Leveraging Industry 4.0 for marketing strategies in the medical device industry of emerging economies.

This research investigates the impact of the technologies through an integrated Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (F-AHP) and VIKOR model to determine their viability as a marketing strategy for business growth in the Prosthetics and Orthotics (P&O) medical device industry. Based on expert data, the study evaluates the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies and ranks them by priority for marketing performance: "Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning" (0.

Green growth in Africa: The role of renewable energy, biocapacity, government policies, and R&D on CO2 emissions reductions.

Africa's abundant natural resources and renewable energy potential offer long-term prosperity, but the continent is still challenged with several hurdles in exploiting these resources efficiently. This study examines the prospect for sustainable growth in Africa about the impacts of renewable energy, biocapacity, government policies, research and development (R&D), and population growth on CO2 emissions. By employing multiple advanced regression modeling techniques such as Dynamic Common Correlated Effects (DCCE), Common Correlated Effects Generalized (CCEG), and Bootstrap Quantile Regression (BSQR), the study analyzed the correlations between these variables using data from 19 African countries, spanning from 2000 to 2020.

Evaluation of PPP-ABS investment environment based on combined weighting of level difference maximization and TOPSIS method.

Asset-backed securitization (ABS) is currently used to refinance public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the infrastructure field. To stimulate the investors' enthusiasm, this study evaluated the investment environment of PPP projects asset-backed securitization (PPP-ABS). Firstly, we established a PPP-ABS investment environment evaluation indicator system based on the literature review and the practice of PPP-ABS.

Macro tax incentives and corporate sustainable innovation: Evidence from Chinese Enterprises.

Innovation has become the driving force behind China's economy's sustainable growth. Due to the efficient transmission of taxation leverage, preferential tax policies are frequently used to stimulate innovation. Therefore, the incentive effect of preferential tax policies on sustainable innovation has gradually become the focus of attention.