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Social media business networks and SME performance: A rural–urban comparative analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Tiwasing, P. (2021). Social media business networks and SME performance: A rural–urban comparative analysis. Growth and Change, 52(3), 1892-1913. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12501

Social media business networks provide small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a modern platform to network, resulting in improved business performance. However, rural SMEs are less likely to access these networks and often underperform urban... Read More about Social media business networks and SME performance: A rural–urban comparative analysis.

Product innovation in entrepreneurial firms: How business model design influences disruptive and adoptive innovation (2021)
Journal Article
Zheng, L. J., Xiong, C., Chen, X., & Li, C. (2021). Product innovation in entrepreneurial firms: How business model design influences disruptive and adoptive innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 170, Article 120894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120894

Blockchain technology has the potential to drive product innovation in various industries. This emerging technology is an important enabler of the next generation of new ventures. Our study examines the effects of the business model designs of blockc... Read More about Product innovation in entrepreneurial firms: How business model design influences disruptive and adoptive innovation.

The hedge asset for BRICS stock markets: Bitcoin, gold or VIX (2021)
Journal Article
Shahzad, S. J. H., Bouri, E., Rehman, M. U., & Roubaud, D. (2022). The hedge asset for BRICS stock markets: Bitcoin, gold or VIX. World Economy, 45(1), 292-316. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13138

We compare the weak/strong hedging abilities of three alternative assets, namely bitcoin, gold and US VIX futures, against the downside movements in BRICS stock market indices. Results from the cross-quantilogram approach indicate that bitcoin and go... Read More about The hedge asset for BRICS stock markets: Bitcoin, gold or VIX.

Digital transformation in financial services provision: a Nigerian perspective to the adoption of chatbot (2021)
Journal Article
Abdulquadri, A., Mogaji, E., Kieu, T. A., & Nguyen, N. P. (2021). Digital transformation in financial services provision: a Nigerian perspective to the adoption of chatbot. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 15(2), 258-281. https://doi.org/10.1108/jec-06-2020-0126

Purpose
Recognising the high numbers of unbanked and financially excluded adults in Nigeria, this study aims to position chatbot as a digital transformation tool to radically change business model, improve customer experience and enhance financial i... Read More about Digital transformation in financial services provision: a Nigerian perspective to the adoption of chatbot.

From panic to dispassionate rationality - Organizational responses in procurement after the initial COVID-19 pandemic peak (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). From panic to dispassionate rationality - Organizational responses in procurement after the initial COVID-19 pandemic peak. IEEE Engineering Management Review, -. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2021.3079630

Lockdowns and social distancing from the COVID19 crisis took many by surprise. Panic grew about the implications. Supply chains became center stage. We consider decision making in large multinational companies and whether COVID19 responses focused on... Read More about From panic to dispassionate rationality - Organizational responses in procurement after the initial COVID-19 pandemic peak.

Economic and Environmental Changes in Shenzhen—A Technology Hub in Southern China (2021)
Journal Article
To, W., Lee, P. K., & Lau, A. K. (2021). Economic and Environmental Changes in Shenzhen—A Technology Hub in Southern China. Sustainability, 5545 - 5545. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105545

<jats:p>Shenzhen has been established as the technology and innovation center in China. The study reviews its economic development and environmental change over the past four decades. Specifically, it tests whether environmental Kuznets curve relatio... Read More about Economic and Environmental Changes in Shenzhen—A Technology Hub in Southern China.

Stock market volatility and jumps in times of uncertainty (2021)
Journal Article
Megaritis. (2021). Stock market volatility and jumps in times of uncertainty. Journal of International Money and Finance, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2021.102355

In this paper we examine the predictive power of latent macroeconomic uncertainty on US stock market volatility and jump tail risk. We find that increasing macroeconomic uncertainty predicts a subsequent rise in volatility and price jumps in the US e... Read More about Stock market volatility and jumps in times of uncertainty.