase, Santos Bila

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: FDI; Driscoll-Kraay fixed effect instrumental variable regression; IV-GMM; Spatial Durbin Model; Poverty; Institutional quality; Africa

Online: 11 April 2022 (10:58:49 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0343.v1

Enacting Economic Resilience: A Synthesis of Economic and Communication Frameworks

Timothy Betts, Patrice M Buzzanell

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: resilience; communication; systemic risk; systemic recovery

Online: 25 March 2022 (09:02:49 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0218.v1

International Migration Projections across Skill Levels in the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

Soheil Shayegh, Johannes Emmerling, Massimo Tavoni

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Migration; Shared Socioeconomic Pathways; Inequality; Labor; Demographics; Human capital

Online: 15 March 2022 (14:29:19 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0207.v1

An Interdependence Model of Comparative Advantage by Network Theory —In Case of Dyads in International Trade Networks—

Nobuo Yazawa

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: revealed comparative advantage; network theory; interdependence; international trade; reciprocity; dependence

Online: 15 March 2022 (11:02:09 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0115.v1

Tourism Dynamics and Sustainability: A Compared Analysis in Mediterranean Islands. Evidence for Post-Covid-19 Strategies

Giovanni Ruggieri, Patrizia Calò

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: tourism; islands; impact; economic development; sustainability

Online: 8 March 2022 (02:45:35 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0088.v1

ICT Specialists in Europe

Angelo Leogrande, Nicola Magaletti, Gabriele Cosoli, Vito Giardinelli, Alessandro Massaro

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: innovation, and invention: processes and incentives; management of technological innovation and R&D; diffusion processes; open innovation

Online: 7 March 2022 (04:17:02 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0359.v1

E-Government in Europe. A Machine Learning Approach

Angelo Leogrande, Nicola Magaletti, Gabriele Cosoli, Alessandro Massaro

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Innovation, and Invention: Processes and Incentives; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; Diffusion Processes; Open Innovation

Online: 28 February 2022 (12:10:28 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0226.v1

Broadband Price Index in Europe

Angelo Leogrande, Nicola Magaletti, Gabriele Cosoli, Alessandro Massaro

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Processes and Incentives; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; Diffusion Processes; Open Innovation

Online: 18 February 2022 (07:39:06 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0217.v1

New Trends in Consumption in Poland as Shown by the Example of a Freeshop Concept

Andrzej Poszewiecki, Joanna Czerepko

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Cirrcular economy; freeshops; sharing economy; consumer behaviour

Online: 17 February 2022 (15:08:21 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0182.v1

Foreign Doctorate Students in Europe

Lucio Laureti, Alberto Costantiello, Marco Maria Matarrese, Angelo Leogrande

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: innovation and invention; processes and incentives; management of technological innovation and R&D; diffusion processes; open innovation

Online: 15 February 2022 (04:59:42 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0140.v1

In-utero Ramadan Exposure and Child Nutrition

Hoi Chu, Srinivas Goli, Anu Rammohan

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Child nutrition; Religion; Ramadan fasting; In-utero exposure

Online: 9 February 2022 (16:00:34 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0023.v1

Assessing Public Interest Towards Renewable Wind Energy Using Google Trends

Alexandra Perju-Mitran, Daniela Zirra, Raul Augustin Mitran

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: consumer behavior; Google Trends; wind energy; public interest; environmental marketing.

Online: 1 February 2022 (21:39:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0470.v1

Enterprises Providing ICT Training in Europe

Lucio Laureti, Alberto Costantiello, Marco Maria Matarrese, Angelo Leogrande

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: General; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives; Management of Technological Innovation; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital.

Online: 31 January 2022 (14:02:47 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0450.v1

Crowding in or crowding out? Public Investment and Private Investment in South Africa: An ECM Approach

Dumisani Pamba

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Credit to Private Sector; Foreign Direct Investment; Government Consumption Expenditure; Public Investment; Error Correction Model and South Africa

Online: 31 January 2022 (11:15:23 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0330.v1

Does Globalization Encourage Female Employment? A Cross-Country Panel Study

Asrifa Hossain, Shankar Ghimire, Anna Valeva, Jessica Harriger-Lin

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Female Participation in Labor Force (FPLF); Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); System GMM

Online: 21 January 2022 (13:39:27 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0274.v1

The Macroeconomics of Food Insecurity and Food Price in Ethiopia: Bayesian VAR Analysis

Ahmed Hassen

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Food Security; Food lnflation; Bayesian VAR

Online: 19 January 2022 (14:21:46 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0257.v1

Does Foreign Direct Investment Crowd in or Crowd out Domestic Investment in South Africa? An ARDL-ECM Approach

Dumisani Pamba

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: FDI; Domestic Investment; Government Investment Expenditure; Economic Growth; Real exchange rate; Gross Domestic Savings; Trade openness; ARDL-ECM Approach and South Africa

Online: 18 January 2022 (12:42:00 CET)

