Research Seminars



RESEARCH SEMINARS 2024

 

 

   

 

18.09.2024

 

PEI-FEN CHEN

(National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan)

Entrepreneurship, Mobile Payment, and Financial Inclusion for Low and Middle Income Asian Economies

Despite the burgeoning interest in financial technology , its cor relation to entrepreneurship remains unknown. This research addresses the gap in the literature by examining the determinants of new business entrepreneurship, specific ally focusing on mobile payment , traditional financial inclusion, and regulatory factors across selected low and middle income economies. Employing a baseline panel regression model, we conduct empirical analysis from data collected from multiple sources covering 25 developing economies in Asia spanning 2014 to 2021. The findings reveal a direct and positive effect of mobile payment systems and regulatory quality on entrepreneurship versus a negative effect of traditional financial inclusion. T he study further uncovers the impact channels through which regulatory factors interact with mobile payment systems and significantly contributes to the literature by examining how financial innovations, especially mobile payment systems, stimulate entrepreneurship on a global scale. It expands research by investigating the impact of traditional financial inclusion on new business entrepreneurship sheds light on nuanced pathways through which regulatory factors shape entrepreneurship and highlights the potential interaction effect of regulatory quality with mobile payment systems. The insights generated herein are invaluable for regulators and policymakers to make informed decisions that promote entrepreneurial growth. This is especially pertinent in the post COVID 19 era, where fostering small/new business entrepreneurship drive s sustainable economic development, while also potentially catalyzing the development of financial technology solutions to enhance financial inclusivity and entrepreneurial opportunities.

 

04.09.2024

 

PEETER PEDA (University of Tartu)

To build or not to build? Mobilization of uncertainty arguments in public decision-making on private megaprojects

Uncertainty, a state of unknowing linked to threats and opportunities, is a key characteristic of megaprojects, making it challenging for government officials and politicians to decide on their initiation. For them, implementation by the private sector adds an extra layer of complexity and uncertainty to megaproject planning. In this context, only a few studies have focussed on governing and the mobilization of uncertainty arguments in communication between government actors and private developers either in favour of or against megaprojects. The purpose of this article is to shed light on how private megaproject proposals progress towards political acceptance or rejection in public decision-making. The authors’ findings suggest that while public decision-making on megaprojects is a conflictual and dynamic process, some types of uncertainty are relatively more important in affecting the perceived feasibility of the projects in the eyes of public sector decision-makers. This study contributes to the debate on uncertainty management in megaprojects, proposing a new type of uncertainty – uncertainty about privateness – which has not been explicitly visible thus far. 

   

 

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