Intellectual contributions of the papers in the special issue: a financial information ecosystem perspective
| Authors | Paper | Context | Central contribution | Primary mechanism | Contribution to Sustainable Digital Finance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulati, Singla and Saini | Sustainable Digital Finance and Finance 5.0: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda | Global | Develops the conceptual foundations of Sustainable Digital Finance by integrating Finance 5.0, ESG and emerging digital technologies, while identifying future research directions | Information and Systemic Transformation | Establishes the conceptual foundations of Sustainable Digital Finance and positions digital technologies within broader sustainability-oriented financial ecosystems |
| J. Kaur, Srivastava, Bhadauria and Vatyani | How Sustainable Investment Behaviour Can Be Improved: An Empirical Insight | India | Demonstrates that digital financial literacy influences sustainable investment behaviour through financial attitudes and risk-taking propensity | Behavioural | Shows that sustainable investment depends on capability development and informed financial decision-making rather than technology alone |
| H. Kaur, Mago, Panwar and G. Kaur | Do Robo-Advisory Services Foster Sustainable Investment Behaviour? A Serial Mediation and MGA Approach | India | Explains how robo-advisory services influence sustainable investment through personal norms, attitudes and behavioural intentions | Behavioural | Demonstrates that AI-enabled financial advisory systems strengthen sustainability by enhancing decision support and behavioural capability |
| Mehta, Gulati and Passi | Greening Portfolios: The Role of Self-Determination and Egoism in Pre-Adoption Green Investment Decisions | India | Examines the psychological and motivational drivers of green investment intentions before investment adoption | Behavioural | Extends Sustainable Digital Finance by demonstrating the importance of investor motivation, values and knowledge in sustainable investment decisions |
| Bhojak, Momin, Joshi, Kumar and Acharya | FinTech Application Adoption and Satisfaction Model with Digital Literacy and Financial Literacy Extending Vroom's Expectancy Theory | India | Integrates digital literacy and financial literacy into motivation theory to explain FinTech adoption and user satisfaction | Financial Participation | Positions digital capability as a fundamental enabler of meaningful participation in digital financial ecosystems |
| Aliakhbar, Anshari and Masri | Digital Wallets as Enablers of Sustainable Digital Finance for ESG Integration and Global Sustainability Goals | Malaysia/Global | Identifies technological, social and behavioural barriers to digital wallet adoption among underserved populations | Financial Participation | Demonstrates how inclusive digital financial services can promote financial inclusion, reduce inequality and support ESG-oriented development |
| Singh, Moid and Kumar | Unpacking Antecedents of Financial Resilience: CARAPACE Framework | India | Develops a multidimensional framework for measuring financial resilience based on behavioural and socio-economic capabilities | Financial Participation | Broadens Sustainable Digital Finance beyond access towards financial resilience, adaptability and long-term capability |
| Hidayat-ur-Rehman and Alam | Digital Transformation and Sustainable Performance: The Roles of FinTech, Financial Inclusion and Competitiveness | Pakistan | Demonstrates that digital transformation improves sustainable organisational performance through financial inclusion under competitive conditions | Systemic Transformation | Shows how organisational digital capability, competitiveness and inclusion collectively strengthen sustainability outcomes |
| Bajpai, Yadav and Nagwani | When Finance Meets Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Financial Text Named Entity Recognition with the Incorporation of Hybrid Embeddings | Global | Develops an AI-enabled financial information extraction framework that substantially improves financial text analytics and decision support | Information | Highlights the role of AI in strengthening financial information quality, transparency, compliance and data-driven decision-making |
| Ben Yaala and Henchiri | Comovement Between Bitcoin and ESG Returns in Emerging and Developed Regions: Evidence from Cross-Wavelet Transform and Time-Varying Granger Causality | International | Demonstrates that Bitcoin–ESG relationships are dynamic, region-specific and influenced by evolving institutional and market conditions | Systemic Transformation | Extends Sustainable Digital Finance to interconnected global financial markets, illustrating how digital assets and sustainability interact within evolving financial systems |
