This study investigates the relationships between sustainable human capital management practices, ESG performance, ESG disclosure, and firm financial performance. Using a sample of 387 S&P 500 firms from 2013 to 2023 and a panel data regression approach, we examine the impact of training expenditure, workforce diversity and inclusion, pay equity, and employee benefits on ESG performance. We also explore the association between ESG performance and ESG disclosure, the effect of ESG performance on financial performance, and the moderating role of ESG disclosure in the ESG-financial performance relationship. Our findings reveal that sustainable human capital management practices have a positive and significant impact on ESG performance, which in turn positively influences firm financial performance. We also find a positive relationship between ESG performance and ESG disclosure, and that ESG disclosure moderates the ESG-financial performance link, with the positive association being stronger for firms with higher levels of ESG disclosure. This study contributes to the literature by offering an integrated approach to examine the relationships between sustainable human capital management, ESG performance, ESG disclosure, and financial performance, providing novel insights into the drivers and outcomes of corporate sustainability in the context of human capital management. Doi: 10.28991/HEF-2024-05-02-08 Full Text: PDF

E-governance is reshaping public administration by enhancing efficiency, transparency, and citizen engagement. This study explores the impact of e-governance on public service improvements in Albania through an extensive quantitative analysis of survey data. Using statistical tools such as correlation analysis, clustering techniques, and reliability testing, this study identifies both the strengths and areas for improvement in the current e-governance framework. The findings reveal significant groupings of survey responses, indicating thematic coherence, and highlight clusters of similar perceptions among respondents. Reliability testing, with Cronbach’s alpha values ranging from 0 to 1, underscores the robustness of the survey, where higher values indicate greater reliability and internal consistency. This analysis provides a foundation for future studies and policy recommendations, emphasizing the need for in-depth studies on specific factors influencing public service improvement, as well as the importance of targeted e-governance strategies tailored to various demographic segments, including age and education levels.

The objective of this article is to examine the long-term impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the garment industry in Albania. The main methods used were analysis, forecasting, and abstraction. The qualitative impact of FDI on the garment industry in Albania was examined. The benefits that Albania receives from actively attracting investments were described, and recommendations were given to improve the quality of clothing production in the country by foreign companies. This article presents an analysis of the evolution of foreign clothing companies in Albania, based on a series of data sources that provide qualitative and quantitative information on the country’s clothing industry. A vision of the qualitative impact of foreign direct investment and industrial advances is presented. The study showed that the Albanian government is actively attracting foreign direct investment to develop the clothing industry, recognizing its potential as a catalyst for economic growth. The country’s trade policy has been aligned with World Trade Organization standards and there are incentives within the sector to develop such enterprises.

Digitalisation and sustainability reporting exert parallel pressures on human resource management (HRM); yet, whether their research streams overlap is more often assumed than measured. This study measures that overlap directly. Treating digital HRM and sustainability/ESG-oriented HRM as two prespecified, query-defined streams, it compares them across OpenAlex and Scopus (2012–2025) through separate conceptual blocks, their union and direct AND intersection, title–abstract–keyword retrieval, deterministic quality control, directed cross-citation, DOI matching, and sensitivity analyses. The analytical unions comprise 13,764 OpenAlex and 5128 Scopus records, but their direct intersections contain only 284 and 89 (Jaccard 2.06% and 1.74%), a result reproduced by a stricter 4047-record Scopus corpus (1.93%). Citation crosses the two streams asymmetrically, flowing more often from digital HRM toward sustainability than in reverse. Across 3395 DOI-matched records, the databases rank journals, authors, and countries almost identically (0.95, 0.89, and 0.97), yet their coupling communities align only moderately (adjusted Rand index 0.37; normalised mutual information 0.57). ESG surfaces within the keyword network rather than disappearing from it. The streams are therefore integrating, but partially, asymmetrically, and to a degree that shifts with database, metadata, vocabulary, and network choices. The study contributes a reproducible protocol that measures such integration rather than presuming it.