Secure, scalable, and interoperable healthcare data exchange using layer-2 ZK-rollups, smart contracts, and IPFS. [PDF]
Raghav A +5 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines how Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies can strengthen circular economy (CE) implementation in manufacturing and service organizations. Although recent studies discuss CE–I4.0 integration, empirical evidence comparing sectors and mapping technologies to specific CE lifecycle stages remains limited.
Vikas Swarnakar +4 more
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Comparative evaluation and simulation of blockchain consensus mechanisms for secure and scalable peer to peer energy trading in microgrids. [PDF]
Bhavana GB +5 more
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Operationalizing Circular Supply Chain Management: Scale Development and Empirical Validation
ABSTRACT This study addresses the conceptual fragmentation and the lack of a measurement tool in circular supply chain management (CSCM), a field in which confusion with traditional sustainability strategies limits operational progress. The objective is to develop and validate a measurement instrument capable of capturing the transition toward the ...
José Moyano‐Fuentes +5 more
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Problematic cryptoasset trading is associated with greater depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and social isolation. [PDF]
Meshi D +4 more
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ABSTRACT Small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are expected to contribute more significantly to the sustainability agenda. Digital transformation (DT) has the potential to enable SMEs to fulfil their sustainable development goals. However, SMEs encounter unique challenges in leveraging DT for sustainability due to their size, limited resources and
Phuc G. Le +3 more
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How the interplay between power concentration, competition, and propagation affects the resource efficiency of distributed ledgers. [PDF]
Barucca P, Campajola C, Xu J.
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ABSTRACT This study challenges the common assumption that digital and sustainability transformations are naturally synergistic. Integrating signaling theory and the dynamic capability view, we argue that for many firms, particularly traditional SMEs, these initiatives are pursued on separate, unaligned strategic tracks, creating a “signaling‐substance ...
Nicolas Depetris‐Chauvin +2 more
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Research on key technologies for privacy-preserving, regulatorily compliant, and cross-chain interoperability in heterogeneous blockchain systems. [PDF]
Chen Z, Liu H, Zhang L, Dai B, Shi Y.
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ABSTRACT The lag in embedding leaders' decarbonization competences into sunset industry businesses (oil, gas, and petroleum), particularly in Middle Eastern hydrocarbon economies, poses an existential environmental and institutional challenge. In many such contexts, leaders' decarbonization competences remain subordinated to resource utilization and ...
John Mendy +3 more
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