The latest World Press Trends report shows that business sentiment in the industry has taken a downturn, in a context where multiple challenges face news publishers around the world. Yet there are causes for optimism, as revenue diversification progresses and publishers double down on new...

This edition of WAN-IFRA’s annual flagship research and report reveals an industry challenged but optimistic about its business. It examines the results of publishers’ business in 2021, their forecasts for 2022 and beyond, and the trends and issues shaping the industry. Our research shows...

This empirical study evaluates the relative importance of articles in industrial organization published in major general or specialized scientific journals, either English or French, using the new 1991 J.E.L. classification system. Contributions are examined within two recent periods, 1991-93...

We propose a novel approach to comparing publications across business disciplines. Specifically, we aim to provide an objective method for evaluating the interdisciplinary value of publications based on intradisciplinary author rankings. Using publication data from the leading journals in...

The last two decades have been characterized by accelerated technological innovations, fanned by rapid developments in global telecommunication and information networks, and the lowering of trade barriers among nations. These developments have made globalization one of the most dominant forces...

In this article we test the relationship between per capita income differential and exchange rate differential between two different economic background countries. Recent researches have been done on the testing of international Fisher effect, Interest rate, GDP growth rate and purchasing power...

In modelling macroeconomic time series, often a monthly indicator of global real economic activity is used. We propose a new indicator, named World steel production, and compare it to other existing indicators, precisely the Kilian's index of global real economic activity and the index of OECD...

In this paper we propose a new indicator of monthly global real economic activity, named world steel production. We use world steel production, OECD industrial production index and Kilian's rea index to forecast world real GDP, and key commodity prices. We find that world steel production...

In this paper, I have investigated the out of sample forecast performance for a case study on the determination of the nominal exchange rate for USD vis-à-vis IN¬R under VEC, VAR (in first difference) and Bayesian VAR specification with the help of set of economic theories. The forecast...

This study tested the unbiased pricing hypothesis in the copper, aluminum, nickel, and lead markets for the period October 2011 to May 2021. Wavelets and a time-varying parameter model with Bayesian priors were the primary tools. Each metal market was found to be weak market efficient, the...