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The aim of this study is to empirically examine the link between foreign direct investment (FDI) and domestic investment (DI) in South Africa over the period of 41 years (1975-2016). Accurately, it attempts to determine whether FDI crowds in or crowds out DI in South Africa. DI is sub-divided into private domestic investment (credit to domestic private sector) and public corporation investment (state owned enterprises). We used the Autoregressive Distributed Lag-Error Correction Model (ARDL-ECM) technique to ascertain long run and short run effects concurrently after establishing that the variables were stationary (using the PP test). The results of the unit root test shows that all variables are integrated of order zero I(0) or integrated of order one I(1), indicating that the series of variables are stationary in the level or first difference form. The findings revealed that variables are cointegrated in the long run. The ARDL model found a negative link between FDI and domestic investment. The result implies that FDI crowds out domestic investment. Moreover, the long run estimate revealed that domestic investment is crowded in by government investment expenditure (GINV). Other findings uncovered that, GDP crowds out private domestic investment while crowding in public corporation investment. Moreover, the long run estimate revealed that domestic investment is crowded in by gross domestic savings (SAV). On the other hand, the real exchange rate (EXCR) crowds out private domestic investment while crowding in public corporation investment. Trade openness (TRA) crowds out domestic investment. Additionally, the short run estimate uncovered that private domestic investment is crowded out by FDI, EXCR, and TRA whereas GINV, GDP and SAV is crowding in private domestic investment. Other findings discovered that, in the short run, public corporation investment is crowded out by FDI, GDP, EXCR and TRA, while GINV and SAV crowd in public corporation investment. The CUSUM confirms that the models are structurally firmness.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0209.v1

The Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy on Economic Growth in South Africa: An Empirical Analysis

Dumisani Pamba

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Economic Growth; Gross Fixed Capital Formation; Government Expenditure; Government Deficit; Vector Auto-Regression and South Africa

Online: 14 January 2022 (11:36:07 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0142.v1

The Link between Tax Revenue Components and Economic Growth: Evidence from South Africa. An ARDL Approach

Dumisani Pamba

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Tax Revenue; FDI; Inflation; Gross Savings; Economic Growth; ARDL Model

Online: 11 January 2022 (13:05:45 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0044.v1

The Impact of Climate-Change-Related Disasters on Africa’s Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Conflicts: Can Humanitarian Aid and Food Assistance Offset the Damage?

Go Shimada

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: climate change; natural disasters; agricultural production; food aid; official development assistance; conflict; poverty; cereal production; humanitarian aid

Online: 5 January 2022 (13:24:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0495.v1

The Impact of the "Belt and Road" Initiative on Tourism Economic Development in Chinese Regions Along the Route---An Empirical Analysis Based on DID Model

Yuyang Lu, Alaaddin Colak

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: "The Belt and Road" initiative; Tourism Economy; DID; Parallel Trend

Online: 31 December 2021 (08:48:37 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0419.v2

Does Agricultural Mechanization Improve the Green Total Factor Productivity of China’s Planting Industry?

Yingyu Zhu, Yan Zhang, Huilan Piao

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Agricultural mechanization; Planting industry; Net carbon sink; Green total factor productivity

Online: 28 December 2021 (11:05:03 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0432.v1

On the Health Care Luxury Good Hypothesis

Esmaeil Ebadi

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Consumption; Health care expenditure; Luxury good hypothesis; Permanent income hypothesis; Panel cointegration

Online: 27 December 2021 (14:09:29 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0419.v1

Does Mechanization Improve the Green Total Factor Productivity of China’s Planting Industry?

Yingyu Zhu, Yan Zhang, Huilan Piao

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: mechanization; planting industry; net carbon sink; green total factor productivity; technology progress; operation scale; factor allocation; technical efficiency; spatial spillover

Online: 27 December 2021 (10:01:50 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0247.v1

Fierce Heat and Players’ Health: Examining the View on Japan High School Baseball

Eiji Yamamura

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: high school baseball; health; heatwave; heatstroke; sustainability; environment; gender difference; Japan

Online: 14 December 2021 (18:35:09 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0210.v1

Agri-Environmental Indicators: a Systemic Review to Assess New EU Green Deal Policies

Michele Giuseppe Salvan, Danilo Bertoni, Stefano Bocchi, Daniele Cavicchioli

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Policy Assessment; Green Deal; EU Common Agricultural Policy; Scaled Indicators; Greening

Online: 13 December 2021 (15:55:03 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0200.v1

Spatial Spillover Effects of Agricultural Transport Costs in Peru

Pedro Herrera-Catalán, Coro Chasco, Máximo Torero

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Agricultural Transport Costs; New Economic Geography; Spatial Spillovers; Agglomeration Effects; Origin-Destination Flow Models

Online: 13 December 2021 (12:38:33 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0449.v2

Power Theory of Exchange and Money

Yaroslav Stefanov

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: exchange; exchange theory; money; money theory; power

