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It publishes interdisciplinary research that examines how social values, institutions, and behaviors influence economic systems - and how economic dynamics, in turn, shape human life and collective well-being.","Positive Science - Economics is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal publishing original research across the broad field of economics. The journal welcomes theoretical, empirical, applied, and policy-oriented studies in macroeconomics, microeconomics, finance, development, public economics, labour, education, health, international economics, economic history, environmental economics, digital economy, innovation, and related fields. We encourage rigorous, transparent, and reproducible scholarship with clear research questions, sound methodology, and relevance for academic debate, policy, business, and society. 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In case of retraction, the VoR is clearly marked and remains accessible to preserve the scholarly record.\u003C\u002Fp>",["Reactive",45],[46,90],{"id":47,"hash_value":48,"authors":49,"title":59,"source_file":60,"preview":69,"abstract":70,"type_article":71,"journal":6,"keywords":72,"is_openaccess":31,"published":79,"submitted":80,"volume":15,"issue_number":15,"start_page":15,"end_page":15,"subject_classification":81,"full_text_url":15,"other_identifiers":82,"journal_name":10,"journal_hash":38,"journal_issn":15,"journal_eissn":33,"journal_pissn":15,"journal_publisher":83,"journal_doi":32,"journal_is_openaccess":31,"journal_license_url":15,"journal_keywords":84,"journal_languages":85,"cover_image":15,"views_count":86,"downloads_count":87,"citations_count":13,"crossref_citations_count":13,"crossref_citations_updated_at":88,"doi":89},17,"when_readiness_is_not_enough_explaining_the_ai_ado_39BdF6655f",[50,54],{"email":51,"first_name":52,"last_name":53,"affiliation":15},"hansini@blueoceaninsights-lk.com","Hansini","Pramudika",{"email":55,"first_name":56,"last_name":57,"affiliation":58},"tajan@blueoceaninsights-lk.com","Madhura","Fernando","Blue Ocean Insights Pvt Ltd","When Readiness Is Not Enough: Explaining the AI Adoption Paradox in Organisations from a Developing Economy",{"name":61,"size":62,"url":63,"body":15,"storage":16,"debug":64},"published_submission_update_21E92a3687_Anonymized_m_6x2nmaL.pdf",506941,"https:\u002F\u002Fpub-85f9e79c9e524559860ded0d3d1ac9a1.r2.dev\u002Ffiles_repository\u002Farticles\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F21\u002Fpublished_submission_update_21E92a3687_Anonymized_m_6x2nmaL.pdf",{"storage_class":65,"endpoint_url":66,"bucket_name":67,"original_name":68},"R2Storage","https:\u002F\u002F5b8c610638cc24862ba982bd21b12167.r2.cloudflarestorage.com","repositories","files_repository\u002Farticles\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F21\u002Fpublished_submission_update_21E92a3687_Anonymized_m_6x2nmaL.pdf","","Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is increasingly recognised as a strategic driver of productivity growth, innovation efficiency, resource optimisation, and sustainable economic competitiveness in knowledge-intensive organisations. Particularly in developing economies, firms invest in AI technologies to enhance operational performance, strengthen strategic decision-making, and create long-term economic value. However, organisational readiness does not always translate into successful implementation. This study examines the determinants of AI adoption and introduces the concept of the AI Adoption Paradox, where readiness conditions fail to produce corresponding adoption. Using survey data from 410 professionals across knowledge-intensive sectors in Sri Lanka, Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was applied. The findings reveal that AI awareness, technological infrastructure, and top management support positively influence AI adoption, while digital skills readiness demonstrates a significant inverse relationship. Organisational culture significantly moderates the relationship between digital skills readiness and AI adoption. The findings suggest that sustainable AI adoption depends not only on readiness, but on an organisation’s ability to convert readiness into behavioural acceptance and strategic economic value.","scientific journal