ABSTRACT The protection of free speech enhances the ability of various public stakeholders to disseminate privately observed adverse information about public firms, making it difficult for corporate managers to conceal negative information about their companies.
JIMMY LEE+3 more
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The Metaverse as a virtual form of data-driven smart urbanism: platformization and its underlying processes, institutional dimensions, and disruptive impacts. [PDF]
Bibri SE, Allam Z, Krogstie J.
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“We're basically just naked therapists”: Sex work, stigma, and psychological empowerment
Abstract The criminalization of sex work continues to stigmatize people who sell sex. Nevertheless, people who sell sex are not a monolith. In this study, we draw from semistructured interviews with 50 active sex workers, most of whom were white and from middle‐class backgrounds, to show how they experienced empowerment in their work.
Kurt W. Fowler, Heidi Grundetjern
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How structural changes in online gambling are shaping the contemporary experiences and behaviours of online gamblers: an interview study. [PDF]
Hing N+6 more
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Weaker the gang, harder the exit
Abstract This study draws on 95 interviews and observations with gang‐affiliated individuals in Chicago to examine how gang structures shape disengagement and desistance from crime. During the last two decades, the city's gangs have experienced a decline in group closure, or their capacity to regulate membership and member behavior, and a blurring of ...
Megan Kang
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Educational futures after COVID-19: Big tech and pandemic profiteering versus education for democracy. [PDF]
Norris T.
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Rapid DNA/eDNA‐Based ID Tools for Improved Chondrichthyan Monitoring and Management
ABSTRACT Rapid DNA/eDNA‐based ID tools, which detect specific genetic patterns without requiring sequencing, are essential for biodiversity and wildlife trade monitoring, particularly for species of conservation concern. However, the practical application of these methods remains limited by the availability of standardised protocols, accessibility of ...
Marcela Maki Alvarenga+13 more
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The ramification of Cameroon's Anglophone crisis: conceptual analysis of a looming "Complex Disaster Emergency". [PDF]
Bang HN, Balgah RA.
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The Architecture of Global Carbon Pricing Governance: Institutions, Functions and Policy Pathways
ABSTRACT Carbon pricing mechanisms have proliferated across the world and have become a cornerstone of global climate action. This study maps and analyzes existing global carbon pricing governance institutions and initiatives. It creates a unique dataset encompassing 55 institutions, governance initiatives, and 16 specific programs aimed at encouraging
Daniel Muth+2 more
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ABSTRACT Accountants should engage more with natural and cultural capital accounting to make tools more accessible and to ensure critical information is provided to decision‐makers. While ecological economists have continued to innovate and design tools, corporate‐level accounting has seemingly lagged behind.
S. Leanne Keddie+2 more
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