Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) emerges as a vital catalyst for inclusive growth and sustainable development, particularly in emerging economies where the manufacturing sector is central to economic progress. This study offers an in-depth analysis of the current research landscape on...

The use of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, or smart devices will go hand in hand with higher productivity, higher product quality, and lower trade costs. Therefore, it can be expected to be positively related to export activities. This paper uses firm level data for...

The use of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, or smart devices will go hand in hand with higher productivity, higher product quality, and lower trade costs. Therefore, it can be expected to be positively related to export activities. This paper uses firm level data for...

The use of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, or smart devices will go hand in hand with, among others, higher productivity, higher product quality, more exports and better chances to survive any crisis. Better firms tend to use advanced technologies. Information on...

Deutschlands industrielle Transformation folgt einem klaren Ziel: Bis 2045 sollen Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft klimaneutral sein. Der Weg dorthin hat längst begonnen, aber sowohl die Unternehmen als auch die Bevölkerung haben auf diesem Pfad noch einen weiten Weg vor sich. Dies gilt...

Purpose - This study offers an empirical examination of the causal relationship between financial risks and firm performance among industrial firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange credit risks and financial risk ratios are used to gauge overall financial risk, while the performance measure...

Background: In an increasingly volatile global business environment, supply chain resilience has become a strategic imperative, particularly for firms operating in developing economies. Guided by Dynamic Capabilities Theory (DCT), this study examines how AI-powered tools foster an innovation...

The growing demand for transparency in sustainability reporting has compelled enterprises to look far beyond the boundaries of classical financial ratios when assessing their own performance. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) indicators have dominated recent academic debate-primarily...

Background: With increasing environmental concerns, achieving sustainability in supply chains (SCs) requires strong cooperation among partners. This raises the question of how supply chain information integration (SCII) fosters green supply chain innovation performance (GSCIP). Thus, this study...

Background: Additive manufacturing (AM), commonly known as 3D printing, is transforming global production systems with sustainability at its core. The global AM market growth underscores the urgency of evaluating its environmental implications. Methods: This study aims to (1) identify Life Cycle...

Amid China's "Manufacturing Power" push, full-chain digital restructuring in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area remains hampered by mismatches among technology, organization, and environment. We therefore explored how shop floor actors perceive and shape this...

A structural shift from fossil fuel-based energy systems to renewable, sustainable energy sources critically depends on research and development (R&D) activities at the firm-level. This study examines the contribution of R&D spillovers from other firms to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in...

I examine whether trade can improve the impact of population growth on natural resources (NR) and welfare over time. Under autarky, population growth results in NR and welfare collapse over time, irrespective of the value of the returns to scale in the manufacturing sector, ϕ. Under trade, NR...

This research examines the impact of industrial agglomeration on the productivity of SMEs in Vietnam, using FE regression for panel data and the PSM method. The study utilizes data from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (2016-2020) and the OECD's TiVA database. The findings highlight the...

Using administrative longitudinal firm- and plant-level data from Mexico that links manufacturing firms to their customs records and covers the period 2014 - 2023, I examine whether US tariffs targeting China have contributed to a manufacturing revival in the southern part of North America....

Digitization has reshaped corporate innovation. However, few studies have explored how companies can fully incentivize their human capital in the digital transformation process to improve innovation capabilities. To address this gap, this study proposes a configurational framework that...

Gender equality and economic growth have historically tended to move together yet identifying causal effects has been difficult. This paper uses data on the support for female suffrage in Switzerland in order to explore the impact of technology adoption on gender norms. We argue that the early...

Energy exchange-traded funds (ETF) are innovative energy financial product that reflects the cyclical supply and demand of energy. This paper employs the TVP-VAR-DY model to examine the dynamic volatility spillover effects within the energy ETF market in response to EPU shocks, as well as to...

Background: This study examines how AI-driven metaverse integration enhances sustainable manufacturing performance in Jordan's industrial sector, with particular emphasis on the mediating role of digital supply chain resilience. Grounded in resource orchestration theory (ROT), the research...

The transition from traditional labor intensive to modern capital intensive production is a key factor for industrial development. Using half a million observations from Indian manufacturing plants, I analyze the effects of a secular decrease in industrial electricity prices through the lens of...

While the importance of export diversification is emphasized in development patterns, the gender issues in this process are rarely covered. This paper empirically assesses the contribution of women's sectoral employment to the export diversification process, using a panel model of 125 developing...

Industrial agglomeration is an inevitable path for the energy storage industry to develop on a large scale. Based on the database of listed companies in China's A-share market, the data of upstream and downstream enterprises in the energy storage industry chain from 2015 to 2020 are collected...

Microeconomic theory posits that in competitive markets, wages are determined by the marginal revenue product of labor. This study empirically tests this theoretical prediction using comprehensive firm-level register data from Finland's manufacturing and service industries in years 2000-2022. We...