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Volume 14 Issue 01 (May 2026)

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01 Research Article Volume 14 Issue 01 Published 03 Apr 2026

Competitiveness, perception of insecurity, and location: Key factors in the regional distribution of foreign investment in Mexico

Juan Carlos Botello Mariana Echeagaray Santibanez

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a key indicator of regional economic dynamism, especially in countries characterized by structural disparities such as Mexico. This study examines the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows received by Mexican states and v…

03 Research Article Volume 14 Issue 01 Published 03 Apr 2026

The WEMPOWERMENT Scorecard: A contextual tool for assessing women’s entrepreneurial empowerment in developing economies

Miray Barsoum

This paper introduces the WEMPOWERMENT Scorecard, a contextualized assessment tool designed to measure women’s entrepreneurial empowerment in developing economies. The purpose of the research is to conceptualize, develop, and validate a multidimensional tool that can guide…

04 Review Article Volume 14 Issue 01 Published 03 Apr 2026

Circular economy practices for sustainable urban development: A Systematic literature review of real estate sector pathways toward SDG 11 in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nasrin Sultana Aliar Hossain

This research paper examines how circular economy (CE) principles influence urban sustainability in the real estate sector of Dhaka, Bangladesh, especially in relation to Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11). Given the rapid urbanisation challenges in cities such as Dhaka, B…

05 Research Article Volume 14 Issue 01 Published 03 Apr 2026

Green business practices and sustainability of small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in a Ghanaian Municipality: A global south context

Ernest Mensah Abraham Stephanie Efua Djan Mercy Ewurama Ampofo

This study examined the influence of green business practices on the sustainability of small and medium-scale enterprises. A quantitative research approach and a survey design were deployed. A structured questionnaire was administered to 150 SME owners and managers across variou…

06 Research Article Volume 14 Issue 01 Published 15 May 2026

Export and import-led growth: the Mexican case

Oscar Salomon Castameda Lozada Juan Carlos Botello Osorio

This research analyses the short-run and long-run relationship between exports, imports, labour, capital and gross domestic product of Mexico from 2002 to 2024 by means of a neoclassical framework under an autoregressive distributed-lagged error correction model. We reveal that…