Author(s): Zilong Liu, Hongyan Liang

Affiliation: Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

Keywords: Mortgage Pricing; Demographic Disparities; Gender Bias; Racial Bias; Machine Learning; Fair Lending; Propensity Score Matching; Financial Regulation; Credit Risk; Algorithmic Fairness

Received: January 08, 2026 | Accepted: March 31, 2026

Type of Paper: Empirical | Vol. 14(1) Page: 01–23

Reference to this paper should be referred to as follows: Liu, Z; Liang, H. (2026). Exploring Gender and Racial Disparities in Mortgage Pricing: A Comprehensive Analysis of Risk-Based Lending Practices, GATR-Global J. Bus. Soc. Sci. Review, 14(1), 01–23. https://doi.org/10.35609/gjbssr.2026.14.1(1)

Author(s): Wenchuan Sun , Chia Yean Lim, Fengqi Guo, Sau Loong Ang

Affiliation: School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Minden, Malaysia
CITIC Securities, 150000, Harbin, China
Department of Computing and Information Technology, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology, Penang Branch, 11200, Tanjung Bungah, Malaysia

Keywords: Long short-term memory, random forest model, stacking model, stock prediction, support vector machine, XGBoost model.

Received: January 11, 2026 | Accepted: March 31, 2026

Type of Paper: Empirical | Vol. 14(1) Page: 24–30

Reference to this paper should be referred to as follows: Sun, W; Lim, C.Y; Guo, F; Ang, S.L. (2026). Short-Term Stock Price Prediction Based on Single and Stacking Machine Learning Models, GATR-Global J. Bus. Soc. Sci. Review, 14(1), 24–30. https://doi.org/10.35609/gjbssr.2026.14.1(2)

Author(s): K Ullas Kamat , Dr. A.P Achar, Neelesh G Jain

Affiliation: Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management, NITTE University, 574110, Mangalore, India
UK & Co, Grace Towers, Vasanth Nagar, 560052, Bangalore, India

Keywords: Family Businesses, Japan, India, Succession Planning, Governance, Culture

Received: January 17, 2026 | Accepted: March 31, 2026

Type of Paper: Empirical | Vol. 14(1) Page: 31–45

Reference to this paper should be referred to as follows: Kamat, K.U, Achar, A.P, Jain, N.G. (2026). Cultural Codification and Patriarchal Gridlock: A Comparative Study of Longevity in Japanese and Indian Family Businesses, GATR-Global J. Bus. Soc. Sci. Review, 14(1), 31–45. https://doi.org/10.35609/gjbssr.2026.14.1(3)