Online: 26 November 2021 (12:47:48 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0449.v1

Power Theory of Exchange and Money

Yaroslav Stefanov

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: exchange; exchange theory; money; money theory; power

Online: 24 November 2021 (09:25:46 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0445.v1

Changes in Inequality in Utilization of Maternal Health Care: Evidence from Skilled Birth Attendance in Mauritania for the Period 2007-2015

Mohamed Vadel Taleb El Hassen, Juan M. Cabasés, Moulay Driss Zine Eddine El Idrissi

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Skilled birth attendance; Inequality; Concentration curve; Concentration index; Oaxaca decomposition; Mauritania

Online: 24 November 2021 (08:20:28 CET)

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Background: The presence of a skilled health professional at delivery is critical to reduce infant and maternal mortality. Health development plans and strategies, especially in developing countries, consider equity in access to maternal health care services as a priority. This study aimed to measure and analyze the inequality in the use of skilled births attendance services in Mauritania. The study identifies the inequality determinants and to explore its changes over the period 2007–2015. Methods: The concentration curve, concentration index, decomposition of the concentration index and Oaxaca-type decomposition technique were performed to measure socio-economics related inequalities in skilled birth attendance services utilization and identify contribution of different determinants to such inequality as well as the changes in inequality overtime using data from Mauritania Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) 2007, 2011 and 2015. Results: The concentration index for skilled birth attendance services utilization dropped from 0.6324 [P < 0.001] in 2007 to 0.5852 [P < 0.001] in 2015. Prenatal care, household wealth Status and urban-rural location made the biggest contributions to socio-economic related inequalities. Decomposition of the concentration index and Oaxaca-type decomposition revealed changes prenatal care, rural-urban location made positive contributions to decline in inequality. However, alternation in household wealth score, woman’s age, her education level and the number of living children pushed the equality toward deterioration. Conclusion: Clearly, the pro-rich inequality in skilled birth attendance is high in Mauritania despite a slight decrease during the study period. Policy actions on eliminating urban-rural and wealth index disparity should target increase access to skilled birth attendance. Multisectoral Policy actions is needed to improve social determinants of health and to remove health system bottlenecks including socio-economic empowerment of women and girls, enhancing availability and affordability of Reproductive and Maternal Health commodities, improving availability of obstetrical providers in rural area, promoting a better distribution and quality of health infrastructure particularly health posts and health centers, and replacing user fees by an equitable, efficient and sustainable financing scheme under an universal health coverage vision.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0388.v1

From Mises and Hayek to the Planned and Mixed Economy. Planning Criteria, Basic Income, Guaranteed Job

Yaroslav Stefanov

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: planned economy; distribution; market economy; convergence; Mises; Hayek; universal basic income; guaranteed job

Online: 22 November 2021 (12:04:21 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0075.v1

How does Human Capital Heterogeneity Affect Chinese Enterprises' Direct Investment in Africa?

Chen Gao, Dingsheng Zhang, Mingshuo Cao, Ya Wen

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Africa; Human Capital; OFDI; Heterogeneity

Online: 3 November 2021 (09:16:52 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0061.v1

Financial Technology in Financial Inclusions and its Implications on Poverty from Indonesia

Fransiskus Aba, Denise Linardy

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Economic well-being; Poverty alleviation; Quantitative data analysis

Online: 3 November 2021 (08:17:17 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202110.0341.v1

Going Green or Going away? A Spatial Empirical Examination of the Relationship Between Agglomeration and Green Total-Factor Productivity in the Context of the Carbon Emissions Peak

Tan Jiayin, Ren Zhen, Hao Aimin, Zhang Zimo

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Green total factor productivity; Economic agglomeration; Employment density; Dynamic spatial Dupin model; Spatial spillover

Online: 25 October 2021 (10:41:24 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202110.0180.v1

Efficiency of Micro and Small Enterprises in Ethiopia: Evidence from Data Envelope Analysis Model

Abebe Birhanu Ayele

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: MSEs; Technical Efficiency; DMU

Online: 12 October 2021 (12:49:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202110.0172.v1

The Effect of Productive Safety Net Programme on Household Food Consumption and Dietary Diversity in Ethiopia

Mebratu Feyisa

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: PSNP; household food consumption; household dietary diversity; random effect; instrumental variable

Online: 11 October 2021 (17:15:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202110.0064.v1

The Era of Digital Transition in the Prism of the Existential Threat of Job Loss: Corporate Social Responsibility

Irina G. Shestakova

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: digital transit; sustainable development; labor market; professional employment; economic sustainability; pace of development; artificial intelligence (AI); corporate social responsibility.

Online: 4 October 2021 (15:36:30 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202110.0032.v1

Factors Affecting Human Capital in Singapore

S M Nazmuz Sakib

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Human Capital; Human Capital Management; Human Capital Factors; Affecting Factors in Human Capital; Human Capital in Singapore

Online: 4 October 2021 (08:45:54 CEST)

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