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Two hearts that beat as one: Signals, narratives, and financing (less) novel ventures via equity crowdfunding

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Financial resource acquisition is crucial for ventures but hindered by uncertainty. While signaling mitigates this uncertainty, its effectiveness hinges on venture novelty and the narratives used to clarify embedded information. Adopting a configurational lens, we examine the interplay among novelty, signals, and narratives in
Jiahe Wang, Lien Denoo, Joris Knoben
wiley   +1 more source

Tides of Change: Fisheries in Casamance Amid Global Forces Institutional Change in Artisanal Fishery Commons and Its Implications for Food Security in Basse Casamance, Senegal

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This article examines the artisanal fisheries of the Basse Casamance region in southern Senegal and investigates how changing governance arrangements shape their capacity to sustain local food security under conditions of socio-ecological change.
Nanina Schüpbach, Tobias Haller
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Current status and potential contributions of fisheries statistics from artisanal fisheries for managing juvenile istiophorid billfishes in Southern Brazil. [PDF]

Environ Biol Fishes, 2021
Wosnick N, Prado AC, Padilha É, Musyl MK.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Artisanal fishery in the Sepik-Ramu catchment area, Papua New Guinea [PDF]

, 2002
A survey in 25 villages in the Sepik-Ramu basin revealed that fishing was practised in all villages surveyed. The participation in catching fish decreased from 42% of the population of villages situated below 200 m altitude to 23.4% of villages al ...
Heijden, P.G.M., van der, van der Heijden, P.G.M.   +1 more
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When money isn't everything: Identifying stage‐based patterns of entrepreneurial resource acquisition

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Scholars often examine how entrepreneurs' existing ties predict resource acquisition. We investigated the reverse: How does the act of pitching generate new ties with investors? Using the context of the Slow Money community, we analyzed social entrepreneurs' pitches to impact investors.
Esther Leibel, Denise Falchetti, Siobhan O'Mahony   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cyanogenic Compounds, Physicochemical Parameters and Metals in Water From Cassava Processing Areas: A Study in the Brazilian Amazon, Using Multivariate Analysis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the water quality of artesian wells and effluents generated in cassava processing in a rural area of Bragança, Pará, with emphasis on physicochemical parameters, multielement composition, and cyanogenic compounds. The well water presented specific nonconformities, highlighting pH values below the recommended level and high
Alana Coêlho Maciel, Mariane Gama Nabiça, Luciana Pinheiro Santos, Thiago de Melo e Silva, Elivaldo Nunes Modesto Junior, Heronides Adonias Dantas Filho, Charles Miller de Souza Borges, Kelly das Graças Fernandes Dantas, Simone de Fátima Pinheiro Pereira, Ivan Carlos da Costa Barbosa, Beni Jequicene Mussengue Chaúque, Rosinelson da Silva Pena, Nayara Macêdo Peixoto Araújo, Alessandra Santos Lopes   +13 more
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The impact of fishing on a highly vulnerable ecosystem, the case of Juan Fernández Ridge ecosystem.

PLoS ONE, 2019
The Juan Fernández Ridge (JFRE) is a vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME) located off the coast of central Chile formed by the Juan Fernández Archipelago and a group of seamounts.
Javier Porobic, Elizabeth A Fulton, Carolina Parada, Stewart Frusher, Billy Ernst, Pablo Manríquez   +5 more
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A Survey of the Subsistence and Artisanal Fisheries in Rural Areas of Viti Levu, Fiji [PDF]

Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Rawlinson, N.J.F., Blaber, S.J.M., Sesewa, A., Sharma, S.P., Milton, D.A.   +4 more
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Artisanal fisheries in Brazil [PDF]

, 2006
This study deals with the challenges facing the development of artisanal fisheries in Brazil. The problems affecting production in the sector are worsening, due as much to objective factors like environmental degradation and the destruction of natural ...
Diegues, Antonio Carlos
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Ecotoxicological Assessment of Mercury in Fish From a Gold‐Mining‐Impacted Amazonian River: Biomonitoring and Human Health Risk

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Peixoto de Azevedo River, located in northern Mato Grosso, southern Brazilian Amazon, has a long history of artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM). This study evaluated total mercury (THg) concentrations in fish tissues to assess biomagnification and potential risks.
Augusto Cesar da Costa Castilho, Kleber Solera, Vinícius José Santos Lopes, Gleyce Alves Machado, Ricardo Lopes Tortorela de Andrade, Leandro Dênis Battirola   +5 more
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