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The aging population and the associated demand for orthopedic surgeries are increasing health costs. Although the Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG) system was introduced to offer incentives for hospitals, concerns remain that reimbursements for older a...

Household savings are a long-term financial issue that can undermine the financial well-being of American families if not addressed. This study examines financial planning strategies through the Behavioral Life-Cycle (BLCH) hypothesis, focusing on lo...

Using New Zealand Household Economic Survey (HES) 2018 data, we examine the impact of direct financial market participation post-retirement on retirement income in New Zealand. Our results demonstrate the importance of post-retirement financial marke...

The study aims to measure the effectiveness of the project management information system (PMIS) and its impact on financial wellness in rural areas. The study uses DeLone and McLean’s updated information success model to measure the net impacts...

Predicting stock market prices is an important and interesting task in academic and financial research. The volatile nature of the stock market means that predicting stock market prices is a challenging task. However, recent advancements in machine l...

This study examines the effects of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) market-based measures, with a particular focus on the greenhouse gas (GHG) levy and on the financial and operational performance of Korean shipping companies. Th...

Stock price forecasting remains a persistent challenge in time series analysis due to complex inter-stock relationships and dynamic textual signals such as financial news. While Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) can model relational structures, they often...

Public transport bus services often experience financial inefficiencies due to high operational costs and unbalanced service allocation. To address these challenges, this study presents a machine learning-based framework aimed at optimizing financial...

Adapting contemporary business models to the challenges of implementing new technologies influences the sustainable value of companies. This study examines the disclosure practices of Romanian-listed companies regarding accounting estimates, their co...

This research aims to measure the financial performance of companies in the water and sewerage sector by creating a sustainable econometric model for making long-term strategic decisions for managers and stakeholders. The research methodology consist...

This research focuses on analyzing the determinants of financial performance for the companies included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index over the period from 2014 to 2023. To guide managerial decisions aimed at enhancing company performan...

This study aims to provide important insights regarding the integrated structure of global factors and Pakistan’s leading sector-level indices by estimating the dynamic network and pairwise connectedness of the global crude oil index, MSCI inde...

Large-scale transitions to eco-friendly vehicle fleets present complex capital budgeting challenges, requiring the integration of extensive operational data with financial modeling while balancing economic profitability and environmental sustainabili...

With the rapid advancement of virtual human technology and live-streaming e-commerce, virtual anchors have increasingly become key interactive entities in the digital economy. However, emerging issues such as fake reviews, abnormal tipping, and illeg...

This study examines the investigation of accounting factors through audited financial statements in businesses by analyzing the qualified staff and investment in technology for sustainable profit. Therefore, the main goal is to analyze whether qualif...

Financial signaling and stock return synchronicity may not be at crossroads. This paper optimizes the signaling effect of firms’ financial indicators on stock return synchronicity. The ultimate objective is to align firms’ financial signa...

The current space law does not clarify the asteroid mining problem enough. This paper presents a techno-economic analysis to show how legal certainty impacts the profitability and overall investment in asteroid mining projects. Our analysis reveals t...

This paper investigates the frequency dynamics of financial and macroeconomic connectedness by measuring tail-risk and uncertainty for two emerging African economies, namely Morocco and Tunisia, over the quarterly period Q2-2010 to Q4-2024. We employ...

As a result of the growing global climate crisis, many countries have pledged to cut carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions to achieve net-zero emission goals. These goals can be successfully realized with the rollout of environm...

Traditional financial performance measures should be extended to provide additional information to stakeholders. One such extension is the economic value added (EVA). It shows residual profit above the cost of financing, both creditors and equity fin...

The modern world faces serious challenges associated with the presence of stray dogs on the streets, especially in urban areas. Vardar Planning Region in North Macedonia, which consists of nine municipalities, experiences such challenges. According t...

This study investigates the main financial technologies adopted by banks to improve their financial performance. The study population consists of commercial banks listed on the Amman Stock Exchange and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, and includes fina...

This paper investigates investment and output dynamics in a simple continuous time setting, showing that financing constraints substantially alter the relationship between net worth and the decisions of an optimizing firm. In the absence of financing...

This study evaluates the relevance of inclusive financial access in moderating the effect of income inequality on economic growth in 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 1995 to 2017. The findings using the Generalised Method of Mo...

Determining the optimal timing and type of entry in mid-rotation, unthinned stands can be complicated by a variety of economic and biological factors. In this analysis, long-term data from the Commercial Thinning Research Network was used to project...

