Resolving the problem of excess production capacity through sustainable technological innovation is an important issue facing the Chinese economy in achieving high-quality development. The Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Resolving the Contra...
Climate change risk has significant impacts on corporate financial activities. Using firm-level data from A-share listed companies in China from 2010 to 2022, we examine how climate risk affects corporate debt financing capacity. We find that climate...
Effectively addressing overcapacity is the main task of China’s deepening supply-side reform and represents an intrinsic requirement for achieving sustainable economic development. Green finance policy, as a kind of environmental regulation pol...
Enhancing the carrying capacity of the ecological environment serves as a pivotal pathway to achieving sustainable development and also constitutes a concrete response to the UN SDGs. Based on a provincial panel dataset covering 30 Chinese provinces...
The collaborative innovation of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region is faced with prominent problems such as the large gap in innovation resources and capability. In addition, science and technology (S&T) finance provides the approach to promote the flo...
The increasing emphasis on sustainable governance and Environmental, Social, And Governance practices has heightened the need for banks to strengthen internal mechanisms that support sustainable finance, particularly in emerging market contexts. The...
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have increasingly been adopted worldwide as policy instruments for industrialization, export promotion, and employment creation. However, despite their rapid expansion, the long-term sustainability of SEZ projects remain...
This paper examines the organizational and financial capacity of Croatian cultural-sector organizations to access and manage European Union (EU) project funding. An explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was applied, combining a survey of 81 org...
Digital M&A, known as digital merger and acquisition, is a vital tool for companies to achieve digital transformation and play an essential role in sustainable development. Corporate digital M&A is inseparable from financial support. Therefor...
Digital finance is widely expected to support an environmental economy, but the evidence comes mainly from regional panels and linear estimators and ignores the legal protection of the personal data on which digital finance depends. This study examin...
Agricultural methane, from livestock, manure, and rice cultivation, is the largest human source of the second most important greenhouse gas. Because methane is potent but short-lived, reducing it is one of the fastest available levers on near-term wa...
Green finance policy has emerged as a powerful driver for sustainable development worldwide, which has arisen at the top of the political agenda. Drawing on resource allocation theory, this study empirically investigates whether and how green finance...
Green finance—including bilateral and multilateral development aid and concessional loans—has emerged as a critical tool in supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy, particularly in emerging economies. Türkiye, since the ear...
Reducing vulnerability to climate change and enhancing the long-term coping capacities of rural or urban settlements to negative climate change impacts have become urgent issues in developing countries. Developing countries do not have the means to c...
This study investigates the mechanisms by which green finance mitigates non-point source pollution. Based on provincial panel data from China spanning 2005 to 2023, this study conducts an empirical analysis that yields several key findings: (1) The d...
Digital credit has gained much attention from academic researchers, practitioners, and policymakers worldwide. This study empirically evaluates the determinants of digital credit using cross-country data from 2013 to 2019. The conventional ordinary l...
A common challenge faced by global wood-processing enterprises (WPEs) is their frequent exposure to external shocks. The improvement of regional financial development (RFD) may help WPEs enhance their resilience, thereby enabling them to mitigate ext...
This mixed-methods study examines the associations among fintech advancement, green finance, and financial inclusion in Jordan, an emerging economy. It draws on a distinctive three-part dataset: survey data from 21 commercial banks (N = 21), a nation...
How firms finance purchases and inventories may depend increasingly on the digital financial environment in which they operate, but cross-economy evidence on trade credit and customer advances remains limited. We merge firm-level Enterprise Survey re...
This study examines the sensitivity of empirical findings in financial flexibility research to alternative measurement approaches. Financial flexibility is widely recognised as a critical determinant of corporate financing and investment decisions, y...
This study contributes to the literature on sustainable international investment by examining how public data openness—treated as a non-rivalrous production factor—enables firms to overcome information asymmetries, reduce financing constr...
Cities are critical actors in reducing global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; the level of knowledge, skills, and capacity, especially regarding innovative project planning such as sustainable energy (SE) projects, is fundamental for cities to meet t...
A key but contentious aspect of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the means of implementation (MOI). Many developing countries emphasize the importance of international assistance while developed countries focus more on domestic financing and t...
This study attempts to determine whether improving the quality of mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) information disclosure can have a positive impact on a firm’s development. To this end, an empirical analysis is conducted to esta...
This study explores the adoption of green bonds within Saudi Arabia’s municipal sector, situated at the intersection of centralized governance, fossil fuel dependency, and ongoing sustainability reforms under Vision 2030. Employing a mixed-meth...
