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From spectator to walk-on to actor: An exploratory study of the internationalisation of Greek firms since 1989 [PDF]
The article follows the evolution of the Greek business activities in foreign countries. Based on two unique databases, the article acknowledges the existence of two sub-periods.
Athanasios Kalogeresis, Lois Labrianidis
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How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
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Circuits of Mobile Workers in the 19th-Century Central Balkans
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, 2020 This article compares the geographic and social mobility of two “lesser known” groups of workers: merchants’ assistants and maidservants. By combining labor mobility, class, and gender as categories of analysis, it suggests that such examples of ...
Evguenia Davidova
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European Transition at Twenty [PDF]
This study gauges the status of transition in the formerly centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, using a broad approach that compares countries with respect to their business environment, competition, and managerial practices ...
Berglöf, Erik +5 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Many plant species worldwide are struggling to regenerate due to the ongoing effects of climate change. These effects appear to be further exacerbated by the loss of keystone megafauna, which were important seed dispersers. By identifying the traits commonly seen in seeds spread by modern elephants, it is possible to predict which species likely ...
Andrew J. Tighe
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Social inclusion in the Western Balkan's labour market and its effect on the Europeanisation process [PDF]
, 2018 In 2012, The Economist published the article entitled "Balkan Economies Mostly Miserable" which discussed the condition of the economies of the Western Balkan countries.
Targosz, Ewelina
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Status and future of seed conservation of threatened plants in the post‐2020 era
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Ambitious targets have been set to backup seeds of threatened plants by the global strategy for plant conservation (GSPC), but it is unclear in how far these targets have been met and how seed collection should be organized to meet future challenges. Here, we provide an overview of the status of 44 countries in achieving seed conservation targets.
Andreas Ensslin +130 more
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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund's Western Balkans Program: Midterm Impact Assessment [PDF]
, 2016 The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) commissioned an impact assessment of its Western Balkans program from 2010 to 2015. As the team who carried out this assessment, our overall conclusion from the assessment is that the RBF program in the Western Balkans
Jennifer Chapman +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The study evaluates the sustainable development of 42 European countries using a multi‐criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach, based on 29 indicators covering the economic, social, and environmental pillars. All three pillars are assessed both individually and in consolidated form to provide a comprehensive view of countries ...
Una Smailbegovic +3 more
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Regional Sustainability Assessment Under Risk and Uncertainty: A Water–Energy–Food Based Framework
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Regional sustainability assessment requires integrated structures that can examine the interactions between Water–Energy–Food (WEF) systems, socio‐economic risk conditions, and performance outcomes under uncertainty. This study proposes a multidimensional framework that combines a suitability index, composite sustainability indicators ...
Murat Oturakci
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