FDI is an important development source with potential spillover effects. At the same time, FDI can also generate environmental problems for hosting countries. However, none of the existing studies calculate green spillovers which consider the environmental damage and then examine the impact of green spillover effects. The paper calculates the green spillover effects which consider the environmental factor when Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) firms generate the spillover effects. Then, the paper examines the impact of the green spillover effects on the performance of domestic firms in the manufacturing sector in the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2022. The paper uses the fixed effect model to test the impact of the green spillover effect. The green Foreign Direct Investment spillovers include six variables: green competition horizontal, green competition backwards, green competition forward, green labour horizontal, green labour backwards and green labour forward. As a result, the paper detects the positive association of the green labour horizontal effect and the negative association of the green competition horizontal effect and green competition backward linkage with the performance of Czech firms. Interestingly, while the normal spillover effect is positively associated with labour backward linkage, the green spillover effect is not significantly associated with this channel. Finally, the paper also suggests that higher absorptive capacity is associated with weaker negative spillover effects and stronger positive spillover effects from green Foreign Direct Investment.
This study explores the ethical, financial, and systemic dynamics of child-centred digital enterprises, a distinct and under-researched form of family entrepreneurship. It introduces the bespoke Child Influencer Family Enterprise (CIFE) Framework, integrating Family Systems Theory (FST), Responsible Entrepreneurship (RE), and Responsible Innovation (RI) to analyse how family systems function when centred around a child’s digital entrepreneurial activity. Employing a convergent-parallel mixed-methods design, data were collected from 60 parent or guardian participants managing monetised child influencer accounts. Quantitative findings reveal that income dependency and high multi-platform exposure independently and additively increase the likelihood of reported negative impacts on child influencers. Qualitative insights reinforce these findings, highlighting role conflict, economic dependency, constrained child autonomy, and regulatory voids. The study contributes to entrepreneurship and family business literature by offering a novel theoretical lens, comparing findings with existing research in digital labour and family business ethics, and providing actionable policy recommendations aimed at safeguarding child welfare within digital family enterprises, particularly referencing UK-specific regulatory frameworks.
While the role of environmental technologies and technological innovation have been widely argued in their context of green (environment) effect, little is known about their potentially dissimilar blue (economic) effect. As such, by relying on the selected panel of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, this study compares the economic (de)merit of environmental technologies and technological innovation while also examining the economic contribution of energy transition quality measured by Green Quality Index. By combining the Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS) and Panel-Corrected Standard Errors (PCSE) methods, the results show that renewable energy consumption and environmental technologies all promote economic well-being, thus affirming their desirable (blue) effect. Contrarily, both the quality of energy transition of the energy mix and technological innovation hamper economic development given their negative impact on per capita gross domestic product (GDP). These results were affirmed with the Dynamic Least Squares (DOLS), Fully Modified Least Squares (FMOLS), and Driscoll-Kraay methods. Overall, effective measures should be taken to avert potential delay and even rebound effect related to the response of economic well-being to changes in technological innovation and energy transition approach in these economies. This outcome further contributes to Solow-Swan and endogenous growth theories by offering more insight on the relevance of policy response and transmission lag.
The objective of the study was to examine the impact of corporate social responsibility over the performance of SMEs while considering business continuity as an outcome variable. Additionally, product innovation has been evaluated as a mediator, and responsible leadership has been evaluated as a moderator between corporate social responsibility and product innovation. Here the supposition is that if firms achieve performance through corporate social responsibility and innovative products with the influence of responsible leadership, they will achieve performance and will help the firm to survive even in the times of crisis. The data was collected from manufacturing sector SMEs of Jordan. While choosing the participating SMEs purposive sampling was followed, and SMEs that are involved in at least one of the social responsibility activities were chosen. The collected data was analyzed using Smart PLS-4. The findings confirmed that corporate social responsibility has a significant impact on performance, product innovation mediates between corporate social responsibility and performance and the relationship between corporate social responsibility and product innovation is moderated by responsible leadership. Grounded in a theoretical integration of stakeholder theory, resource-based view, and dynamic capability view, the research posits that responsible leadership enhances the strategic alignment of corporate social responsibility initiatives with innovation capabilities, fostering performance. The findings provide robust evidence for managers and policymakers to prioritize responsible leadership in CSR and innovation strategies to secure SMEs’ performance in volatile environments.
This research addresses institutional voids and cultural barriers (Mean 4.3) by exploring the nexus between female-led social entrepreneurship and SDG 16. It aims to quantify the impact of gender-driven innovation on institutional resilience and global peacebuilding. The study uses a multi-method research design and combines systematic review of 160 articles using the PRISMA protocol, use of NVivo supported thematic analysis of fifteen entrepreneurs (P1 to P15) and a survey of 160 respondents. The triangulated method also improves the level of analytical rigor since it allows convergence, validation, and strength of emergent themes based on the qualitative results. Findings reveal a robust Correlation Coefficient (r = 0.78, p < 0.01) and a Predictive Coefficient (beta = 0.85) for sustainability. “Digital Migration” to Instagram (P4, P11) emerged as a transformative “Techno-Adaptive” response (Mean 4.2), while family support (P1) and experts’ inspiration and empathy (P12) explain 72
