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With the proposal of the "One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative", the Chinese architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry has increasingly been exploring the overseas markets. This paper adopted the propensity score matching and difference-in-differences (PSM-DID) method to evaluate the impact of the OBOR Initiative on Chinese international contractors and consulting firms, respectively. The results shows that the OBOR Initiative significantly stimulated the overseas market development of contractors, whereas it had no positive impact on consulting firms. The results may provide comprehensive guidance for industry practitioners, policymakers, and scholars to correctly understand the different characteristics of international contractors and consulting firms, thereby formulating a targeted development strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper applies Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) to a case study which defines the global copper market as an enterprise comprising a diverse set of stakeholders and independently operating businesses and industries, with the goal to understand how they might evaluate, execute, or modify their behaviors in response to the diminishing global copper supply. Specifically, we sought to determine if the framework viewpoints, modeling language, and workflow guidance provided in the UAF specification could support the analysis. In a true System of Systems (SoS), the solution (or any improvement) relies on the cooperation of a multitude of independent and unrelated businesses and industries. Several viewpoints of UAF were evaluated to model the SoS, which reveal how certain entities may be motivated to implement solutions, and how those decisions may impact others within the SoS. We also provide observations from the analysis which may serve to improve the utility of UAF in other applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper encompasses an analysis of the novels written by two Romanian badanti who emigrated from Eastern Europe to Italy at the beginning of the 21st century, namely Liliana Nechita (Romania) and Lilia-Bicec Zanardelli (the Republic of Moldova). The reading grid of these narratives is a Marxist feminist one, as it continues the analytical framework of Lise Vogel and links it to the last decades' "new gender arrangement" (Lutz) that emphasises the outsourcing of reproductive labour towards migrant and gendered labour-power. The work of these badanti partakes in the global care chain of our world-system, which privileges families in the West and affects poor households in the East. The novels written by the two workers show how agents directly involved in this global division of labour explain their own history, as it is shaped by their new working experience. However, their literary inquiry will circumscribe a contradictory rhetoric, also called "soft backsliding", that combines emancipatory insights with reactionary ideologies related to the nationstate, family and Christianity. This study aims to explain them as both methods of subjective subsistence in capitalism and a virtual path to political radicalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The global market for End of Life Lithium-Ion Batteries is growing exponentially to satisfy the needs of electric mobility and clean energy technologies. Reusing or repurposing these batteries could ensure sustainability and keep the excessive demands of raw materials in check. However, a strong commitment and trust from the various stakeholders is necessary to build such circular industrial systems. In this paper, a thorough analysis of practices and regulations allowed us to highlight the actors and processes involved in the life cycle of repurposed Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs). This led us to propose a conceptual framework describing a generic organization for LIB repurposing. LIB State of Health and diagnosis estimations, which can be carried out with data from LIB passports, are also underlined as essential for the functioning of the organization. This was discussed and implemented on a real case of LIBs used as a power source for electric heaters after their first life in a mobility application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this article, we aim to provide a detailed econometric analysis of the realized volatility in international stock markets of Brazil, China, Europe, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which represent a mix of large developing, and developed markets. For our purpose, we use the functional data analysis (FDA) framework, whence discrete volatility data were first transformed into continuous functions, and thereafter, derivatives of the continuous functions were investigated, and kinetic and potential energy associated is the volatility system were extracted. Results revealed that COVID‐19 indeed had a significant effect on international financial market volatility for all the countries, with the exception of China. The realized volatility of the international financial markets did return to their pre‐COVID levels in May 2020, and this recovery time was significantly faster than the 2008 financial crisis recovery period. Within the FDA framework, we further investigated the role of uncertainty on the realized volatility, specifically from an outbreak of an infectious disease (such as COVID‐19) and a daily newspaper‐based infectious disease index as the predictor. The regression analysis showed that the volatility of financial markets can be accurately modeled by this infectious disease index, but only for periods experiencing an epidemic or pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Non‐centrifugal sugars (NCS) are traditionally consumed sweeteners which are gaining momentum in the global market due to the presence of nutritional and mineral content. Traditionally NCS is produced by concentrating sugarcane juices in an open pan evaporation process using dried bagasse as a fuel. Field trials at the traditional production site of NCS showed the energy efficiency as low as 8%–10%. Moreover, the effective bagasse consumption as a fuel stands at 7–8 kg/kg NCS production, whereas, as per stoichiometry and theoretical calculations, the actual bagasse consumption required for the production of NCS is a mere 0.65 kg/kg NCS production. Hence, as an alternative to the existing process, the concentration of cane juices by steam‐controlled evaporation has been studied and it has been found that the steam‐controlled evaporation can enhance the energy efficiency to 78%–83% with an effective bagasse consumption of 1.05 ± 0.04 kg/kg NCS production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The internationalization of academic spi-offs in Poland is crucial for their long-term success. Creating a support ecosystem that promotes and facilitates international expansion from the beginning is necessary to enhance global thinking. With appropriate educational, financial, and advisory programs, Polish spinoffs will be able to compete more effectively in the global market and contribute to the growth of innovation and competitiveness of the Polish economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Estahban's dried fig is one of the most important export products in the agricultural sector and the best type of dried fig in the world. Surveys indicate that most fig exporters have weaknesses in international marketing, positioning and maintaining it, and they generally use the unsystematic method in international market selection. Meanwhile, choosing the right market is one of the primary factors of success and growth of companies in global markets, which requires the use of different criteria and the use of systematic methods in their analysis. