This study assessed the impact of micro-enterprise development initiatives (commonly provide access to financial services and micro-enterprise development training programs to low-income households) upon competitive advantages, performance, and sustainability of micro-enterprises owned and...

The researchers aim to examine the firm-specific variables that impact the financial performance of general insurance firms in India. The study's scope is limited to India's insurance industries from 2010-2011 to 2019-2020. The research considers 21 insurance firms in India out of 35 general...

Bank efficiency scores usually serve as a tool for comparing institutions with each other while allowing us to quantify sub-optimal decision-making unit choices. In the case of inter-country comparisons, such differences can also arise because of macro-economic heterogeneity between countries....

The interconnected issues of commodity price fluctuation, unemployment and balance of trade developments are of critical importance in times of globalization. The present paper addresses these issues in terms of a monetary dependent economy macro model that applies to a large class of emerging...

The purposes of this article are to determine the peculiarities of state regulation of the innovational activity of enterprises in the global economy, to determine the level of connection between a country's competitiveness in the global economy and the effectiveness of state regulation of...

It is important for firms to undertake product innovation since this will enable them to incorporate additional value to its market offer and, consequently, will increase their international competitiveness. Thus, the aim of this article is to develop a new index, the Export Product Innovation...

It is important for firms to undertake product innovation since this will enable them to incorporate additional value to its market offer and, consequently, will increase their international competitiveness. Thus, the aim of this article is to develop a new index, the Export Product Innovation...

Firms and suppliers are now using new digital technologies to make decisions for successful strategies. Firms are struggling with the supply chain dynamics needed to increase revenue and mitigate risk, and improve resilience after COVID-19. With the setting of strong competition and firms'...

An open economy inserted in an environment with increasing participation of global value chains, such as the Chilean economy, requires information about how its business integrates into international markets. The contribution of this study is that it evaluates the stages and patterns of Chilean...

Although enterprises make significant contributions to the GDP of countries, bank credit access is one of the biggest obstacles for them to survive. However, businesses can signal their entrepreneurial behaviors that are included in the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to reduce banks' concerns...