The paper aims to analyses rice producers’ collective actions at Iringa rural in Tanzania. Collective actions in agriculture improve access to inputs, productivity, and marketing of the produce. This paper adopted a cross-sectional design where was used to unveil key issues on how rice...

This paper aims to determine and estimate the factors of the value chain that affect the efficiency of state-owned commercial banks in Vietnam. Based on the value chain theory and Porter's model (1985), the author highlights the role and need to implement the value chain at those banks. Besides,...

Why do modern organizations have middle managers? We address this question by analyzing the following hierarchical communication model. A subordinate has private information regarding the profitability of a new project and sends a costly signal about it (e.g., technical reports). Although the...

This paper explores the connection between skilled foreign labor, urban agglomeration, and value creation through the lens of H-1B visa applications. We find that the spatial distribution of H-1B visas, which are awarded to highly skilled foreign-born workers, is heavily concentrated in a few...

Although manufacturing has brought economic prosperity to many economies, it has been difficult to maintain or achieve manufacturing competitiveness. Global manufacturing value-added has been growing since 2004, demonstrating the importance of manufacturing in the global economy. However, much...

Global economic shocks, geopolitical tensions, and an intensified backlash against globalization are changing the outlook for growth and economic cooperation in trade-oriented economies. We provide a comprehensive review of these developments using a new CGE model that also analyzes effects on...

As a sub-index of the Elite Quality Index (EQx) 2023, the NextGen Value Creation Barometer measures the extent to which countries' economic models create or deplete value for young and future generations, focusing on five core categories: Ecology and Natural Capital; Equitable Opportunities;...

How do companies know that they are staying in course? How can managers make sure their efforts are, indeed, being directed towars value creation? The measurement of a company’s performance is the only way to assure the ultimate company’s purpose is being achieved, which is to create value...

We examine whether trust between the citizens in an acquirer’s country and those in a target’s country improves long-term synergistic gains in cross-border M&As. We find that acquirers’ announcement returns increase as trust increases. The result is robust to using a historical war as an...