China's economy has shifted from high-speed development to high-quality development as the marginal benefits of the traditional growth model decline. This study explores how new quality productive forces (NQPFs) drive industrial structure upgrading via factor endowment upgrading and factor...

The integration of the digital and real economies (DRI) is an inevitable trend in future economic growth. This study measures DRI levels across 30 Chinese provinces from 2012 to 2022 using a coupling coordination model with panel data and empirically examines DRI's impact on industrial structure...

Massive and irrational exploitation of natural resources promoted the industrialization process, which formed different categories of resource-based cities. Although these cities have made dramatic contributions to socio-economic development in the last two decades, they are now facing grave...

Establishing a sustainable industrial structure system is imperative for transforming the society to high-quality development and achieve the "carbon peak" and "carbon neutrality" goals. In this study, we explored a low-carbon pathway of regional industrial structure optimization to achieve a...

Numerous studies have explored the impact of Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) on upgrading industrial structures in home countries. However, a notable gap exists in the literature regarding the reverse relationship. Based on the cross-border greenfield investment data of Chinese...

Exploring the coupling and coordinated development of formal and informal environmental regulation, as well as their impact on the upgrading of the industrial structure of urban agglomerations, represents a new breakthrough. The comprehensive index of formal environmental regulation, informal...

Global population aging trends are intensifying, presenting multifaceted economic and social challenges for countries worldwide. As the world's largest developing country, China has entered a phase of extreme demographic aging, posing significant questions about its impact on the ongoing...

We use two surveys to assess why work from home (WFH) varies so much across countries and people. A measure of cultural individualism accounts for about one-third of the cross-country variation in WFH rates. Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US score highly on individualism and WFH rates,...

1. Pricing for Crowdsourcing Delivery Two-sided Platform and Social Welfare -- 2. Cultural Distance and Its Effect on International Tourism Flow to China -- 3. Revitalizing tourism stock assets and promoting high-quality tourism development -- 4. The Impact of Environmental Regulationon...

The digital economy, which was born during the late third technological revolution, has caused significant economic and societal changes. Amid sluggish global economic growth, China's economy is facing upgrades and transformations. The sample selection for this study was conducted from 2013 to...

Industrial structure upgrading (ISU) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been improving in recent years, making it essential to examine how such upgrading influences pollution emissions in SSA. However, studies concerning the environment in SSA have overlooked this important role. Consequently,...

The digital economy plays a pivotal role in assisting the world in tackling climate change. This paper explores the intrinsic mechanism of the digital economy on carbon emissions intensity. Initially, it scrutinizes the suppressive effect of the digital economy on carbon emissions intensity, as...

Russia's war against Ukraine and China's reactions have decisively changed the general conditions for industry in Germany. Industry is facing major changes in the context of modernization, decarbonization and localization. The energy transition offers an enormous economic opportunity for German...

The shrinking of the German manufacturing sector due to the new energy crisis is currently a hotly debated topic. The aim of this article is to contribute to this emotional debate by providing evidence on recent developments in the German manufacturing sector. The analysis of relevant data...

The current energy crisis poses major economic growth risks for the German economy as a whole and for German industry in particular. It also represents an enormous structural challenge for Germany as an industrial nation. A comprehensive deindustrialization in Germany across all sectors is...

Tackling the crisis, readjusting the economic model: Rising energy prices, historically high inflation rates and ongoing supply chain bottlenecks are challenging Germany's long-standing industrial base. On top of that, entrepreneurs and the state alike are faced with new geopolitical tensions...

The economic growth rate and employment growth rate in Korea have been decreasing simultaneously. Furthermore, the phenomenon of 'jobless growth' due to the decreasing capacity of job creation has continued. That is, the elasticity of employment growth to the GDP growth rate has decreased. The...

This paper aims to conduct long-term projections about the organizational changes in the Korean economy and industry. The KIET–DIMM (KIET Dynamic Inter-industry Macroeconomic Model) was developed into KIET–DIMM12 to conduct this research. The KIET–DIMM is basically designed to achieve...

This paper first estimates the energy efficiency of 13 cities and 30 key industries in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region between 2008 and 2017 using the super-efficiency slacks-based measure (SBM) model. Structural deviation, Moore index, and coupling coordination degree quantify the...

Since the reform and opening up, electricity consumption in China has grown rapidly. However, the energy and environmental problems partly caused by the power generation structure, which is dominated by coal-fired power generation, have deepened, affecting the orderly and sustainable development...