Background: International management-system certification may function both as an externally auditable signal and as a basis for internal process standardisation. Existing export studies have focused mainly on a single standard or a limited setting, leaving less evidence on annua...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i92371
Background: Amid accelerating digital globalization and the rise of the Global South, host-country digital economy development has become a crucial driver shaping China’s digital service export trade and South–South digital cooperation. Aims: To investigate the impact of host-cou...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i52272
In the process of globalization, corporate social responsibility has gradually become a focus of public attention, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance has increasingly become an important manifestation of a company's competitiveness. Outward Foreign Direct...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i52275
Against the background of global supply-chain restructuring and intensifying homogenised competition, this study examines whether international standardisation is associated with stronger corporate competitive breakthrough capability among Chinese manufacturing firms. Using panel...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i92374
Aims: Previous research predominantly measures OFDI breadth by host-country coverage and lacks a firm-level measure of the functional dimension. This study investigates the impact of digital transformation on the breadth of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) in manufacturin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i92366