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize market selection criteria for large and small companies that export Estahban's dried figs. For this purpose, 40 criteria and sub-criteria for the selection of international dried fig markets were identified and prioritized using the fuzzy hierarchical analysis method. The required information at this stage was collected by completing 17 questionnaires from large and small trading companies of Estehban's dried figs. The results of the research showed that large and small companies have different subjective preferences for each of the model indicators. Also, the highest priority among the examined criteria in large commercial companies is given to economic factors and in small commercial companies to market potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Drawing on the organizational learning and relational governance literature, this study aims to advance a theoretical model to explain the export performance of emerging market export ventures. Design/methodology/approach: This study selects quantitative methodology because the main objective of this study is to explore the role of export ventures' performance (past) on guanxi networking, co-creation marketing strategies and present performance. Findings: The empirical evidence suggests that guanxi networking and co-creation strategy can mediate the relationship between export venture performance in the preceding year and export venture performance in the following year. In addition, this study also provides some guidance for emerging market export ventures on how to build a strong guanxi networking and create opportunities for collaboration when the effect of export performance in the preceding year on current performance is absent. Originality/value: The authors propose the inclusion of strategic guanxi networking-related factors (e.g. top executives' ties with business-to-business customers, such as distributors in the host market) in the prior performance-current performance paradigm. The outcomes of this study also contribute to extant organizational learning theory research by integrating preceding performance research with the co-creation theory. The study offers new insights into organizational learning and relational governance from the emerging market perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Given their interrelationship, international market selection (IMS) and entry mode selection (EMS) must be considered jointly if an optimal entry strategy is to be realized. However, researchers in the field of international construction have the tendency to consider IMS and EMS independently or sequentially. Therefore, this paper aims to explore a holistic framework that can accommodate IMS and EMS concurrently and test it using empirical data. Design/methodology/approach: his study includes theoretical and empirical research. In theoretical part, an integrated decision model of IMS and EMS is proposed adopting literature review and theoretical derivation, then hypotheses are developed for the impact of decision-making factors. In the latter part, the IMS and EMS of 54 Chinese contractors in 67 countries were investigated, empirical data are collected according to hypotheses, an ordinal logistic regression model is established for statistics analysis. Finally, findings are drawn by comparing literature-based hypotheses with data-based analysis results. Findings: Results show that empirical data fit theoretical model well. Findings are: IMS and EMS can be integrated into a holistic decision-making framework when be properly sequenced. When IMS and EMS are determined simultaneously, the decision can benefit from a sharing of common information. And the roles of at least 13 common factors are empirically demonstrated in this study. Research limitations/implications: The integrated decision sequence proposed in this study is applicable for a specific market, and cannot compare multiple alternative markets directly. The decision-making factors identified in this paper do not cover the enterprise strategic objectives and some other factors. Empirical data and some theoretical assumptions are based on the international market entry strategy of Chinese contractors. Therefore, the conclusions may not be completely applicable to global contractors though have certain reference value. Originality/value: Based on the idea of holistic decision-making of IMS and EMS, this study proposes an international market entry strategy (IMES) sequence and an explicit model for determinants, then tests them with empirical data. This paper provides a new idea to manage IMS and EMS concurrently, which can improve the efficiency of IMES decision-making and avoid missing optimal alternatives. This study paves the way for a practical model and provides reference for contractors' international market entry strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the rapid development of retail platforms, many manufacturers use retail platforms to encroach into the retail market (i.e., a type manufacturer encroachment) and gray market is increasingly prevalent in various industries. This paper considers a manufacturer who directly sells product 1 in the domestic market and sells product 2 through an incumbent retailer in the overseas market and a gray marketer can divert product 1 across markets without authorized (we call it gray market). In this paper, we examine the interaction between manufacturer encroachment and gray market. We find that when the domestic price of product 1 is sufficiently low, the gray marketer can successfully enter the overseas market without and with encroachment. Second, regardless of whether there is a gray market threat, the manufacturer has an incentive to encroach through retail platform when the commission rate is low. Moreover, the manufacturer's incentive to encroach varies with the domestic price of product 1 and gray market threat. Finally, manufacturer encroachment can reduce the scale of the gray market and even eliminate the gray market under certain