This study examines the effects of macroeconomic policies on economic growth in Nigeria using annual time-series data covering 1980–2022. The analysis focuses on selected fiscal and monetary policy instruments, namely interest rate, exchange rate, government expenditure and gover...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i81366
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on lifestyles and buying behavior. As a result, it amplified the usage of online marketing platforms. After the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers’ dependency did not change, and it remained the same or increased. The outbreak of COV...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i81364
This study examines the structural transformation of India’s services exports, with particular attention to the emergence and growing dominance of modern services. Using secondary data from National Accounts Statistics, the Reserve Bank of India, UNCTAD, the World Trade Organizat...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i81365
Railways, telegraphy, postal communication, standardised time, radio broadcasting, and large public works were central to the material reorganisation of colonial and postcolonial India. This narrative review examines how historians have interpreted these systems, with particular...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i81363
Consumer trust in food safety has become a critical concern worldwide, particularly in aquatic product supply chains where information asymmetry and fraud risks are pronounced. Drawing on signalling theory and trust theory, this study develops and empirically tests a multi-path m...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71360
This study determined the impact of carbon intensity on economic growth in selected SADC countries (South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Mozambique). Carbon intensity was defined as carbon emissions per unit of GDP, while the analysis controlled for other traditional inputs (labo...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i81361
This study examines disaster-mitigation behaviour among creative economy small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a volcanic hazard-prone area and assesses the associations of demographic capacity, economic resources, technology access, and business-sector characteristics wit...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i81362
This study examines the effect of fiscal policy dynamics on economic growth in Nigeria using annual time-series data from 1981 to 2023. Real Gross Domestic Product was used as the measure of economic growth, while Total Government Expenditure, Oil Revenue, Non-Oil Revenue, Total...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71359
The hospitality industry sits at an uneasy junction in the global sustainability agenda. It generates substantial environmental and social costs through energy use, water consumption, food waste and labour-intensive operations, yet its economic model depends on continued growth i...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71357
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in West Java increasingly rely on e-commerce and digital platforms, making organisational culture, work motivation, and digital literacy important to business performance. This study examined the effects of organisational culture and w...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71358
Indonesia is among the world's leading cocoa-producing countries, with production concentrated almost entirely in the hands of smallholders farming plots of less than two hectares, principally across Sulawesi. The European Union Deforestation Regulation, which requires operators...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71356
This study examines the influence of employee empowerment practices on job satisfaction in the evolving digital banking industry in Sri Lanka. It considers five aspects of employee empowerment: empowering mission and strategy (EMS), employee autonomy (EA), role accountability (RA...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71354
This study examined the role of brand trust in mediating the effect of social media marketing on purchase decisions for fresh flowers at florists in Mataram City, Indonesia. A quantitative approach was applied using data from 120 respondents who had purchased fresh flowers at lea...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71355
Digital financial inclusion (DFI) has become an important policy issue in South Asia, where labour market participation remains uneven across countries and population groups. This study examines the association between digital financial inclusion and labour force participation in...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71353
This study examined factors associated with consumers’ intention to consume Indonesian cuisine in the United States using the Theory of Planned Behaviour and a culinary tourism perspective. A quantitative explanatory design was applied, supported by limited qualitative informatio...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71352