This study investigates the complex, nonlinear dynamics of the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within national innovation ecosystems (NIEs), addressing a critical gap in understanding SDG saturation. Studying this topic is crucial because, despite the growing importance of...

Background: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly adopted across logistics and service operations, yet limited research explains how it supports back-end event logistics or what factors enable or hinder its implementation. This study investigates how AI can be applied across event...

Background: The rapid diffusion of large language models (LLMs) such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, LLaMA, and Mistral is reshaping logistics and supply chain management by embedding generative intelligence into planning, coordination, and governance processes. While prior studies emphasize...

Agricultural sector in Uzbekistan is undergoing rapid modernization driven by institutional reforms and mounting pressure to ensure sustainable land and water resource use. This study investigates the adoption and impacts of four sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) promoted for sustainable...

This chapter presents a tractable framework for the study of technology adoption and diffusion in the context of economic development. Firms in countries behind the world technology frontier can rapidly adopt new techniques from the world frontier. Lower absorptive capacity (because of weak...