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U.S. intervention and the early dollar float: 1973-1981 [PDF]

The dollar’s depreciation during the early floating rate period, 1973–1981, was a symptom of the Great Inflation. In that environment, sterilized foreign exchange interventions were ineffective in halting the dollar’s decline, but they showed a limited ...
Michael D Bordo, Anna J Schwartz, Owen F Humpage   +2 more
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Machine‑learning prediction of Young’s modulus in multi‑component titanium‑based biomedical alloys using extended thermodynamic descriptors

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials: Methods
The development of low-modulus titanium alloys for biomedical implants is frequently constrained by the resource-intensive nature of experimental discovery and the limited size of available datasets.
Hassan Ahmad, Muhammad Haider, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Zarif, Syed Mujtaba Ul Hassan   +4 more
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Consumer Resistance to Circular Fashion: A Systematic Literature Review of Consumer Barriers and Innovation Resistance in Circular Business Models

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition toward circular fashion is widely promoted as a pathway to sustainable development, yet consumer resistance continues to hinder the adoption of circular business models across resale, rental, repair, and remaking. Existing research identifies numerous consumer barriers, but insights remain fragmented, model‐specific, and largely
Sophie Rasfeld
wiley   +1 more source

U.S. Foreign-Exchange-Market Intervention and the Early Dollar Float: 1973 – 1981 [PDF]

The dollar’s depreciation during the early floating rate period, 1973 – 1981, was a symptom of the Great Inflation. In that environment, sterilized foreign exchange interventions were ineffective in halting the dollar’s decline, but showed a limited ...
Michael D. Bordo, Anna J. Schwartz, Owen F. Humpage   +2 more
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Financial Constraints and Corporate Sustainability Performance: Do Climate Exposure and People's Climate Attention Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between financial constraints and a firm's sustainability performance. Our empirical analysis utilises a panel of 40,445 observations from 9466 listed non‐financial firms across 44 countries, spanning the period from 2002 to 2019.
Boying Xu, Ruth Owusu‐Mensah, Daniel Gyimah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Target Firm's ESG Engagement and Post–M&A Performance: The Mediating Role of Acquirer's CSR Strategy

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines whether the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of target firms influences both accounting‐based and market‐based corporate financial performance (CFP) within the merger and acquisition (M&A) context and whether this relationship is mediated by the acquirer's corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy.
Francesco Gangi, Nicola Varrone, Mario Ossorio, Lucia Michela Daniele, Maria Coscia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-cultural factors hindering loan repayment among Women borrowers in Tanzania: A Qualitative Study

Advanced Research in Economics and Business Strategy Journal
This article aimed to look into socio-cultural barriers to loan repayment faced by women borrowers in Dodoma City's Nzuguni and Njedengwa Wards in 2022. A qualitative approach and a cross-sectional research design were employed.
Zuhura M. Hassan, Asha Hayeshi, Joseph N. Musuguri   +2 more
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The Fast, the Steady and the Tenacious: Funding Pathways for Circular Start‐Ups

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular start‐ups (CSUs) are critical for unlocking the circular economy, yet they face persistent barriers in accessing finance. Despite growing interest from policymakers and financing institutions, little empirical evidence explains how these ventures pursue and secure funding.
Pilar Mejía‐Vélez, Wim Van Opstal, Christina Bidmon, Saskia Manshoven, Julian Kirchherr   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sound Financial Practices and Entrepreneurs' Socio‐Environmental Commitment: Revealing the Role of Financial Barriers

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small enterprises (SEs) constitute a major component of economic systems, and their socio‐environmental commitment is critical for promoting societal well‐being. This paper examines the direct effect of sound financial practices on socio‐environmental commitment and evaluates the mediating role of financial constraints—specifically debt and ...
Marcos Álvarez‐Espiño, Sara Fernández‐López, Lucía Rey‐Ares   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Number of bank relationships: An indicator of competition, borrower quality, or just size? [PDF]

, 2000
In this study the firms' choice of the number of bank relationships is analyzed with respect to influential factors like borrower quality, size and the existence of a close housebank relationship. Then, the number of bank relationships is used as a proxy to examine if bank competition is reflected in loan terms.
Machauer, Achim, Weber, Martin
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