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International Journal of Economics and Business Research

International Journal of Economics and Business Research (IJEBR)

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  •   Free full-text access Open AccessSustainable HRM and business organisational performance in the green economy: a bibliometrics and conceptual investigation
    ( Free Full-text Access ) CC-BY-NC-ND
    by Mohan Kumar, Dilashenyi Devi Selvarajah, Mohit Yadav, Manju Dagar, Nilesh Kumar Tiwari, Azadeh Amoozegar 
    Abstract: This study examines the evolving field of sustainable and green human resource management (HRM) and its link to sustainable organisational performance. Using PRISMA-based bibliometric and conceptual analysis, 411 Scopus-indexed publications (2006-2025) are reviewed. VOSviewer and Biblioshiny using R-Studio are used to identify keyword patterns, thematic structures, and research trends. Results show a sharp rise in output post-2013, with peak citations in 2019. The major contributions come from India, Pakistan, and China. Thematic mapping identifies motor, basic, niche, and emerging themes, including environmental management, green HRM, and pro-environmental behaviour. A shift toward AI, circular economy, and digital sustainability is observed. This study offers a structured synthesis, revealing knowledge clusters and future research paths to guide academia and practice.
    Keywords: sustainable human resource management; sustainable HRM; sustainability; SDGs; green human resource management; green HRM; organisational performance; bibliometric analysis; thematic evolution.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJEBR.2026.10082265
     
  •   Free full-text access Open AccessResource misallocation and firm growth through crisis and recovery: evidence from Vietnamese manufacturing
    ( Free Full-text Access ) CC-BY-NC-ND
    by Nguyen Huu Thinh, Phung Duy Quang 
    Abstract: This study examines whether Vietnamese manufacturing firms' lagged distance from their four-digit industry revenue-productivity (TFPR) benchmark predicts subsequent value-added growth before, during and after COVID-19. Using enterprise data for three one-year growth windows (2018-2019, 2020-2021 and 2022-2023), OLS models include baseline firm characteristics, industry-by-period and province effects and province-clustered standard errors. Across 58,790 firm-period observations, absolute gaps predict higher growth, but equality tests do not reject equal slopes across windows, and the association is sensitive to omitting baseline value added and to firm fixed effects. Directional estimates are more informative: the above-benchmark association is positive before COVID-19 in every comparison sample and declines significantly during the crisis. Its post-reopening reappearance and below-benchmark catch-up depend on sample composition, coverage gaps in the 2021 and 2023 files and selection into the linked sample. The estimates are predictive associations rather than causal effects.
    Keywords: resource misallocation; TFPR; revenue total factor productivity; productivity dispersion; firm growth; value added growth; manufacturing firms; Vietnamese manufacturing; COVID-19; economic crisis; economic recovery; Vietnam.

 

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