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The Poverty Reduction Capacity of Nature‐Based Tourism in Lao PDR—A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Study

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the distributional impact of nature‐based tourism (NBT) revenues on relative incomes and poverty incidence by employing a SAM model in a village adjacent to a protected natural area in Lao PDR. The findings suggest that while community‐based tourism (CBT) benefits both poor and non‐poor households, indicating the ...
Frédéric Thomas
wiley   +1 more source

Chinese Development Finance and African Policy Space: Towards Productive Incoherence?

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How does Chinese Development Finance influence perceptions of policy space across Sub‐Saharan Africa? This paper employs Grabel's concept of ‘productive incoherence’ to both describe the ‘new development finance landscape’ and to explore its implications for recipient‐country policy space.
Jack Taggart, Han Cheng, Marcus Power
wiley   +1 more source

Success and Failure of Blockchain Technology Providers: Founders' Power, Beyond‐Blockchain Exploration and Centralized Decision‐Making

open access: yesJournal of Operations Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite a growing focus on blockchain adoption within operations and supply chains, these initiatives exhibit an exceedingly high failure rate, with many failing to achieve sustainable success. Why are enterprise blockchain adoptions highly susceptible to failure?
Yuanzhu Zhan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enabling Strategic Change Toward Resilience: A Systematic Review From a Dynamic Capabilities Perspective

open access: yesStrategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study identifies six dynamic capabilities (DCs), which enable corporates' strategic change toward resilience in today's increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) business environment. In this context, pertinent research has proven DCs' conduciveness for corporates to enhance their levels of resilience.
Tim P. Joussen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting the Fiscal Policy–Income Inequality Nexus in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Does Institutional Quality Matter?

open access: yesManagerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing imperative to attain equitable income distribution has compelled international organizations and the academic community to make a collaborative commitment towards alleviating the escalating income inequality experienced worldwide.
Olufemi G. Onatunji
wiley   +1 more source

Backward Growth Accounting: An Economic Tool for Strategic Planning of Business Growth

open access: yesManagerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Business growth is a goal of great importance for its both private and social benefits. Many firms view business growth as an imperative for their survival, stability, and long‐term success. Business growth can be socially beneficial, too, as it enables businesses to expand into new territories where they can stimulate economic growth and ...
Ali Zeytoon‐Nejad
wiley   +1 more source

Decision‐Making in M&A Under Market Mispricing: The Role of Deep Learning Models

open access: yesManagerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the ever‐evolving landscape of financial markets, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) play a pivotal role in shaping the corporate ecosystem. However, the presence of market mispricing, driven by various factors such as information asymmetry, behavioral biases, and external shocks, has been a persistent challenge for investors and corporations ...
Yuxuan Tang
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the Waves: The Global Pandemic's Impact on Container Shipping and Freight Rates Across Different Policy Scenarios

open access: yesNaval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic has reverberated across global industries, including the international container shipping industry, where freight rates have become highly volatile. However, shipping lines appeared to thrive, particularly during the pandemic's initial 2 years.
Shiyuan Zheng, Changmin Jiang
wiley   +1 more source

Weathering the Storm: What Did It Take for Pennsylvania Economic Development Organizations to Overcome the COVID‐19 Pandemic?

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic had profound impacts that significantly rippled through economies, vulnerable communities, and nations globally. In this study, we aim to investigate what combination of network‐level factors, network and organizational social capital, and other organizational factors helped Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) in ...
Michele Tantardini, Eli J. Levine
wiley   +1 more source

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