Yanmin He, Otemon Gakuin University

Xikai Chen, California State University

Dongyang Zhang, Capital University of Economics and Business

This special issue addresses how digital technologies, institutional environments, and governance mechanisms interact to shape firm behavior and market evolution. Contemporary firms face complex transformations driven by digitalization and artificial intelligence alongside institutional frictions such as regulatory uncertainty and financing constraints. The special issue seeks to integrate fragmented research streams on digital transformation, corporate governance, and institutional dynamics to develop a more comprehensive understanding of firm-level adaptation in emerging markets.

The call welcomes submissions exploring how digital governance frameworks, enterprise transformation, and corporate governance mechanisms jointly influence innovation and firm competitiveness. Research may examine topics including digital transformation strategies, artificial intelligence adoption, corporate governance structures, institutional frictions affecting finance and trade, geopolitical impacts, and new measurement approaches. Submissions should make significant theoretical or empirical contributions to understanding emerging market dynamics.

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Potential topics

• Digital governance, regulation, and corporate adaptation
• Data governance, cybersecurity, and privacy protection
• Corporate digital transformation
• Artificial intelligence, Intelligentization, and organizational upgrading
• Corporate governance and strategic adaptation in emerging markets
• Corporate governance, finance, and trade under institutional frictions
• Institutional frictions, digital finance, and firms' access to capital
• Geopolitical uncertainty and firms' strategic reconfiguration
• New trends in innovation, productivity, and value creation
• ESG, sustainability, and responsible governance
• Cross-country differences in technology institutions, and governance
• Alternative data and new measurement approaches

Timeline

• August 1, 2026: Special issue linked symposium
• December 31, 2026: Manuscript submission deadline

Haijie Wang, Zhengzhou University

Yanchao Feng, Zhengzhou University

Emerging markets are experiencing transformative changes as digital technologies and green transitions converge, creating new opportunities and challenges. This special issue examines how the integration of digital infrastructure with low-carbon energy systems affects economic performance, financial markets, and development outcomes in emerging economies, addressing questions of regulatory alignment, financial constraints, and equitable access to resources.

The issue seeks theoretical and empirical research on how digital-green transformation influences macroeconomic dynamics, investment flows, trade patterns, and policy design in emerging markets. Research should explore mechanisms linking technological advancement and environmental imperatives while considering implications for inclusive growth, financial systems, competitiveness, and institutional frameworks across diverse emerging market contexts.

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Potential topics

• Digital-Green Investment Efficiency
• Carbon Markets and Digital Platforms
• Energy-Digital Infrastructure Finance
• Digitalization and Trade Costs
• Green Innovation and Firm Productivity
• Smart Grid Investment Models
• Digital Electricity Pricing Mechanisms
• Renewables, Data, and Capital Flows
• Digitalization and Energy Subsidies
• Climate Tech and FDI Flows
• Socioeconomic Impacts of Energy Transition in Emerging Markets

Timeline

• October 1, 2025: Open date for paper submission
• September 30, 2027: Manuscript deadline

Susan Sunila Sharma, Deakin University

Badri Narayan Rath, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Alok Kumar Mishra, University of Hyderabad

This special issue examines how geopolitical tensions, particularly conflicts in West Asia, influence international trade dynamics and economic development across the Asia-Pacific region. The initiative brings together academics, researchers, policymakers, and financial experts to explore the interconnections between geopolitical disruptions and trade relationships, and their implications for regional economic stability.

Papers should investigate how recent policy shifts in external, fiscal, and monetary domains reshape trade patterns and economic performance in Asia-Pacific economies. The special issue seeks high-quality research that deepens understanding of these complex relationships and their potential risks to sustainable growth in the region.

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Potential topics

• Effects of geopolitical tensions on trade disruption and economic growth in Asia-Pacific Region
• Impact of ongoing conflict in West Asia on international trade
• External, fiscal and monetary policies and their effects on international trade and economic performance
• Complex interconnections between geopolitical tensions and international trade
• Risks to economic growth stability in the Asia-Pacific Region

Timeline

• April 1, 2027: Manuscript deadline

Susan Sharma, Deakin University

Zhenhua Zhang, Lanzhou University

Jinjun Xue, Nagoya University

Geopolitical tensions are causing significant disruptions in global energy markets, fundamentally affecting energy security and economic stability in emerging markets. These shocks create complex challenges including energy accessibility issues, imported inflation, trade imbalances, and capital flow disruptions that threaten macroeconomic stability and development trajectories.

This special issue seeks to understand how energy security and economic dynamics interact within emerging markets facing geopolitical pressures. The focus is on examining transmission channels between energy sector shocks and broader economic effects, as well as policy responses that emerging economies are implementing through energy diversification, financial hedging, supply chain resilience, and green energy transitions.

The special issue welcomes theoretical and empirical research exploring the interconnections between energy security and economic dynamics, with emphasis on implications for macroeconomic stability, financial resilience, industrial restructuring, sustainable growth, and socioeconomic development in emerging markets.

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Potential topics

• Geopolitical shocks: Transmission to energy markets and economic activities
• Energy security strategies and their impacts on investment, trade, and industrial dynamics
• Financial market volatility and energy security financing
• Cross-border capital flows, exchange rates, and the vulnerability of energy imports
• The role of hedging strategies in energy markets for mitigating economic risks
• Trade pattern restructuring, energy diversification, and economic resilience
• Financing the green energy transition amid geopolitical risks
• Energy price volatility, corporate productivity, and overall economic performance
• A comprehensive policy framework balancing energy security and economic stability
• The socioeconomic impacts of energy insecurity in emerging markets
• Geopolitical shocks, trade policy uncertainty, and international economic development
• The green energy transition and energy security resilience
• Accelerating energy transition through green innovation amid energy risks
• Supply chain resilience and economic development under trade policy uncertainty

Timeline

• August 1, 2026: Open date for paper submission
• July 15, 2027: End date for paper submission

Weixing Wu, Capital University of Economics and Business

Zhichao Yin, Capital University of Economics and Business

Susan Sunila Sharma, Deakin University

This special issue examines how three interconnected forces—digital finance, demographic shifts, and behavioral decision-making—are transforming household financial behavior. Digital finance technologies are lowering barriers to entry and enabling personalized services, while demographic changes such as aging populations and evolving family structures are reshaping household risk management. Understanding how households make financial decisions remains critical to comprehending financial markets and macroeconomic dynamics.

The issue welcomes research using high-quality micro-level datasets to investigate how household-level financial choices aggregate into market-wide and macroeconomic effects. Contributions should address the complexity and heterogeneity of household financial decision-making across consumption, investment, borrowing, and wealth management activities, drawing insights from economics, finance, behavioral science, and data science.

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Potential topics

• Digitalization and household finance
• Demographics and household finance
• Sophisticated decision-making and household finance
• Green assets and household finance
• Household financial fragility
• New measurement of household behavior
• Structural analysis on household behavior
• Machine-learning and household behavior
• Climate risk, environmental economics, and household decision-making

Timeline

• December 31, 2026: Manuscript submission deadline