conditions. The gray marketer always suffers from manufacturer encroachment while the retailer can benefit from manufacturer encroachment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Businesses are increasingly called upon to support the improvement of society and the environment, and one way to do so is by expanding into international markets, particularly through exports. Despite the importance and recognised challenges of a global approach to sustainable value creation, sustainability research tends to focus on domestic contexts. This paper aims to identify the boundary conditions linking sustainable value creation practices with firm performance in the international context. Design/methodology/approach: The authors merge the sustainable value creation and the international marketing literature to develop two propositions that capture the emerging nature of the field and the lack of concluding evidence regarding the link between international sustainable value creation practices and firm performance. The authors test these propositions empirically by analysing 519 responses to a survey of exporting firms in Portugal, using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. Findings: The authors identify seven configurations that support sustainable value creation in an international context. These consist of varying levels of standardised and tailored offers, management experience and competitive intensity. Practical implications: The identification of seven different configurations helps managers decide whether and how to innovate when pursuing sustainable value creation opportunities in international markets. Social implications: The authors propose that an effective way for governments to achieve national and transnational social and environmental agendas is to help businesses that pursue sustainable value creation to succeed in international markets. Given that four of the seven pathways to improve export performance that the authors identified require international management experience, the authors posit that an effective way to support the internationalisation of those businesses is through targeted training programmes and knowledge-sharing initiatives. Originality/value: The authors respond to calls for research to integrate the sustainable value creation and the international marketing literatures, to identify how and when firms can create sustainable value creation in an international context and thus support the resolution of global, social and environmental problems. The finding that there are multiple configurations that support this goal explains why empirical evidence collected thus far is inconclusive and helps identify the boundary conditions of existing theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study examines how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted stock market volatility and interconnectedness between India and other selected global economies. The analysis, using data from 2016 to 2024, reveals a substantial rise in volatility within both the Indian market and those of several other countries after the pandemic. Interestingly, the volatility transmission patterns also changed. While the Indian market's volatility significantly influenced Brazil, China, and Mexico throughout the entire period, the influence of the US market became negligible post-pandemic. In contrast, Russia exhibited a weak but statistically significant impact on India's volatility only after the pandemic. These findings highlight the lasting impact of the pandemic on global financial markets and emphasize the need for investors and policymakers to adapt. By understanding these new dynamics, investors can make more informed decisions, and policymakers can develop stronger risk management strategies and international coordination during periods of increased volatility. This study offers valuable insights for navigating the current financial landscape and the interconnectedness of emerging economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Relationship marketing managers around the world actively try to stimulate customer engagement because of its performance-enhancing effects. Research insights into how to engage customers, such that they voluntarily contribute their resources to support companies' marketing efforts, almost exclusively pertain to individual, domestic markets. However, the prerequisites of customer engagement strategies naturally differ across country-specific market environments. Therefore, the authors develop a conceptual, comprehensive battery of cultural, institutional, societal, and economic country-level contingency factors (CISE indicators) as well as between-country psychic distances on those indicators. A set of 11 high-level research propositions aims to enhance marketing researchers' and managers' understanding of the contingencies of international customer engagement strategy effectiveness and customer engagement's performance ramifications. The analysis reflects the richness and complexity of potential contingency effects across the four CISE categories and encourages empirical research on their separate and joint effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Global market responses to elections are at the core of debates about financial globalization in developing countries. While existing research focuses on the ability of global markets to reward and punish national governments, much less is known about the role of domestic finance. I argue that domestic financial markets (1) react more strongly to elections than global markets due to excessive exposure to political risk at home and (2) lead global market responses to elections where domestic investors have an information advantage. I find support for these hypotheses using data on country fund pricing for major emerging markets between 1988 and 2015. The results show swifter and more dramatic reactions by domestic investors, which are transmitted to international markets. The findings underscore the underappreciated role of domestic investors in state-market relations under limited globalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to understand the importance of integrating human resources and international marketing strategies in maximizing the flow of foreign investment. Existing literature and theories related to the topic were analyzed and the relationships and interactions between different variables were clarified. Previous studies have verified that human resources integration plays a crucial role in improving organizations' performance and increasing their competitiveness in the global market .Research has also shown that international marketing strategies influence firms' attractiveness to foreign direct investment. The relationships and interactions between the studied variables .The study found that the integration of human resources and international marketing strategies has a positive impact on maximizing and flowing foreign