Corporate Financing Decisions in Emerging Markets: The Role of Bank Financing, Foreign Investment, and Capital Structure in Uzbekistan

This study examines corporate financing decisions in emerging markets with a specific focus on Uzbekistan, analyzing the roles of bank financing, foreign direct investment (FDI), and capital structure choices during the period 2020–2025. Drawing on capital structure theories (trade-off and peckin...

Corporate Financing Capital Structure Bank Financing Foreign Direct Investment Emerging Markets Uzbekistan Pecking-Order Theory Financial Sector Reforms
Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of Developing Key Competencies in Pedagogical Education

Developing professional competencies in higher education requires aligning traditional knowledge accumulation with dynamic, application-oriented frameworks to meet modern labor market demands. This study synthesizes international theoretical models, European Commission key competency frameworks, ...

Professional Competence Competency-Based Approach Physical Education State Educational Standards Higher Education Digital Technology Pedagogical Skills Teacher Training Generic Competencies Educational Reform
The Practice of Ensuring Public Safety at Metropolitan Facilities in Different Countries and Their Legal Regulation

This article examines issues related to improving public safety in metropolitan systems in major cities and megacities around the world. It analyzes the extensive measures implemented by different countries to combat crime and terrorism, taking into account their internal capabilities and specifi...

Metropolitan System Megacity Public Safety Terrorism Metro Police Administrative and Criminal Liability Measures Fine
Development of Professional Competencies of Future Physical Education Teachers in Higher Education Institutions: Problems and Solutions

In the context of global modernization, developing professional competencies among future physical education teachers in higher education institutions has become an urgent pedagogical issue. This study synthesizes key definitions from local and foreign scholars while systematically categorizing c...

Physical Education Professional Competence Future Teachers Higher Education Institutions Pedagogical Preparation Educational Modernization Innovative Technologies Assessment System Curriculum Integration Socio-Cultural Environment
Human Capital Development and Organisational Performance in Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and Agip Company, Rivers State (2014-2024): A Comparative Analysis

This study investigated human capital development and organizational performance in Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and Agip Oil Company, Port Harcourt, Rivers State (2014–2024). The study is prompted by the fact that despite numerous scholarly work on human capital development and organiz...

Human capital development organizational performance special technical skills acquisition share of the market soft skill acquisitions customer satisfaction
Reimagining Curriculum Implementation in Tertiary Institutions in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Curriculum implementation is a critical process through which the objectives, contents, learning experiences and assessment strategies contained in an approved curriculum are translated into practical teaching and learning activities in tertiary institutions. In many Nigerian tertiary institution...

Artificial Intelligence Curriculum Implementation Tertiary Institutions Digital Education Curriculum Transformation
Ecological Restoration of the Aral Sea: Challenges, Achievements, and Future Prospects

The Aral Sea has been the site of one of the biggest environmental disasters in history, with enormous water diversion for agricultural irrigation. This has led to loss of biodiversity, desertification, salinisation and has had substantial socio-economic repercussions on local communities. The re...

Aral Sea Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Water Management Desertification Sustainability
Artificial Intelligence and the Implementation of Economics Education in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria: Challenges and Solutions

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as an important technological innovation with significant implications for teaching, learning, assessment and research in tertiary institutions. Economics Education, which combines economic knowledge with pedagogical skills, requires continuous adaptation ...

Artificial intelligence Economics Education tertiary institutions curriculum implementation
Reducing Waste And Improving Efficiency In Hotel Enterprises Based On The Lean Management Approach

This article examines the reduction of waste and the improvement of management efficiency in hotel enterprises through the application of the Lean management approach. Under conditions of economic transformation, many hotel enterprises generate growing revenue yet fail to convert it into profit d...

Lean management hotel enterprise waste reduction cost intensity profitability
Foreign Experience in Teaching Latin Medical Terminology

This article highlights foreign experience in teaching Latin to medical students, digital platforms, distance learning, and artificial intelligence-based learning tools that allow students to easily master medical terms. Analytical opinions are presented on the effective results of teaching Latin...

distance learning artificial intelligence digital platform communication clinic anatomy Greek
Political Patronage and Human Resource Governance in the Nigeria Police Force: A Qualitative Study of Recruitment, Promotion and Internal Security Performance, 2015–2025

This paper is an analysis of the impact of political patronage pressures on recruitment, promotion and internal security performance of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) from 2015 to 2025. The study is qualitative and documentary in nature and relies on official documents of the Police Service Commi...

