Owing to recent developments and implications inspired by fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies in the global manufacturing sector through the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) concept, this study was conducted to
However, the coefficient estimates for globalization predicting COVID-19 cases at the time of total border closure is likely to be underestimated, as a number of highly globalized countries, such as the USA, Japan, South Korea, and a large group of European countries (with the exception of ...
Western Europe, including countries like France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Remember, this is a total of 90 days across all Schengen countries, not per country. If you want to stay longer, you’ll need to look into visa options or spend time in non-Schengen countries like the UK or ...
We first show that mothers from the most affluent areas tend to have more babies when unemployment increases, while the opposite is true for fertility amongst women living in the poorest areas. We then replicate existing studies, like Dehejia and Lleras-Muney (2004), by performing a pooled OL...
How does the US prevent countries like North Korea (or any country with imposed sanctions) from doing business or transacting with other countries (ensuring US economic sanctions are upheld by other n Economic sanctions are most effective in causing the target nation ...
between innovation and economic growth. In sum, we would like to assess the importance of innovation-economic growth linkage, by investigating whether the level of innovation has contributed to economic growth, or whether the extension of the innovation is simply a consequence of rapid economic ...
Forests in the Blue Mountains, like throughout the western USA in general, have been indefinitely shaped by wildfire (Agee1996). Many tree species have adapted to wildfire in different ways—various conifer species have thick bark, protecting meristematic tissue, phloem, and xylem (Pausas2015) and...
Economic growth is the rise in a country's production capacity over a specific period. Factors such as advancements in technology, increase in literacy levels, and improvement in quality are some of the drivers to economic growth. As the economy grows, businesses enjoy more profits, thus hiring...
the survey did not like written forms of ADs. Japanese respondents also preferred entrusting decision-making to their families in case of an emergency (see also Sehgal et al.1992). After 25 years, ADs remain uncommon in Japan. Moreover, there are three or four types of ADs. The Japan ...
Second, from the perspective of FDT, strategies like refining domestic financial market mechanisms, deepening financial cooperation, and attracting international capital inflows can be adopted by OECD countries. In the meantime, IQ is also essential in FDT and sustainable development. Relevant authorities...