investment. Based on the results, a set of practical recommendations were directed to companies and institutions to improve the integration of human resources and develop international marketing strategies to achieve their goals of maximizing the flow of foreign investment .This research can be used as a basis for future research and to be applied in other relevant contexts to enhance international cooperation and achieve sustainable development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the transition towards sustainable energy sources, hydrogen has emerged as the predominant alternative after fossil fuels. This comprehensive literature review investigates into the evolving landscape of hydrogen launching strategies within the energy market. Numerous countries have strategically initiated efforts to introduce products based on hydrogen, highlighting the global acknowledgment of the potential inherent in hydrogen. Despite witnessing significant growth in the adoption of hydrogen energy worldwide, barriers to its widespread commercialization persist. This review identifies key barriers, including cost structures, technical complexities, and marketing challenges, hindering the establishment of a robust hydrogen energy market. The article critically examines the actions already undertaken to harness hydrogen energy for commercial purposes, looking at scientific insights and statistical data. By carefully examining the current state of hydrogen energy initiatives, the review highlights gaps in existing strategies that require thoughtful consideration. Insights derived from scientific and statistical analyses inform the identification of barriers and contribute to a nuanced understanding of the challenges faced in the journey towards hydrogen energy commercialization. Ultimately, the article presents a strategic proposal outlining marketing actions geared towards expediting the commercialization and widespread adoption of hydrogen energy. Grounded in a thorough review of existing literature and supported by scientific and statistical evidence, this comprehensive analysis offers valuable insights for stakeholders seeking to navigate the intricate landscape of hydrogen energy in the global energy market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We use the ARIMA-GARCH model to estimate the shocks of COVID-19 on Chinese agricultural markets and utilize the ARDLECM model to estimate the integration relationships between Chinese and international agricultural markets which are based on the effective market hypothesis theory and daily trading data of US, UK, China and India. The main study findings showed that COVID-19 has a significant negative impact on agricultural product market, specifically, India suffered with the greatest negative impact, followed by the UK, the US and China. Further, this study results revealed that Chinese grain markets that are considered strategic places have not been separated from international markets, but there still exist segmentation phenomena among non-strategic agricultural markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The interaction of global uncertainty and geopolitical risks with energy price fluctuations has remained a critical global issue. This interaction can impact several regions' macroeconomic performance and welfare by making fundamental energy price forecasting more difficult, which may lead to exuberant behaviour. To help producers, consumers, and regulators make informed decisions in the face of volatile and uncertain energy markets, it is critical to highlight how these uncertainties influence price exuberance. In this light, this study examines the impact of global uncertainty and geopolitical risks on international energy price exuberance using monthly data from January 1990 to October 2022. The study employs supremum augmented Dickey–Fuller (SADF) and generalised augmented Dickey–Fuller (GSADF) tests to identify energy price exuberance. Firstly, consistent with exuberant behaviour, the tests identify seven episodes of explosive behaviour in the international energy prices within the sample. Secondly, this study applies the Logit model to estimate the impact of global uncertainty and geopolitical risks on price exuberance. The estimates suggest that the heightening of global uncertainty may deflate the price exuberance. This study also observes that adverse geopolitical risks (threats and acts) in the world and Ukraine amplify the likelihood of price exuberance in the market. However, adverse geopolitical risk (GPR) in Russia negatively impacted the formation of price exuberance. This finding implies that policymakers can use global uncertainty and geopolitical risks as early warning indicators of probable price exuberance in the international energy market. The findings also indicate the need for a buffer system and safe passage for the flow of energy supply in a geopolitical conflict or a major global event. The study further shows the need for a coordinated effort in innovation, research, and development to enhance energy efficiency and minimise reliance on fossil fuels, which these uncertainties may not significantly influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• Commodity investments promote sustainable markets. • Climate-transition strategies have bi-directional causality with sustainable markets. • Long-only commodity strategies mitigate market risk for regenerative markets. • Global sustainability leaders connect with climate-transition strategies in commodities. • Integrating climate-transition strategies fosters sustainable investment practices. By allocating investments towards commodities that align with climate-transition goals, environmentally conscious commodity investment strategies serve to promote and support sustainable markets, channeling capital towards sectors that prioritize environmental sustainability. Through the application of a quantile causality test, which examines the relationship between commodity-based strategies with a climate-transition focus and eco-friendly markets, over the period spanning from May 1, 2013, to May 25, 2023, our findings reveal a bi-directional causality relationship between different themes of sustainable markets and long-only climate-transition strategies in the commodity market across various market conditions. Furthermore, employing a quantile time-frequency connectedness approach allows us to discern that long-only climate-transition strategies in the commodity market exhibit lower long-run total connectedness with responsible and conscious markets compared to the short term. Consequently, these results suggest that transition-oriented strategies for commodities in a climate-conscious world not only mitigate market risk for regenerative markets in the long run but also indicate that different types of global sustainability leaders demonstrate a stronger connectedness with climate-transition strategies in commodities when compared to