Working capital is designed to provide enterprises with financial security. Its level depends on the strategy of managing individual elements of working capital. An appropriate management strategy allows companies to obtain added working capital. Wor...

To improve financial sustainability and promote economic stability, it is important to understand the intricate relationship between finance and macroeconomy. Thus, focusing on financial stress and macroeconomic sectors, this paper investigates macro...

This study examines the financially feasibility of the proper terminal capacity by each berth size of the automatic container terminal (ACT) from the perspective of Terminal Operating Company (TOC). ACT is a highly productive and eco-friendly port fa...

The adoption of agricultural technologies in developing economy countries has the potential to reduce poverty through sustainable intensification. Mechanized farming can also improve perceptions of farming and mitigate rural out-migration. However, m...

The evaluation and ranking of companies in any sector are generally based on a single measure of financial success, so the results obtained vary according to the classification criteria used. This study applies a multi-criteria approach to develop a...

The financial catastrophe resulting from the out-of-pocket payments necessary to access and use healthcare systems has been widely studied in the literature. The aim of this work is to predict the impact of the financial catastrophe a household will...

Personal credit assessment plays a crucial role in the financial system, which not only relates to the financial activities of individuals but also affects the overall credit system and economic health of society. However, the current problem of data...

Optimal financial planning plays a vital role in maintaining concentration and on the path as the organization extends, when new challenges materialize, and when unpredictable situations pounded. This study aims to develop and implement a goal progra...

In recent years, energy efficiency and the decarbonization of the building sector have become key goals in Europe. However, substantial efforts are still needed to support the increase in on-site energy generation from renewable energy sources (RES)...

The refereed literature contains few studies that analyze life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA) methodologies together for lignocellulosic bioenergy systems, using a stochastic modeling approach. This study seeks to address t...

The aim of this paper is to estimate the probability of bankruptcy of the companies from the Slovak electrical engineering industry based on data obtained from financial statements. Parameters of the predictive model were estimated using binary logis...

This study empirically examines the spillovers from global uncertainties to the sectoral indices of the Pakistan stock market (PSX). Furthermore, we select three major sectoral indices, i.e., the energy, financial, and material composite indices. The...

The primary focus of this paper is to develop an empirical model to study the relationship between key Financial Performance Indicators and IPO Offer Prices. It seeks to assist Indian IPO investors to make more informed decisions by advancing their k...

Distributed solar photovoltaic (DPV) under net-energy metering with volumetric retail electricity pricing has raised concerns among utilities and regulators about adverse financial impacts for shareholders and ratepayers. Using a pro forma financial...

This study considers the impact of the FATF’s greylisting process from a market perspective. The results are intended to inform the development of public policy and improvement of market signalling. The study develops a theoretical market impac...

In the context of the globalization and internationalization of economies, to efficiently attract financial and intellectual capital that is necessary for business sustainability, the mechanisms of corporate governance have to be based on gaining the...

This paper analyses the determinants of net interest margin during the period 2008–2014 in the Euro Area. The starting point of the analysis is the premise that this variable is a gauge of financial institutions’ health and stability. In...

Attention to energy efficiency is recently experiencing substantial growth. To overcome the several barriers currently existing that represent an obstacle to the successful implementation of the wide set of energy efficiency measures available, the c...

This study investigates the impact of physical and financial infrastructure on the dynamics of net total capital flows in BRICS economies over the period 2010–2024. Using panel data and a fixed-effects regression model with robust standard erro...

Existing literature has identified domestic restrictive monetary policy and deteriorating funding conditions as the predominant factors explaining the increase in net interoffice accounts of global banks, that is, the net liabilities of parent office...

The aim of this article is to analyze the economic and financial performance of Slovenian enterprises, as a European Union (EU) member state case study. A favorable economic and financial performance is crucial for long-term sustainable enterprise gr...

The decision-making process is of utmost importance as it dictates what will be chosen. Good decision making may lead to an ideal result that decision makers wish to achieve. Decision-making process is an essential consideration for the organization...

The authors propose an instrumental apparatus for calculating the ratings of Russian companies in the oil and gas and electric power industries based on a weighting method, risk assessment using the minimax criterion and an intellectual tree structur...

This paper analyses the impact of financial development on the environmental quality and sustainability for the group of G7 countries over the period 1990–2019 based on static panel data-fixed effect models. The objective is to explore if there...

This research will examine the impact of the adoption of financial technology on conventional banks’ financial performances. The research will place emphasis on the listed commercial banks at Amman Stock Exchange—ASE, using financial data...