Managing Global Transitions

Abstracts in Slovene

2024-12-30

Productive Capacities and the SDGs: Critical but Nuanced Relationships

David Tennant — 2024-12-30

It is widely accepted that productive capacities are an enabler for the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs), but there is a dearth of literature empirically testing this view. This paper examines the relationships between productive capacities and the SDGs and reveals nuances that need to be accounted for in integrated development approaches. Using panel data time series models, with Driscoll-Kraay adjusted standard errors, we examine how enhancing the eight elements of the Productive Capacity
Index (PCI) impacts the SDGs. We find that each of the SDGs has statistically significant relationships with multiple elements of the PCI, and the results highlight areas in which productive capacity enhancements accelerate progress on one or more SDGs but can also be inimical to others, particularly to goals related to the environment and income inequality. Our approach provides development practitioners with a new framework to better target SDG interventions.

A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature on Optimum Currency Areas and Monetary Integration

Ntombi Matonana — 2024-12-30

Our study presents a pioneering bibliometric analysis of optimum currency areas literature and monetary integration, utilising 9,228 research outputs published between 1960 and 2022. We employ the biblioshiny function in R-studio to comprehensively analyse this data. Our findings reveal a growing body of literature on optimum currency areas, with increased author productivity. Remarkably, influential authors, despite their lower research volume, receive extensive citations and publish in prestigious journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics and The American Economic Review. Additionally, our analysis exposes a lack of representation from non-European/American institutions, as well as an underrepresentation of female and non-White researchers. We propose future research directions to address these gaps. Notably, our study is the first to conduct a bibliometric analysis on optimum currency areas and monetary integration, highlighting its originality.

Supply Chain Management Skills in Business and Humanitarian Contexts

Robert Davtyan — 2024-12-30

This study explores the differential skill requirements within supply chain management (SCM) across commercial and humanitarian contexts and career levels. Analysing 116 responses regarding context and 96 concerning career levels, the research confirms the applicability of the T-shaped model, highlighting the distinct skills critical for each sector. Significant discrepancies were found: humanitarian SCM prioritizes functional logistics, while business SCM places a larger emphasis on information technology, customs, transportation, and port/airport management. These findings suggest a dynamic skillset evolution, where functional skills, essential
at entry-level positions, give way to general management capabilities as one progresses. This shift is more pronounced by experience rather than job title in the humanitarian sector. The implications for educational institutions and SCM practice are profound, necessitating curriculum updates to meet changing industry demands and support logistics practitioners transitioning between sectors.

Access to Credit and Loan Repayment by Households of Non-Farmers in Nigeria: New Evidence from Binary Logit Regression

Obed I. Ojonta — 2024-12-30

Access to credit is the desire of every developing economy as well as a coping strategy in starting up and expanding businesses. Hence, this study critically examines how access to credit responds to loan repayment by households of non-farmers in Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, some important variables like spending on transport, other business costs, salaries/wages and rent were included in the model. Other variables in the model include age and location for the households of non-farmers. The study shows that loan repayment by households of non-farmers and their place of residence are significant drivers of access to finance in Nigeria while other characteristics of non-farmers such as spending on transport, other business costs, salaries/wages, rent and age are muted throughout.