Purpose of the article: There are at two-folds, i.e. creating a public information management system and driving the City of Riga towards a smart sustainable tourism destination with a value-created tourism digital business model in the post pandemic era. Method: It is grounded by literature...

This paper presents evidence on the spatial distribution and effects of urban agglomeration on firm innovation. It uses a unique dataset that consistently defines city boundaries and identifies firms' innovation-related activities across 25 developing countries in Asia. We find firm innovation...

Traditional steam methane reforming facilities for producing hydrogen not only consume a large amount of natural gas, but also emit a lot of greenhouse gas. Considering the utilization of clean energy, the reduction of carbon dioxide emission, and the production of chemicals, this paper...

We use cross-country panel data to examine the effects of a variety of nonpharmaceutical interventions used by governments to suppress the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We find that while lockdown measures lead to reductions in disease transmission rates as captured by the...

Graphene (GR) was used as filler to improve the performance of fire resistance, thermal stability, smoke suppression of waterborne intumescent fire-retardant coating. The influence of graphene (GR) on the properties of the intumescent fire-retardant coating was studied by fire protection test,...

Purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of an alkali metal thermal electric converter (AMTEC) and thermoelectric generator (TEG) as a subsystem for utilizing rejected heat from the molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC). AMTEC and TEG have various advantages such as; higher power density,...

The loose monetary policy has not translated into actual credit increments, and the real investment rate has declined. This paper extracts the level of policy uncertainty perception from enterprise management analysis and discussion based on text analysis methods to identify the investment...

Family is the basic unit that constitutes social relations, and marriage-matching determines the development trajectory of a household. Education has become one of the most important ingredients of marriage in modern society, and the proportion of homogamy is increasing day by day. This article...

Social responsibility investment (SRI) has attracted worldwide attention for its potential in promoting investment sustainability and stability. We developed a three-step framework by incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance into portfolio optimization. In comparison...

We study the interaction between transit improvements and land use policies in the context of Bengaluru, one of India's largest cities. The city inaugurated a metro system in 2011. Yet it has low building heights even near metro stations, reflecting low floor-area ratio limits. We construct a...