Sustainable product development requires integrating eco- and open innovation. Traditional Design Thinking (DT), while effective for iterative product improvement, often lacks the capability to address environmental considerations comprehensively, necessitating new approaches to balance consumer...

Engaging teaching has emerged as a key approach to fostering children's socio-emotional and cognitive skills. This policy note draws on findings of a recent comparative study on the LEGO Foundation's Engage, formerly known as Playful Learning Across the Years (PLAY)1, classroom observation tool,...

Corporate online sales data are embedded with high informational value. Focusing on auditors who are concerned about information quality, this paper systematically tests the governance effect of releasing third-party online sales data on audit quality. Using the first aggregate release of online...

Establishing a clear link between prices of conventional and niche product versions can help address challenges associated with anticipating these prices and attenuate concerns related to thin market conditions. In that regard, we analyze the price dynamics, differentiating between agri-product...

GIs are special labels that show a product comes from a specific place and is made using local skills and traditions. Think of Solingen knives or Murano glass - their names are known worldwide because of where and how they're made. Until now, only food, wine, and spirits could benefit from...

GIs are special labels that show a product comes from a specific place and is made using local skills and traditions. Think of Solingen knives or Murano glass - their names are known worldwide because of where and how they're made. Until now, only food, wine, and spirits could benefit from...

Welfare quality is usually a stochastic outcome, as attempts at improving social welfare cannot be predicted in advance. The advances in stock market participation conclude that equity market performance is able to reflect investors' mass reactions and therefore can fairly reflect the empiricism...

We study information design in a vertically differentiated market. Two firms offer products of ex-ante unknown qualities. A third party designs a system to publicly disclose information. More precise information guides consumers toward their preferred product but increases expected product...

The proposal of developing new quality productive forces is based on the reality of the domestic economy and the complex international environment in the new era, to develop advanced productive forces needed for Chinese modernization. This paper systematically analyzes three characteristics of...

This study constructs a theoretical framework for technological progress (TP) on firm output (FOP) and examines the nonlinear influence between them. First, the empirical findings indicate that TP has a "positive U-shaped" correlation with FOP. This impact is particularly pronounced among firms...

The growing importance of natural beauty care products among consumers is increasingly driven by social media networks, which play a substantial role in promoting sustainable consumption. This study examines the influence of Celebrity Credibility, Celebrity Attractiveness, and Social Media...

We explore the impact of export quality on the levels of exports and domestic trade. First, we developed a theoretical framework, using the two-country oligopolistic model with quality differentials in product. We find that a consumer-preference driven increase in export quality improves export...

As the mainstream financial modality in the digital economy era, digital finance drives industrial digitization and green transformation through capital and technological support, enabling governments to advance environmental governance with greater precision, efficiency, and sustainability....

Objective: The purpose of this article is to examine the quality of remote primary healthcare in Poland measured through three dimensions: coordination, comprehensiveness, and continuity (3Cs) and examine the relationship between them. Research Design & Methods: The 3Cs were measured using a...

Amplifying corporate environmental investments is a pivotal strategy for achieving the "carbon peak and carbon neutral" objectives of China's green development initiative. The digital transformation has the potential to generate new quality productive forces by leveraging data, thereby promoting...

The 1970s oil crisis led to a chase for alternative fossil fuel alternatives in Europe and the wood pellets were invented, though only in de 1990s gained acceptance as a dependable source of energy and needed standards to ensure quality and fair-trade conditions. Our study focused on the...

This research examines how influencer information spreads and is accepted by consumers, focusing on a Tunisian sample of social media users, and how these effects percolate into consumers' perception of the quality of cosmetic products. Drawing on the Information Adoption Model (IAM), this study...

Poorer countries (and poorer states within India) have a larger share of manufacturing employment in small plants. This paper presents empirical evidence and a theoretical model to show that this relationship is driven by greater demand for lower quality goods in poorer regions, which can be...

This report highlights the commonalities and disagreements between the reporting by Member States (MS) to the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) on the standards for Biological Quality elements in coastal waters, and the methodological standards...

Maternity unit closures are increasingly common in areas with low birth rates, resulting in diminished competition between units. We examine how competition affects the quality and amenities of the remaining maternity units in Germany. To address potential endogeneity in the level of...

This study investigates how strategic innovation influences operational quality, focusing on the mediating effects of transformational and transactional leadership, as well as process innovation, within manufacturing organizations in Colombia. It employs structural equation modeling to analyze...

There is a lack of understanding of what may drive gender disparities in healthcare utilization and outcomes. We present novel evidence on the impact of physician-patient gender match on healthcare quality using standardized patients (SPs) in an experiment, and collected interactions between SPs...

Despite growing evidence of gender disparities in healthcare utilization and health outcomes, there is a lack of understanding of what may drive such differences. We present novel evidence on the impact of physician-patient gender match on healthcare quality using the standardized patients (SPs)...