This paper examines the causal impact of retirement on social capital using nationally representative Australian panel data. Exploiting the eligibility age for the Age Pension, we find that retirement significantly enhances social capital by increasing social connectedness and community...

This study examines financial integration and contagion across South Asia's emerging and frontier markets during the 2001-2013 period, encompassing both the global financial and Eurozone crises. Employing a multi-factor asset pricing model within an EGARCH framework, we disentangle systematic...

Women entrepreneurs in emerging economies face institutional and technological barriers that limit innovation and inclusive growth. This study develops an integrative model of entrepreneurial technology literacy (ETL) to explain how women transform technological engagement into empowerment...

This chapter explores how integrative medicine (IM)—encompassing conventional healthcare, complementary therapies, and lifestyle interventions—can promote successful ageing in resource-constrained neighborhoods. Against the backdrop of global crises such as climate change, economic...

This study examines the impact of intellectual capital efficiency (ICE) on firm performance in China's knowledge- and capital-intensive industries. Using panel data from 1,773 A-share firms (2016–2023) and a two-way fixed-effects model, ICE, measured as the average of human (HCE), relational...