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IB, a quarterly journal, is dedicated to the latest advancements of Internet and Business, and the intersection of Economics with business applications. The goal of this journal is to publish cutting edge research and promote the research work in these fast moving areas. All manuscripts submitted to IB must be previou…
Yi’ang Li, Jiachen Jin, Donglai Lyu, Que Zheng
The research aim of this paper is to investigate whether futures price fluctuations of major commodities during the Russian-Ukrainian war had an increased impact on the volatility of European stock index prices and whether they better explained stock index pr…
Daniel Ofori, Ambrose Amoah-Ashyiah, Benjamin Adjei Dankwah, Stephen Yeboah, Kakraba Ben Komla, Maxwell Acheampong, Kwadwo Kyei Ofori, Michael Oppong
The study investigated maximizing security operations to promote socio- economic development in mining firms in Ghana. The study respectively drew 1082 security personnel draw n at random from the selected mining firms. Using the sampling ratio proposed by Co…
Natsagdorj Saruultugs, Munkhdalai Erdenebat, Tsogbadrakh Tsetsegmaa
In this paper, we examine the impact of intellectual capital on financial performance of commercial banks in Mongolia using the financial data between 2011 and 2021. The performance impact of intellectual capital on business results is measured by the value-a…
Xiyu Ma
With the continuous development of digital technology, the rapid integration of digital technology and the financial industry will have a significant impact on China’s economic development trend and quality. Based on the fixed effect model and data from 31 Ch…
Jing Ye
This report focuses on the analysis of the impact of Shanghai Starbucks Reserve Roastery opening. It can help Starbucks understand clearly the impact and shortcomings of this event on the future development of the company, and help Starbucks develop better in…
Yasaman Javadi
Extant literature has increased our understanding of specific aspects of digital transformation, but a comprehensive picture remains elusive. Through a review of 50 case studies, we inductively build a framework of digital transformation articulated across se…
Runyu Li
In advocating energy-saving and low-carbon today, energy performance contracting has become an important policy tool for energy management in the public sector. Based on the perspective of public sector, this article uses hotspot comparison to find trends and…
Chikashi Tsuji
This paper attempts to forecast exchange rates by applying a machine learning approach. More specifically, in this study, we attempt to forecast the dynamic evolutions of the four exchange rates of Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, Great Britain pounds, a…
Jingru Tian
Venezuela’s present economic crisis that began in 2013 has triggered a series of social and political issues. There is a lack of reliable official data to analyze Venezuela’s economic situation. In this study, I use data extracted from the latest brightness o…
Lingling Zeng, Yanan Xiao, Shilong Chen
With the increasing emphasis on economic development, China’s economy is growing steadily and significantly, and the stock market is becoming more diversified and richer in products and derivatives, resulting in a larger and larger base of investors in the Ch…
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IB, a quarterly journal, is dedicated to the latest advancements of Internet and Business, and the intersection of Economics with business applications. The goal of this journal is to publish cutting edge research and promote the research work in these fast moving areas. All manuscripts submitted to IB must be previou… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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