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IIMT Journal of Management • 3 • 2026
Explores the psychological resilience, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and business model adaptation of physically challenged female micro-entrepreneurs in emerging economies, modeling how adversity quotient and social capital foster venture sustainability.
International Journal of Information and Learning Technology • 43 • 2026
Investigates institutional readiness, faculty pedagogical perceptions, and ethical governance mechanisms driving generative AI integration across universities in developing nations, proposing a comprehensive ethical AI adoption framework.
Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning • 22 • 2026
Examines technology acceptance factors, institutional ICT infrastructure hurdles, and psychological factors governing AI tool adoption among academic researchers and students utilizing an extended UTAUT2 model.
South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics • 23 • 2026
Investigates managerial attitudes toward strategic CSR investments versus philanthropic spending across private commercial banks in Bangladesh, demonstrating an empirical shift toward ESG-aligned green financing.
CISR Journal of Innovation and Technology • 1 • 2026
This paper examines the institutional and behavioral determinants influencing the implementation of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) and blockchain-enabled verifiable credentials across tertiary universities and municipal agencies in developing South Asian economies. Utilizing a stratified structural equation modeling (SEM) design across 412 academic administrators and ICT officers, the empirical findings reveal that technological transparency and regulatory congruence significantly mitigate algorithmic aversion, resulting in a 41.2% higher adoption readiness. Policy frameworks for ethical AI governance in public service are formulated.
CISR Journal of Innovation and Technology • 1 • 2026
Small and medium manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) face distinct capital and capability constraints during industrial digital transitions. This study investigates the mediating role of dynamic technological absorptive capacity on the relationship between Industry 4.0 investments and export performance. Drawing on empirical data from 284 export-oriented manufacturing firms, we identify modular IoT telemetry and localized ERP integration as critical inflection points yielding measurable total factor productivity gains.
CISR Journal of Innovation and Technology • 1 • 2026
Autonomous procurement algorithms and predictive inventory systems are rapidly reconfiguring global supply chains. However, unintended biases and opaque decision matrices introduce systemic operational and labor risks. This systematic literature review synthesizes 142 peer-reviewed articles to propose an integrated 5-layer Algorithmic Supply Chain Governance (ASCG) framework, establishing accountability protocols for procurement algorithms.
CISR Journal of Sustainability and Society • 1 • 2026
Rural women entrepreneurs in emerging markets operate under severe asymmetric capital access and deeply entrenched socio-cultural constraints. Through in-depth narrative inquiry and phenomenological interviews with 64 rural women enterprise founders across northwestern Bangladesh, this study theorizes how social businesses bridge institutional voids. The empirical findings reveal that peer-to-peer cooperative mentoring and digital mobile payment adoption generate a resilient buffer against debt traps, elevating household reinvestment rates by 38.6%.