Political Patronage Human Resource Governance Nigeria Police Force Recruitment Promotion Internal Security
Improving The Methodology for Assessing The Effectiveness of Digital Ecosystem Management in Higher Education

This article improves a methodology for assessing the effectiveness of digital ecosystem management in higher education. It distinguishes the scale of digitalization from management performance and proposes the composite OT-REBSI index. The index combines five blocks: process and service performa...

Higher Education Digital Ecosystem Digital Governance Performance Assessment OT-REBSI Interoperability Data Quality Composite Index Institutional Mechanism Data-Driven Management
A Multi-Criteria Framework for Evaluating Strategic Innovation Management in Uzbekistan’s Social Sector

The innovative development of the social sector is becoming a critical determinant of human capital formation, public-service quality, social stability, and sustainable economic growth. However, conventional assessment approaches frequently concentrate on financial inputs or the number of introdu...

Strategic Management Social Innovation Social Sector Digital Transformation Public-Sector Innovation Human Capital Multi-Criteria Assessment Uzbekistan
Presidential Amnesty Programme and its Role in Fostering Stability in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria

Historically, the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been plagued by militancy, crude oil theft and socio-political instability that have negatively affected Nigerian economic interest and crude oil production. This study explores the relationship between the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) a...

Presidential Amnesty Programme Niger Delta Stability Militancy Crude Oil Production Post-Conflict Reintegration
Metaphorical Modelling of Concessivity in German and Uzbek Phraseological Units

The article investigates the metaphorical modelling of concessivity in German and Uzbek phraseological systems. The analysis moves beyond grammatical concession and focuses on figurative units in which restriction, access, support, mediation and the removal of obstacles are conceptualized through...

Concessivity phraseology metaphorical model cognitive semantics conceptual domain access support German Uzbek comparative linguistics
The Institution of Crowdfunding and Prospects for Its Development in Uzbekistan: A Theoretical and Legal Analysis

This article examines crowdfunding as a promising mechanism for capital raising and analyzes its potential for development in Uzbekistan. The research draws upon fundamental economic theories, including agency theory, signaling theory, and value co-creation theory, to explain the essence of this ...

Crowdfunding alternative finance Uzbekistan legal regulation investment platforms financial technologies startups digital economy
Linguocultural Code As A Means of Understanding A Literary Text

Behind every artistic and expressive means used in a literary text lie the linguocultural codes of a particular nation, formed over centuries. Investigating the cultural and linguistic foundations of these means at the intersection of linguistics and literary studies is the key to fully understan...

literary studies cultural code linguistic foundations language and culture ethnolinguistics national-cultural feature
Typological and Visual-Aesthetic Features of the Information Segment on Television Channels in Karakalpakstan

Background: Studying the typological structure of information programs on television is a key factor in determining the content-thematic segmentation and structural-compositional methods of modern television journalism. Objectives: Scientific analysis of the typological model, content-thematic, a...

television journalism Karakalpakstan typology content segmentation localization information segment TTV private TV channels genre structure
Criteria for Topic Selection in the Activities of Bloggers in Karakalpakstan

The article analyzes the practice of topic selection in the activities of bloggers in Karakalpakstan, the main criteria determining this process, and the social significance of the topics selected. In the contemporary information environment, particular attention is paid to the rapid coverage by ...

blogosphere information information space audience content journalist official media
Modeling The Performance Efficiency Indicators Of Commercial Banks Using The Generalized Method Of Moments (Gmm) Based On Panel Data

This article analyzes the determinants of the efficiency indicators (ROAA, ROAE, NIM) of Uzbekistan's commercial banks using the two-step system GMM method. Based on panel data from 10 commercial banks for 2020–2025, three models were estimated to assess the effects of bank size, capital, operati...

commercial banks efficiency GMM syestem GMM non-performing loans
Implementing Blended Learning Models in Teaching at Schools (Flipped Classroom Model)

This article informs about the effectiveness of blended learning models in teaching students. Strategies of blended learning and steps of reaching good results. The flipped-classroom model and steps to implement it in the classroom and available results of it. Many experiences of implementing fli...