This systematic review synthesizes evidence on economic instruments that mobilize renewable-energy investment in emerging economies, analyzing 50 peer-reviewed studies published between 2015 and 2025 under PRISMA 2020. We advance an Institutional Cap...
Climate risk, as a significant factor affecting human sustainable development, has emerged as a focal topic of concern for governments and all sectors of society. Using a dataset from China’s Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share markets spanning 2007...
Adaptation is crucial for addressing current and future climate change challenges in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and climate finance instruments, such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF) can play a key role in increasing their adaptive capacit...
Enhancing capacity utilization (CU, hereinafter referred to as CU) is crucial for effectively solving the overcapacity problem, optimizing industrial structure, and promoting premium economic development. While extensive academic research has been co...
In the current context of economic transformation and a complex environment, increasing economic policy uncertainty may lead to deviations in corporate green behaviour, and it is particularly important to correct such deviations. On this basis, this...
Of all the resources and capabilities that have a well-established impact on decision-making, information stands out. With the advent of the digital economy, organizations have been making significant information and communication technology (ICT) in...
The paper assesses the current state and development trends of the social service system. The authors presented the current scheme of the system of social services in Russia and determined that it includes the budgetary, non-profit and commercial sec...
In previous works, the importance of risk management implementation was addressed with regard to the problem of bankruptcy threat, with the explanation of risk impact on higher bankruptcy costs or the underinvestment problem. However, the evaluation...
Analysis of Chinese real estate market shifted from eco nomic fundamentals to non-fundamentals, but consensus conclusions are still rarely reached. This is because institutional perspectives and national subjects are still lacking. Based on critical...
Innovation is a crucial driver of competitiveness and development of enterprises. Access to innovation is influenced by a multitude of factors, including, among others, an enterprise’s strategy, operation efficiency, and the availability of res...
More public spending on education does not necessarily translate into better educational conditions. Using provincial panel data from China (2006–2019), this study examines how different measures of public education finance are associated with...
The availability of resources and their concentration in the place of greatest need, will not allow us to successfully overcome a medical surge without the energy required to activate these resources and activities, and increase their quantities if n...
A high level of industry chain resilience is essential for China’s economy to operate safely, soundly, and robustly. It also serves as the foundation for the nation’s capacity for growth, competitiveness, sustainable development capacity,...
The most vulnerable countries often face a double burden in relation to climate change—they are at high risk to the impacts and are least equipped to cope and adapt. Global climate policy since the Convention in 1992, until most recently with t...
Corporate debt financing capacity is a critical factor for a firm’s survival and development. As climate change intensifies, examining the impact of climate risk on corporate debt financing is crucial for addressing climate change challenges. T...
In recent years, environmental issues are attracting widespread attention by various countries around the world. In this context, the renewable energy industry has become a stimulus point for economic development and has great potential for developme...
In the process of the accelerated evolution of the modern economic system, technology finance is constantly injecting momentum into the digital transformation of industrial enterprises. Using the panel data of Chinese industrial firms listed between...
Against the backdrop of self-financing difficulties, an effect of the transition from a centralized to a market economy, Romanian cities are marked by significant differences in the way local public finances are used. The difficulties generated by in...
Although climate finance tools like green bonds have been gaining popularity in academia, the research has been limited to examining the financial viability and performance of this market. We explore a different research avenue related to institution...
This study investigates how green finance influences urban export technological complexity using panel data from 287 Chinese cities (2011–2024). Unlike previous research focusing on aggregate financial development, we construct a comprehensive...
Inclusive finance is often considered to be a critical element that makes growth inclusive, as access to finance can enable the poor to lift themselves from income poverty. However, can it play such a role when the poor are in multidimensional povert...
In April 2024, a hybrid meeting organized by the WHO, PAHO, and MPP during the World Bank Spring Meetings focused on financing mRNA-based technologies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). This meeting sought to engage multilateral development...
With the improvement of the technology level and the prevalence of the concept of environmental protection, green finance has been gradually applied to the field of production and economic development. As an important measure of economic development,...
Digital finance provides a premises guarantee for green technology innovation, and effective environmental regulation helps to achieve green and sustainable development. This article selects Chinese urban panel data from 2011 to 2019 to explore the i...
The relationship between the water and financial sectors is explored through a review of past and current policies and practices, and new needs driven by growing water insecurity (i.e., drought and floods) and climate change. This paper focuses on em...
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