the Islamic sustainable market across a majority of quantiles and time horizons. In light of these findings, policymakers are urged to prioritize the long-term dimensions of climate-transition strategies in commodity markets by implementing new emission standards and environmental benchmarks. Additionally, the design and implementation of similar long-only climate-transition strategies in other markets would further enhance the long-term effectiveness of climate-conscious markets and foster stronger connections with responsible markets. our study underscores the significance of integrating climate-transition strategies into commodity markets and highlights their role in promoting sustainable and environmentally conscious investment practices. By directing investments towards climate-aligned commodities, policymakers and market participants can contribute to the long-term sustainability of global markets while fostering stronger connections between sustainable markets and climate-transition strategies in commodities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study uses the quantile connectedness model to study the transmission mechanism between China and the international natural gas market from August 2017 to February 2024. The time-varying spillover effects under extreme market conditions. The empirical results emphasize the following key points: (a) China mainly acts as an information receiver in the overall market. (b) The spillover effect of the European natural gas market is significantly stronger during the extreme downturn, indicating that the spillover effect is asymmetric. (c) The natural gas futures market plays a central role in market dynamics that affect upward return shocks. (d) System connectivity is highly sensitive to market conditions and increases significantly under extreme market conditions. According to the research results, we should make more efforts to promote the liberalization and marketization of the domestic natural gas market, and strive to improve the bargaining power in the international market to reduce the import premium level. Improve energy efficiency and reduce China 's dependence on natural gas imports; from the perspective of the global natural gas market, risk contagion between markets should be alleviated under different market conditions and a differentiated risk early warning mechanism should be established. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Given the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on world economies, uncertainties are expected to increase during this period. To this end, we examine the time-frequency dynamics of financial market stress and economic uncertainties. We apply in-sample and out-sample namely; bivariate wavelet and quantile causality to accentuate the importance of economic uncertainties and market stress during COVID-19. We find that both in-sample and out-sample for economic uncertainty drive and pose a high risk to the financial market during COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the volatility spillover and connectedness among the stock markets of G7, BRICS countries, and other countries where COVID-19 is more severe. For this investigation, we perform static and rolling-window analysis to measure volatility spillovers using the spillover index approach and LASSO-VAR for estimating high-dimensional VARs. We also examine the network connectedness at different periods. Our findings indicate that the recent COVID-19 pandemic intensifies volatility spillovers, supporting the financial contagion effects. Furthermore, the United States, Spain, and Russia markets are net volatility transmitters for most of the period before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Traditionally, accountability was primarily designed to hold public bodies accountable to citizens. However, as global corporations continue to shape policy and society, these organizations must be accountable to citizens in a proactive manner as well. Therefore, this article proposes an expansion of accountability to include both public and private organizations. Drawing from political and economic studies, we propose holistic principles to increase social legitimacy in both procedural (regular) and substantive (deep) forms: responsibility, transparency, answerability, and participation. To illustrate those principles, we examine two case studies, Google and Meta, and two crucial fronts, data transfers and data market power. Through qualitative and empirical analyses, we evaluate how big tech companies are being held accountable by public authorities and society, highlighting both current developments and key limitations. The article paves the road to accountability studies and new economic theories that focus on deepening social orientation and increasing citizens' participation in business management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income" by Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Vargas is a sociological and intellectual history of the basic income concept. The authors argue that the basic income debate reflects a failure of progressive imagination and a shift towards market models within progressive thought. They trace the evolution of basic income from earlier republican traditions of universal provision to its current focus on money and consumption. The book explores the role of key thinkers such as Milton Friedman and the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) in shaping the basic income discourse. While the book provides a rich intellectual history, its political claims may be less convincing, as it overlooks other perspectives and strategies associated with basic income. Nonetheless, it offers an important contribution to the understanding of basic income and the growing popularity of cash payments. [Extracted from the article]

The incorporation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into private investments is transitioning from a risk management strategy to a catalyst for innovation and novel prospects that benefits both business and society in the long run. The growing prominence of such investments necessitates a comprehensive assessment of their risk under varying market conditions. This research aims to provide a thorough analysis by examining the risk of ESG portfolios across global financial markets (categorised as developed and emerging) during distinct market regimes. The study utilises daily data of representative ESG equity portfolios from developed markets (US and Japan) as well as emerging markets (China and India). The portfolios are divided into sub-periods to accommodate the disparity between the Covid and post-Covid regimes. The study compares and contrasts the volatility patterns of all the ESG portfolios using a GJR-GARCH model that takes into consideration both the conditional variance and asymmetricity in the financial time series. Although the results reveal no clear distinction when comparing