Volume 12, Issue 5 (May 2025), Pages: 148-155

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 Original Research Paper

The impact of economic innovation on natural gas productivity: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

 Author(s): 

 Fahad Aljadi Alanazi ¹, Ebrahim Mohammed Al-Matari ^2, *

 Affiliation(s):

  ¹Executive Master of Business Administration Program, College of Business, Jouf University, Sakakah, Saudi Arabia
  ²Department of Accounting, College of Business, Jouf University, Sakakah, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

   Corresponding author's ORCID profile:  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9247-2766

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2025.05.014

 Abstract

Many researchers have shown interest in different types of economic innovation, considering it an important management concept that can improve the productivity of natural gas, especially shale gas. This study aims to explore the relationship between economic innovation and the productivity of natural gas (shale gas) in Waad Al-Shamal Industrial City. It also seeks to identify any significant differences between these two factors. The research will use a descriptive-analytical method and a survey to describe the characteristics and variables related to the research problem and to test its hypotheses. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) will be used to analyze the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. The results show that acceptance, ongoing efforts, and problem sensitivity have a significant effect on the productivity of natural gas.

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Economic innovation, Natural gas productivity, Shale gas, Waad Al-Shamal, PLS-SEM

 Article history

 Received 25 December 2024, Received in revised form 28 April 2025, Accepted 4 May 2025

 Acknowledgment

The authors would like to thank the Deanship of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research at Jouf University for funding and supporting this research through the initiative of DGSR Graduate Studies Research Support (GSR) at Jouf University, Saudi Arabia. 

  Compliance with ethical standards

  Ethical considerations

This study involved voluntary, anonymous survey responses from adult participants. Participation was entirely voluntary, and informed consent was obtained from all individuals. The study complied with relevant ethical standards and posed no risk of harm to participants.

  Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Alanazi FA and Al-Matari EM (2025). The impact of economic innovation on natural gas productivity: Evidence from Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 12(5): 148-155

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