In a world increasingly driven by digital transformation, emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and the metaverse hold great promise for economic and social progress. However, their widespread adoption is influenced by various factors that can either hinder or...

This paper conducted a comprehensive analysis based on bibliometrics and science mapping analysis. First, 848 publications were obtained from Web of Science. Their fundamental characteristics were analyzed, including the types, annual publications, hot research directions, and foci (by theme...

Natural disasters are a critical factor for the development of business management in the tourism industry, leading to an increasing number of publications on the relationship between natural disasters and tourism business management (ND&T). In order to identify the research status of ND&T and...

Governance in family firms can profoundly influence corporate behavior and performance. Recently, family firm governance (FFG) has attracted extensive attention as increasing empirical research has been published. However, few studies have attempted to map the global research on this growing...

Due to the unbalanced and inadequate development of fintech among various provincial regions, this paper proposes a novel sparse quantile model to explore the heterogeneous impacts of fintech on green total factor productivity (GTFP) in the provinces of China based on the annual data from 2011...

The aim of this study is to investigate the multilevel effect of leader affiliative humor on knowledge sharing behavior. Based on social information processing (SIP) theory, we frame a multilevel model of the effect of leader affiliative humor on employee knowledge sharing, focusing on the...

Using a panel of India's registered manufacturing firms and both economy-wide and firm-level financial data, we investigate the effects of India's financial liberalization on the productivity of its manufacturing sector in the 1990s and 2000s. Our dynamic panel analysis shows that the series of...

With the rapid economic growth in most Emerging Market Countries, the energy intensity showed a striking decline. To explore this energy puzzle, we evaluated energy intensity reduction in 30 Emerging Market Countries, which were referred to as E30 in this paper. A combined conceptual analysis...