return and risk between developed and emerging markets, there is presence of varying performance across market regimes, with all the portfolios showing higher returns and lower risk during the Covid, reflecting dynamic market conditions. Additionally, the asymmetricity in volatility is more during Covid period as compared to the post-Covid period for all the portfolios. The findings provide valuable guidance to asset managers and investors seeking to mitigate portfolio risk by engaging in ESG investing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: The coffee industry is one of the most important world supply chains, with an estimated consumption of two billion cups daily, making it the most consumed beverage worldwide. Coffee beans are primarily grown in tropical countries, with Brazil accounting for almost 50% of the production. The objective of this study is to examine the Brazilian trade between 2018 and 2022, focusing on state producers, logistical corridors, and importer countries. Methods: The methodology approach revolves around a quantitative method using Social Network Analysis measures. Results: The results reveal a massive concentration in local production (99.5%—Minas Gerais), port movements (99.9%—Santos, Itaguai, and Rio de Janeiro), and country buyers (80.9%—the United States, United Kingdon, and Japan). Conclusions: The study concludes that the Brazilian green coffee supply chain relies on a fragile and overloaded logistical network. Due to that, this study indicates that the stakeholders and decision-makers involved must consider this high concentration of production in some areas and companies. They must also address the bottlenecks in logistical corridors and the fierce competition involved in acquiring and processing Brazilian coffee production because these factors can drastically affect the revenue of the companies operating in this sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Indonesia is known as one of the world's spiceproducing countries. One of the spices produced by Indonesia is cinnamon, which has many benefits and a high economic price. However, the existence of various obstacles in exporting cinnamon makes Indonesia have to select cinnamon export markets in destination countries. The purpose of this study is to analyze the potential development of Indonesia's cinnamon export markets. This research uses the analysis methods of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Export Product Dynamic (EPD), and X-model potential export product. The results of the study can be concluded that the destination countries of China and India are in the position of optimistic market. While the Netherlands and Thailand are in the position of potential market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using the volatility spillover index method based on the quantile vector autoregression (QVAR) model, this paper systematically examines structural changes and corresponding spillover effects within 20 major stock markets under both extreme and normal market conditions, using data spanning from January 2005 to January 2023. The results show that, compared to the traditional volatility spillover index method, which focuses mainly on average spillover effects, the QVAR model-based spillover index better captures spillover effects under extreme and various market conditions among global stock markets. The connections between stock markets are closer in extreme market conditions. The total spillover index of major global stock markets significantly increases in extreme conditions compared to normal conditions. In extreme market conditions, inflow indices show varying degrees of increase, with emerging economy stock markets displaying more significant increases. The outflow indices exhibit heterogeneity; emerging economies show consistent increases, while developed economies show mixed changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This study aims to explore how student recruitment practitioners at regional Australian universities strategise student recruitment efforts in Thailand. There is scarce research addressing regional universities, with prior studies focusing on metropolitan universities. Similarly, most prior studies have focused on high-volume markets, with little research exploring emerging markets such as Thailand. Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with student recruitment practitioners from regional universities that were responsible for recruiting Thai students. Thematic analysis was conducted to identify key themes. Findings: Regional universities lack strategic ambidexterity in their approach to recruiting international students. They viewed Thailand as requiring longer term investment and were unwilling to dedicate their limited resources towards developing this market at the expense of other markets that would yield enrolments to contribute towards short-term targets. Practical implications: Implications are provided with relevance to the student recruitment practitioner, with strategic ambidexterity discussed. Originality/value: The paper fills a gap in the research by exploring international student recruitment and contextualising both regional universities and Thailand as a recruitment market. This study provides useful considerations that may be relevant to other emerging markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By constructing a set of new comprehensive indicators to measure the financialization of the international commodity market from the perspectives of speculation, currency, market links and risk, this paper explores the relationship between the financialization of the international commodity market and the financial characteristics of BRIC countries (BRIC is an acronym for the economic bloc of countries consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, and China) based on the SVAR model. The empirical analysis finds the following: First, the financialization of the international commodity market gets stronger year by year, and it fluctuated at a high level after the 2008 financial crisis. Second, the financialization of the international commodity market has strong explanatory power for the financial development and financial structure of BRIC countries but relatively weak explanatory power for their financial openness and financial fictitiousness. Third, the higher financialization of the international commodity market will restrain the improvement of countries' financial development and direct financing, especially of China and India. Fourth, the financialization of the international commodity market has the strongest explanatory power for Russia's financial openness and financial fictitiousness but relatively weak explanatory power for China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global tourism market has become one of the most affected sectors of the economy. In this research, the literature on the economic effects created by COVID-19 on a