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Contract Farming and Children's Education: Evidence From Maize Producers in Ghana

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming (CF) has continued to proliferate in the small farm sector of developing countries. While its effects on smallholders across welfare outcomes such as income and food security have been well documented, there are growing concerns about its broader social implications especially on children.
Francis E. Ndip   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Design Choices in Upcycled Fashion: Effects of Design Typicality and Material Domain Distance on Sustainable Consumption

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While upcycling clothing reflects environmental value (i.e., greenness) and distinctive designs (i.e., uniqueness), consumer responses to upcycled clothing designs remain underexplored. Drawing on categorization, cue utilization, and domain distance theories, two experimental studies were conducted with US female aged 18–45.
Hyesim Seo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Sustainability Leadership and Employee Wellbeing (Flourishing) in Organizations

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative case study research examines how designing for human sustainability leadership (HSL) affects employee wellbeing (flourishing) (HWBF) in organizations. It is undertaken at a university in the United Kingdom including academics and administrators.
Elli Meleti
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesStrategic 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

Dancing to multiple tunes: Establishing legitimacy with first‐time and repeat backers in crowdfunding campaigns

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Using 14,108 Kickstarter crowdfunding campaigns, we examine three strategies to gather support from first‐time versus repeat backers: narrative distinctiveness aligning with backers' expectations of novelty, endorsement from Kickstarter staff, and campaign leadership's reciprocity of funding other campaigns.
Stephanie Hepp   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Valorization of Food Industry By-Products through the Cultivation of the Microalga Chromochloris Zofingiensis

open access: yesChemical Engineering Transactions
The bioconversion of low-value food industry by-products into high-value compounds through microbial processes represents a promising route toward circular bioeconomy. This study explored the potential of the green microalga Chromochloris zofingiensis to
Simona Cozzolino   +6 more
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Bias in, symbolic compliance out? GPT's reliance on gender and race in strategic evaluations

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research summary Organizations are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) to support strategic evaluations. We examine whether and how these systems rely on gender and race. We asked GPT to evaluate identical startup pitches varying only the founder's name, shaping gender and race perceptions.
Tristan L. Botelho, Qingyang (Iris) Wang
wiley   +1 more source

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