The publishers of the Business Process Management Journal wish to retract the article by Zhuang, Y., Yang, S., Chupradit, S., Nawaz, M.A., Xiong, R. and Koksal, C. (2021), “A nexus between macroeconomic dynamics and trade openness: moderating role of institutional quality”, Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 27 No. 6, pp. 1703-1719. https://doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-12-2020-0594. This article was originally submitted to the special issue: Intelligent solutions in business administration, economics and accounting policy, which was subsequently cancelled.
Following concerns raised by Chiang Mai University regarding the authorship of this article, an investigation has shown evidence of a compromised peer review process. As a result, the findings of the article cannot be relied upon.
Authors submitting to the journal are expected to adhere to the guidelines and policies of the journal.
Despite numerous attempts to contact the authors, the journal has received no response; the response of the authors’ would be gratefully received.
The publishers of the journal sincerely apologize to the readers.