| Authors | Paper | Context | Central contribution | Primary mechanism | Contribution to Sustainable Digital Finance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulati, Singla and Saini | Sustainable Digital Finance and Finance 5.0: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda | Global | Develops the conceptual foundations of Sustainable Digital Finance by integrating Finance 5.0, ESG and emerging digital technologies, while identifying future research directions | Information and Systemic Transformation | Establishes the conceptual foundations of Sustainable Digital Finance and positions digital technologies within broader sustainability-oriented financial ecosystems |
| J. Kaur, Srivastava, Bhadauria and Vatyani | How Sustainable Investment Behaviour Can Be Improved: An Empirical Insight | India | Demonstrates that digital financial literacy influences sustainable investment behaviour through financial attitudes and risk-taking propensity | Behavioural | Shows that sustainable investment depends on capability development and informed financial decision-making rather than technology alone |
| H. Kaur, Mago, Panwar and G. Kaur | Do Robo-Advisory Services Foster Sustainable Investment Behaviour? A Serial Mediation and MGA Approach | India | Explains how robo-advisory services influence sustainable investment through personal norms, attitudes and behavioural intentions | Behavioural | Demonstrates that AI-enabled financial advisory systems strengthen sustainability by enhancing decision support and behavioural capability |
| Mehta, Gulati and Passi | Greening Portfolios: The Role of Self-Determination and Egoism in Pre-Adoption Green Investment Decisions | India | Examines the psychological and motivational drivers of green investment intentions before investment adoption | Behavioural | Extends Sustainable Digital Finance by demonstrating the importance of investor motivation, values and knowledge in sustainable investment decisions |
| Bhojak, Momin, Joshi, Kumar and Acharya | FinTech Application Adoption and Satisfaction Model with Digital Literacy and Financial Literacy Extending Vroom's Expectancy Theory | India | Integrates digital literacy and financial literacy into motivation theory to explain FinTech adoption and user satisfaction | Financial Participation | Positions digital capability as a fundamental enabler of meaningful participation in digital financial ecosystems |
| Aliakhbar, Anshari and Masri | Digital Wallets as Enablers of Sustainable Digital Finance for ESG Integration and Global Sustainability Goals | Malaysia/Global | Identifies technological, social and behavioural barriers to digital wallet adoption among underserved populations | Financial Participation | Demonstrates how inclusive digital financial services can promote financial inclusion, reduce inequality and support ESG-oriented development |
| Singh, Moid and Kumar | Unpacking Antecedents of Financial Resilience: CARAPACE Framework | India | Develops a multidimensional framework for measuring financial resilience based on behavioural and socio-economic capabilities | Financial Participation | Broadens Sustainable Digital Finance beyond access towards financial resilience, adaptability and long-term capability |
| Hidayat-ur-Rehman and Alam | Digital Transformation and Sustainable Performance: The Roles of FinTech, Financial Inclusion and Competitiveness | Pakistan | Demonstrates that digital transformation improves sustainable organisational performance through financial inclusion under competitive conditions | Systemic Transformation | Shows how organisational digital capability, competitiveness and inclusion collectively strengthen sustainability outcomes |
| Bajpai, Yadav and Nagwani | When Finance Meets Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Financial Text Named Entity Recognition with the Incorporation of Hybrid Embeddings | Global | Develops an AI-enabled financial information extraction framework that substantially improves financial text analytics and decision support | Information | Highlights the role of AI in strengthening financial information quality, transparency, compliance and data-driven decision-making |
| Ben Yaala and Henchiri | Comovement Between Bitcoin and ESG Returns in Emerging and Developed Regions: Evidence from Cross-Wavelet Transform and Time-Varying Granger Causality | International | Demonstrates that Bitcoin–ESG relationships are dynamic, region-specific and influenced by evolving institutional and market conditions | Systemic Transformation | Extends Sustainable Digital Finance to interconnected global financial markets, illustrating how digital assets and sustainability interact within evolving financial systems |
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