Competitiveness Review: Volume 34 Issue 4

Historical effect of verified purchases and ordinary users’ testimonials on the sales rank of experience and search goods

Ali Sajedikhah, Hossein Rezaei Dolatabadi, Arash Shahin

This study aims to investigate the extent and pattern of the influence of one of the most important decision-making tools in the context of social commerce. This study…

On the alignment of competitive strategies for successful acquisitions: a two-decade longitudinal analysis

Lucas López-Manuel, Antonio Sartal, Xosé H. Vázquez

Most studies explore the success of mergers and acquisitions through ex ante analyses based on the compatibility of resources and capabilities between the acquirer and target. As…

A bibliometric study on the role of micro-finance services in micro, small and medium enterprises

Kapil Gora, Barkha Dhingra, Mahender Yadav

Micro-finance has a significant role in the better performance of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). This study aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the existing…

Service innovation research: a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer

Rajeev Kumar, Shubham Saxena, Vikas Kumar, Vineet Prabha, Rohit Kumar, Ankur Kukreti

“The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on service innovation during the past two decades and provide an analysis of sources of publication, citations and…

Carbon dioxide emissions and the economic growth: competitiveness and economic development view

Allam Hamdan

This study aims to shed light on the experience of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in balancing three main pillars: the environmental criteria, the reduction of CO₂ emissions and…

A game theory-based analysis of merchants’ mobile payment adoption using hybrid SEM-neural network approach

Babak Naysary

Driven by the evidence from the literature on the significance of mobile (m-)payment in economic growth and productivity and at the same time the relative dismal adoption of this…

Pro-environmental values’ and consumer behavior in base of the pyramid market: Ghana

Felicia Naatu, Ilan Alon, George Kofi Amoako, Dekuwmini Mornah

This study aims to fill the gap on proenvironmental behavior studies among consumers in bottom of the pyramid (BOP) market by examining the relationship between values, beliefs…

Short- and long-run relationship between financial development and economic competitiveness in WAEMU: does institutional quality matter?

Moussa Sigue, Désiré Drabo, Soumaïla Woni, Gnanderman Sirpe, Aminata Ouedraogo

This paper aims to assess the short- and long-run effects of the interaction between institutional quality and financial development (FD) on the competitiveness of the WAEMU…