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Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
We investigate whether superior performance on corporate social responsibility ( CSR ) strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize that better access to finance can be attributed to (1) reduced agency costs due to enhanced stakeholder engagement and
Ioannou, I, Serafeim, G, Cheng, B
openaire   +2 more sources

Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles, Greg Russell, Leila H. DeWitt, Kimberly Montez, Callie L. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance of Women Entrepreneurs: Does Access to Finance Really Matter? [PDF]

Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics, 2018
Bangladesh adopts labor intensive industrialization and inclusive finance strategy to fight against poverty. The strategies help the disadvantaged women empower and encourage doing something independently.
Abdul KHALEQUE
doaj   +1 more source

A methionine‐lined active site governs carbocation stabilization and product specificity in a bacterial terpene synthase

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals a unique active site enriched in methionine residues and demonstrates that these residues play a critical role by stabilizing carbocation intermediates through novel sulfur–cation interactions. Structure‐guided mutagenesis further revealed variants with significantly altered product profiles, enhancing pseudopterosin formation. These
Marion Ringel, Carl P. O. Helmer, Shani Zev, Ronja Driller, Emily Buhr, Markus Reinbold, Renana Schwartz, Gabriel Foley, Mikael Boden, Daniel Garbe, Gerhard Schenk, Dan Thomas Major, Bernhard Loll, Thomas Brück   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

SME ACCESS TO FINANCE IN EMERGING ECONOMIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PAKISTAN AND MALAYSIA

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Negotia, 2017
It has been widely accepted that SMEs make a significant contribution to the socio-economic and political infrastructure in both developed and developing countries.
Rabia RASHEED, Maria ABDUL RAHMAN, Sulaman Hafeez SIDDIQUI   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The geographies of access to enterprise finance: the case of the West Midlands, UK [PDF]

, 2013
The geographies of access to enterprise finance: the case of the West Midlands, UK, Regional Studies. Whilst there is a long history of credit rationing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK, the financial crisis has seen banks retreat ...
Advantage West Midlands (AWM), Ainsworth D., Aston Reinvestment Trust (ART), Aston Reinvestment Trust (ART), Aston Reinvestment Trust (ART), Bank of England (BOE), Bank of England (BOE), Bank of England (BOE), Bank of England (BOE), Birmingham Post, Bolton J. E., Breedon T., Cabinet Office, Community Development Finance Association (CDFA), Community Development Finance Association (CDFA), Community Development Finance Association (CDFA), Community Development Finance Association (CDFA), Deloitte and Touche, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Cabinet Office and GHK, Economist, Economist, HM Government (HMG), HM Government (HMG), HM Treasury (HMT), HM Treasury (HMT) and Bank of England (BOE), HM Treasury (HMT) and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), House of Commons West Midlands Regional Committee, Independent Commission on Banking, Leyshon A., Lindsey Appleyard, Macmillan H., Mayo E., National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal (NSFNR), New Economics Foundation (NEF), New Economics Foundation (NEF) and Nicholson B, Office of National Statistics (ONS), Office of National Statistics (ONS), Pimlott D., Radcliffe C. J., Seager A., Smith D., Stewart H., Storey D. J., Sunderland R., Tyler R., Wearden G., Wheatley C., Wilson H., Winnett R.   +50 more
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The neural crest‐associated gene ERRFI1 is involved in melanoma progression and resistance toward targeted therapy

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
ERRFI1, a neural crest (NC)‐associated gene, was upregulated in melanoma and negatively correlated with the expression of melanocytic differentiation markers and the susceptibility of melanoma cells toward BRAF inhibitors (BRAFi). Knocking down ERRFI1 significantly increased the sensitivity of melanoma cells to BRAFi.
Nina Wang, Qian Sun, Daniel Novak, Lei Zhu, Juliane Poelchen, Tamara Steinfass, Yiman Wang, Viktor Umansky, Jochen Utikal   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Economic and Technological Determinants of FinTech Startups’ Success and Growth in the United Arab Emirates

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2021
In the last few years, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as a regional hub serving as an incubator of the FinTech ecosystem, where regulators began implementing policies to encourage the growth of Fintech ventures in 2017.
Hajer Zarrouk, Teheni El Ghak, Abderazak Bakhouche   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Banking system soundness is the key to more SME financing. Bruegel Policy Contribution 2013/10, July 2013 [PDF]

, 2013
The SME access-to-finance problem is not universal in the European Union and there are reasons for the fall in credit aggregates and higher SME lending rates in southern Europe. Possible market failures, high unemployment and externalities justify making
Darvas, Zsolt
core  

Potential therapeutic targeting of BKCa channels in glioblastoma treatment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review summarizes current insights into the role of BKCa and mitoBKCa channels in glioblastoma biology, their potential classification as oncochannels, and the emerging pharmacological strategies targeting these channels, emphasizing the translational challenges in developing BKCa‐directed therapies for glioblastoma treatment.
Kamila Maliszewska‐Olejniczak, Karolina Pytlak, Sandra Jaworowska, Bogusz Kulawiak, Piotr Bednarczyk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source