global level is first studied and the measures and restrictions that governments are obliged to take in order to suppress and prevent the spread of the coronavirus are analyzed. Next, there is an attempt to empirically estimate a system of equations regarding the two channels of influence of COVID-19 on tourism, making use of cross-sectional data, and specifically for a sample of 38 countries that launched vaccination up until the end of 2020. The explained results confirm that tourism is directly affected by the spread of COVID-19, due to the effort of travelers to avoid illness, but also due to the measures taken by governments to limit it. Tourism is also indirectly affected, due to the negative impact on income. Using 3SLS, an equation was developed to calculate the direct and indirect impact of COVID-19 on tourism. Notably, the dependent variable (tourism expenditure) exhibited a positive correlation with the independent variable (GDP) and a negative correlation with the total COVID-19 cases. Consequently, it was determined that a unit increase in the COVID-19 variable led to a reduction in international tourism expenditure by USD 859,237. Finally, there is a concern, and further investigation is needed, regarding the effect of vaccination against COVID-19 on tourism, which, while it is expected to be negative, is not confirmed by the results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the global commitment to achieving sustainable solutions for addressing hunger, emphasizing the urgent need to transform the agricultural sector in the face of escalating global population growth and threats to the food system. Despite commitments to reduce conventional pesticide use, the global market for these products is expanding. Biopesticides are a sustainable alternative with targeted action and ecological benefits. While the biopesticide market is growing, it remains a small segment within the overall expanding pesticide market. The study focuses on the Mediterranean region, specifically Spain, Tunisia, and Turkey, to investigate the structural challenges hindering the adoption of biopesticides. Technical issues, coupled with broader market dynamics involving producers, farmers, regulators, and consumers, contribute to the limited market presence of biopesticides in the region. Challenges such as knowledge gaps, market constraints, limited manufacturing plants, and registration complexities further impede biopesticide development, confining them to niche markets. Overcoming these challenges requires addressing issues of availability, affordability, and efficacy, alongside legislative barriers. The paper suggests potential roles for farmers, producers, and regulators as agents of change, acknowledging the complexity of devising concrete strategies to navigate the current impasse. The research proposes directions for facilitating change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tuna products are among the most popular seafoods in the world and widely traded across the globe. China is a major contributor to the worldwide tuna industry as both a producer and an exporter. Employing the Constant Market Share model, this study examines the factors influencing the variations in China's tuna exports from 2002 to 2022, focusing on global, country, and product type levels. Results show that (1) China's expanded tuna exporting trade is partially due to the rising worldwide demand for tuna, which is mostly prominent in China's tuna exports to the USA, Vietnam, and Malaysia, as well as its exports of frozen tuna products. (2) China's competitive edge in tuna exports has steadily strengthened in most of its principal exporting markets, especially in Japan and the fresh tuna markets. Nevertheless, the competitiveness structure of Chinese tuna exports has challenges in satisfying the diverse requirements of different nations (regions) for various types of tuna products. (3) The second-order effect has been the primary driver of the expansion in Chinese tuna exports, with its contribution rate consistently rising in recent years. In response to the changes in international and domestic tuna markets, China must implement strategies to maximize the potential of the tuna importing market, further improve its global competitiveness, enhance communication and coordination among domestic and international tuna stakeholders, and cultivate domestic tuna markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the examples of Versailles, a series co-produced by Capa Drama with the Quebec company Incendo and Zodiak Fiction for Canal+, and No Man's Land, a Franco-Belgian-Israeli co-production produced for Arte France and the US platform Hulu, this article aims to compare two different dimensions of the globalisation of the series market and the integration of French producers and broadcasters into this new transnational creative ecosystem. The challenge for the production of Versailles was to bring the French heritage series up to the standards of the English-speaking world while promoting French producers' financial and artistic creativity in launching series with distinctive stories onto a global market. For No Man's Land, however, the challenge was to produce a cosmopolitan series, featuring several cultural areas and a multilingual cast. Whether in terms of the broadcasters' globalisation strategy or in terms of the creative or even cross-cultural challenges raised by the production process, both experiences are representative of the way series are emerging today as a laboratory of audiovisual 'glocalisation'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to present the structure of export orientation research and clusters over 10 years of research. The bibliometric analysis was made up of 434 articles from the Scopus database. To analyze the extracted data, three bibliometric techniques were applied: Citation Analysis, Keyword Analysis, and Bibliographic Coupling. The results show an exponential increase in research on export orientation research. The study also revealed eight clusters based on publications from the last ten years. The main themes that emerged related to export orientation research include; Marketing performance and export orientation, firm’s productivity and efficiency orientation, local to global upgradation and export orientation, industrial policy, manufacturing and export orientation, technology as a stimulant for change, competitive strategy for export orientation, and value chain coordination. It allows the researcher to better understand the most common issues of the last 5 years and relate these issues to current problems in the international marketplace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A diversification strategy is one of the means to expand business among corporations, including Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). In Malaysia, many successful stories of SMEs’ diversification strategies permit others to follow in