article",[73,74,75,76,77,78],"AI adoption","Artificial intelligence","Digital skills readiness","Organisational culture","Technological infrastructure","Top management support","2026-05-21T12:44:03.885232Z","2026-05-21T12:44:12.893804Z",[],[],"Positive Science SAS France, Strasbourg",[27,28,29,30],[],64,21,"2026-07-15T14:40:45.189671Z","10.65957\u002Farticle.17",{"id":91,"hash_value":92,"authors":93,"title":98,"source_file":99,"preview":69,"abstract":105,"type_article":71,"journal":6,"keywords":106,"is_openaccess":31,"published":110,"submitted":111,"volume":15,"issue_number":15,"start_page":15,"end_page":15,"subject_classification":112,"full_text_url":15,"other_identifiers":113,"journal_name":10,"journal_hash":38,"journal_issn":15,"journal_eissn":33,"journal_pissn":15,"journal_publisher":83,"journal_doi":32,"journal_is_openaccess":31,"journal_license_url":15,"journal_keywords":114,"journal_languages":115,"cover_image":15,"views_count":116,"downloads_count":117,"citations_count":13,"crossref_citations_count":13,"crossref_citations_updated_at":118,"doi":119},16,"time_series_modeling_and_forecasting_of_nepse_inde_2a7955Db29",[94],{"email":95,"first_name":96,"last_name":97,"affiliation":15},"nichalstha21@gmail.com","Nischal","Shrestha","Time Series Modeling and Forecasting of NEPSE Index: An ARIMA\u002FSARIMA Approach with Market Efficiency Evidence",{"name":100,"size":101,"url":102,"body":15,"storage":16,"debug":103},"published_submission_update_Cf07661f99_manuscriptarima.pdf",344007,"https:\u002F\u002Fpub-85f9e79c9e524559860ded0d3d1ac9a1.r2.dev\u002Ffiles_repository\u002Farticles\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F11\u002Fpublished_submission_update_Cf07661f99_manuscriptarima.pdf",{"storage_class":65,"endpoint_url":66,"bucket_name":67,"original_name":104},"files_repository\u002Farticles\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F11\u002Fpublished_submission_update_Cf07661f99_manuscriptarima.pdf","Forecasting stock market behavior remains an important issue for investors, policymakers, and financial researchers, particularly in emerging markets where market volatility and informational inefficiencies may influence investment decisions. Despite growing interest in forecasting the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index, existing studies have primarily focused on conventional ARIMA-based approaches without sufficiently incorporating rolling-window out-of-sample evaluation and benchmark comparison within the context of weak-form market efficiency.\nAddressing this gap, the present study examines the forecasting performance of the NEPSE daily closing index using an ARIMA\u002FSARIMA-based time series framework and compares the selected model with a naïve random walk benchmark. The study utilized 1,157 daily observations of the NEPSE index and applied descriptive statistics, Augmented Dickey–Fuller stationarity testing, autocorrelation analysis, SARIMA model selection procedures, residual diagnostic testing, and rolling-window one-step-ahead forecasting techniques. Based on model selection criteria, seasonal structure, and diagnostic adequacy, SARIMA (3,1,0) (2,0,0) [5] was selected as the final forecasting model. The findings revealed that the SARIMA model generated slightly lower forecasting errors than the naïve benchmark during the window evaluation period, although the forecasting gains remained economically modest.\nConsequently, the results are broadly consistent with weak-form market efficiency, suggesting that historical price information provides only a limited predictive advantage in forecasting the NEPSE index. Residual diagnostic analysis further indicated the presence of remaining volatility clustering, implying that future studies may benefit from integrating GARCH-type volatility models. Overall, the study contributes to the growing NEPSE forecasting literature by incorporating rolling-window out-of-sample forecasting and benchmark comparison within a seasonal time series framework. \nKeywords: NEPSE, SARIMA, Stock Market Forecasting, Time Series Analysis, Rolling-Window Forecasting, Weak-Form Market Efficiency.",[107,108,109],"ARIMA","NEPSE","Forecasting","2026-05-11T20:12:29.132608Z","2026-05-11T20:12:36.114607Z",[],[],[27,28,29,30],[],88,15,"2026-07-28T03:13:40.210534Z","10.65957\u002Farticle.16"]