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Strategic Sustainability Assessment in the Construction Sector: A Multidimensional Index for Decision Making in Decentralised Economies

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article evaluates the average business performance of construction firms across Spain's 17 autonomous communities within a decentralised governance framework. A regional composite sustainability index is developed, integrating economic, social and environmental intensity indicators.
Francisco José Castillo‐Díaz, Luis J. Belmonte‐Ureña, Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação, Francisco Camacho‐Ferre   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Turning Green Into Gold: The Impact of Green Intellectual Capital on Performance in European Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of green intellectual capital (GIC)—green human, structural and relational capital—on business performance in European firms. Using Eurobarometer 498 data and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS‐SEM), results show that GIC explains 15.4% of the variance in business performance, with green ...
María del Carmen Peces Prieto, Rocío Carranza Vallejo, María J. Ruiz‐Fuensanta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

China and the Spanish Empire [PDF]

, 1996
Editada en la Fundación Empresa PúblicaEn este artículo argumentamos que Ming China desempeñó un papel fundamental en el auge y decadencia del Imperio español. La demanda china de plata permitió elevados beneficios hasta 1640.
Atwell, Beller, Borah, Boxer, Braudel, Cartier, Castillo, Chaudhuri, Chaunu, Chuan, Cross, Doherty, Domínguez Ortiz, Domínguez Ortiz, Elliott, Elliott, Fairbank, Flynn, Flynn, Flynn, Flynn, Flynn, Flynn, Garcia-Baquero González, Gernet, Goldstone, Huang, Israel, Kamen, Kamen, Kobata, Koenigsberger, Liang, Lynch, Magalhaes Godinho, Moloughney, Morineau, Parker, Parker, Perlin, Szaszdi, Tashiro, TePaske, Thompson, Vilar, Vilar, Von Glahn, Vries, Yamamura, Yun Casalilla, Yun Casalilla   +50 more
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Oxide Interface of Gallium‐Based Liquid Metals: Beneficial Bridge or Hidden Risk?

ChemistryEurope, EarlyView.
Discussion on oxide interfaces in gallium‐based liquid metals have concentrated on their properties, behaviors, and related applications. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying effects, as well as the differences between the presence and absence of the oxide layer, have been less thoroughly discussed.
Yi Fan, Shuai Wang, Xu Hou
wiley   +1 more source

Political Elites in Federalized Countries: The Case of Spain (1980-2005). CES Working Paper, no. 146, 2008 [PDF]

, 2008
This paper explores the social profile of the regional elite that has emerged in Spain since the de-mocratization and federalization of the country. For the first time, researchers present data about crucial variables like gender, place of birth, age ...
Coller, Xavier,, Ferreira do Vale, Helder,, Meissner, Chris.   +2 more
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Patterns and Drivers of Spanish Corporate Commitment to the UN Global Compact: A Quantitative Approach

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a quantitative assessment of Spanish companies' commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Analyzing over 1000 participating firms, we identify prioritization patterns and examine structural factors influencing SDG adherence.
Juan Laborda, Juan Pérez
wiley   +1 more source

A Newly Discovered Manuscript of the Historia de los Reyes Moros de Granada by Hernando de Baeza [PDF]

, 2017
The Historia de los Reyes Moros de Granada, written by the chronicler Hernando de Baeza in the first half of the XVI century, in Spain, is a valuable text that provides a very different perspective from other late medieval Spanish official chronicles. In
Delgado Pérez, María Mercedes
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Reuse of Water as Part of a Water Sustainability Strategy: Experiences of Germany and Poland

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wastewater can provide an alternative supply of scarce water resources, particularly for operations that do not require high‐quality water. The uptake in wastewater usage is likely to be driven by a combination of public and private sector actors via internal actions and external collaborations.
Jonathan Morris, T. Bartosz Kalinowski, Piotr C. Sosnowski, Katarzyna Paweska, Agata Rudnicka, Serena Caucci   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Walking the Tightrope of Sustainability Reporting Standardization: Insights From Italian Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the challenges and support needs of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in adopting standardized sustainability reporting, taking the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) as an empirical case of formal standardization.
Filippo Cavaliere, Enrico Bellazzecca, Emma Edvige Zanchini di Castiglionchio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

El Cid and his relationships with Christians and Banu Hud in Andalusia [PDF]

تاریخ اسلام, 2017
Since the commencement of the first century, after hijrah, it was developed the political-military relationship between satraps of Andalusia and Spanish governments.  Meanwhile, Banu Hud government made an intimate relationship with Christian governments
rezvan yazdan, yunes farahmand, qanbarali roodgar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source