their footstep. The success of the strategy allows businesses to develop not only locally but also venture into the international market. However, various issues and challenges could be associated with diversification strategy implementation particularly among SMEs within multiple industries involved. Therefore, this study aims to discover the issues and challenges faced by Kental Bina Sdn. Bhd., one of the steadily growing diversified businesses in Northern Peninsular Malaysia. This study employed a few rounds of one-on-one interviews with the business owner as the key informant to meet the study objective. The recorded interview sessions are then transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis through the Nvivo12 software. From the policy viewpoint, this study sheds light on the development of entrepreneurial training programs. The training program conducted by the relevant ministries and government agencies, including the Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development (MECD), Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), SME Corporation (SMECorp.), and Tekun Nasional (TEKUN), needs to be specifically designed to address the issues and challenges of business diversification particularly among SMEs. For practical implication, this study helps to offer important information and inputs among other businesses, particularly SMEs, on what to expect when starting their diversification planning and strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing on county-level foreign trade archival documents, this article explores export production in the rural Pearl River delta during the 1960s and 1970s, focusing on the relationship between local foreign trade agencies and grassroots collectives in three counties. The study contends that, instead of the state having complete control of the entire production and procurement process, rural export production in the Pearl River delta demonstrates remarkable diversity and responsiveness to fluctuating overseas market conditions, whose adaptability, however, was significantly constrained by the grain-first policy during the Maoist era. This research further posits that the interplay between control and autonomy mechanisms shaped the institutional context in which rational, calculating Chinese peasants navigated the Maoist state. Notably, the state was not a monolithic entity, and its boundaries with the peasants were permeable and dynamic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sweet melon, and in particular, spotted melon, is one of the most profitable fruit crops for farmers in the international market. As the spot ratio impacts the melon's visual appeal, it plays a significant role in shaping consumers' initial impressions and influencing their decision to purchase a spotted melon. However, accurately determining the spot area on a melon's skin is challenging due to the diverse sizes and colors of these spots among different types of melons. In this study, the novel networks based on UNet model have been proposed to accurately determine the spot area on melon skins after harvesting. First, Mask R-CNN model was employed to isolate the melons from unwanted objects and backgrounds. Then, the novel variants of the Atrous Spatial Pyramid Pooling (ASPP) and Waterfall Atrous Spatial Pooling (WASP) were developed based on the multi-head self-attention (MHSA) approach to efficiently enhance the original structures. Finally, the proposed modules were integrated into VGG16-UNet network to segment melons' spots on its skin. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed methods yielded promising outcomes, achieving a mean IoU of 89.86% and an accuracy of 99.45% across all classes. Moreover, it outperformed other existing models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper suggests new evidence for the recent surge of the day-of-the-week effect on market volatility after a stock market shock. Using global market indices, this study revisits the day-of-the-week effect on market volatility and provides the first evidence of Tuesday's low volatility after the COVID-19 shock. We also find no evidence of a day-of-the-week volatility effect from the analysis of the pre-COVID-19 period. Overall, our results provide implications for the investment decision-making and risk management of portfolio managers after a market shock. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the development of halal guarantee systems in several countries and its implications for the global food and beverage industry. With increasing consumer awareness of halal products, demand for halal products continues to increase significantly. Therefore, countries that have large Muslim populations or significant export markets to Muslim-majority countries have developed comprehensive halal assurance systems. This article examines some of the approaches taken by countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates in building and managing their halal assurance systems. Apart from that, the economic, social and political implications of this halal guarantee system are also discussed. Through this analysis, this article provides insight into how the halal guarantee system plays a role in driving the growth of the food and beverage industry in an increasingly developing global market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research was conducted to design a model to influence the strategic orientation and management of export market orientation on export performance in business environment transformations. The method of this research is Grounded theory. For this purpose, the topic was investigated by interviewing experts who were selected by a purposeful method of judgment from the managers and marketing experts of 52 sample exporting companies in Isfahan province in 2020. The validity of the interview questions was assessed with the Binominal test and the reliability was assessed with the Cronbach's alpha test. The research results indicate that; Strategic export orientation, export market orientation, and export performance are the three main pillars of exports in the trans formatives. To direct an effective export strategy in the current situation, six key factors of information systems strategy, customer-oriented engineering strategy, increasing innovation strategy, Competitive orientation strategy, learning orientation strategy, and cost control strategy must be included. Moreover, the results of the analysis aimed at extracting four components for export market orientation, including; Virtual marketing, distribution through capillary networks, video branding, and health brand led. Furthermore, the results of content analysis for export performance include 2 components financial and operational. Examining the export performance in transformations should be considered as the contribution of the article in the management of knowledge in the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]