Blended learning strategies and models activate students self -learning flipped classroom
The Development and Strategic Transformation of Trade Union Activity in the Republic of Karakalpakstan During 2016–2025

This article examines the development and strategic transformation of trade union activity in the Republic of Karakalpakstan during 2016–2025 in the context of socioeconomic reforms in Uzbekistan. The study focuses on the protection of labor rights, social partnership, occupational safety, labor ...

trade unions social protection decent work international labor standards digitalization
Semantic Relations in English and Uzbek Computer Linguistics Terminology: A Comparative Analysis of Hyponymy, Hyperonymy, Meronymy and Holonymy

This article examines semantic relations in English and Uzbek computer linguistics terminology, with particular attention to hyponymy, hyperonymy, meronymy, and holonymy. The study is based on a comparative semantic analysis of terminology used to describe computational linguistic concepts and th...

computer linguistics terminology semantic relations hyponymy hyperonymy meronymy holonymy terminology management Uzbek English
An Assessment of the Political Economy of Protracted Conflict in North-East Nigeria

This paper assesses the political economy underpinning protracted conflict in North-East Nigeria with a focus on how the distribution of power, resources, and economic opportunities sustains violence across multiple areas in the country. Boko Haram insurgency is often treated as discrete security...

Political economy Boko Haram protracted conflict Nigeria Youth unemployment
Organizational and Economic Mechanisms of Service Quality and Production in the Food Products Industry of Uzbekistan

The article examines organizational and economic mechanisms for improving the quality of services and the efficiency of production in the food products industry. Theoretical approaches to quality management, including the SERVQUAL model, the cost of quality concept, HACCP principles and the ISO 2...

Food Industry Service Quality Production Efficiency Organizational and Economic Mechanism Quality Management HACCP Cost of Quality Integral Indicator
Karimbay Kurambayev and the Development of Interliterary Dialogue in Turkic Literatures

The article examines the scholarly legacy of Karimbay Kurambayev in comparative literary studies, focusing on interliterary relations among Central Asia's Turkic peoples. The study explores Kurambayev’s approach to Uzbek, Karakalpak, and Turkmen literary interactions, emphasizing historical conti...

Karimbay Kurambayev comparative literature interliterary relations Turkic literatures Central Asia Magtymguly Pyragy Alisher Navoi literary translation intercultural dialogue literary reception
Water Bodies and Colonization of the Niger Delta, 1800 to 1900

It is a truism that water bodies provided the gateway for the colonization of the Niger Delta. The work argues that the explorers, missionaries and traders promoted European political and economic interests in the Niger Delta hence, the Lander Brothers through their exploration opened up the Delt...

Water Bodies Water Way Niger Delta Colonialisation Britain
Cognitive and Psychological Approaches in New Generation English Language Materials: Information Perception Characteristics of Blind Learners

The article determines which properties of English coursebook tasks remain inaccessible to a blind learner. The braille edition of the Light Up 7 package is analysed and a set of checks for authors of teaching materials is proposed. 

Braille coursebook design English language teaching inclusive education tactile perception Uzbekistan visual impairment
Improving The Management of The Insurance Services Market Under Economic Uncertainty: An Integrated Institutional Approach

The article develops an integrated methodological approach to the management of the insurance services market under conditions of economic uncertainty. The study proceeds from the premise that the insurance market should not be interpreted solely as a mechanism for compensating losses, but as an ...

insurance services market insurance management economic uncertainty risk redistribution information asymmetry institutional approach reinsurance financial stability Uzbekistan
Strategic Development of Managerial Potential of Leaders: Theoretical Foundations, Methodological Challenges, and an Integrated Conceptual Framework

This study develops an integrated theoretical and methodological framework for the strategic development of managerial potential among leaders. The research addresses a persistent gap between managerial assessment and subsequent development: organizations frequently measure competencies, performa...

managerial potential leaders leadership development strategic human resource management dynamic capabilities competency framework performance management human capital digital leadership succession management