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Rebound Effects in Circular Manufacturing: Overview of Potential Rebound Mechanisms Activated by Circular Strategies Across Key Business Processes

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) is increasingly adopted by the manufacturing industry to decouple economic growth from environmental impacts by optimizing resource use and minimizing waste generation. Nevertheless, circular manufacturing often triggers systemic responses that diminish or offset their potential environmental gains, resulting in the so ...
Mariantonietta Ferrante   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Charter School Attendance on Student Achievement in Michigan [PDF]

open access: yes
Proponents of school reform have argued that charter schools and vouchers can provide adequate market pressure to improve the performance of traditional public schools. While the number of charter schools and student enrollment have burgeoned, relatively
Kevin Hollenbeck, Randall W. Eberts
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Narrowing The Charter Enrollment Gap: Denver's Common-Enrollment System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
As charter schools continue their rapid expansion in America's cities, questions related to equitable access to these schools of choice have jumped to the forefront of the policy conversation.
Marcus A. Winters
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Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Closing the Achievement Gap: A One-Year Progress Report on Education Reform in Massachusetts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Highlights early outcomes of school reform efforts launched under a new state law with support from the Race to the Top program, including progress in turnaround schools, charter schools, and innovation schools.
Elizabeth Pauley
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How to Navigate Disrupted Business Models in the 21st Century: At the Crossroads of the Circular Economy and the Industry 4.0 Transition

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our planet faces a critical crisis, with pollution, resource depletion and biodiversity loss surpassing sustainable limits. Businesses must address these challenges, with the circular economy and Industry 4.0 offering transformative potential through closed‐loop systems, regenerative solutions and advanced technologies.
Agnes Toth‐Peter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Narrative Inquiry of Charter School Social Work and the “No Excuses” Behavior Model

open access: yesColumbia Social Work Review, 2019
Neoliberal education reform has resulted in a growing number of charter schools across the country, many of which are concentrated in low-income communities of color (Kahlenberg & Potter, 2014). Charter schools serving these demographics often practice a
Allison Balogh
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Current Trends and Future Research in Management Control for Sustainability in Retail

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing emphasis on sustainability in the retail sector, driven by regulatory frameworks, market trends and consumer demand, has placed management control at the forefront of facilitating sustainability practices. Despite increasing academic interest in this area, the literature is fragmented and provides limited sector‐specific insight ...
Miguel Gil, Mart Ots, Timur Uman
wiley   +1 more source

Anticompetitive Restraints on Public Charter Schools [PDF]

open access: yes
40 states and the District of Columbia have laws that authorize public charter schools to provide public education with public funds, in competition with regular public schools.
John Hoven
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2007 Charter School Facility Finance Landscape [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Provides a roadmap for individual schools as they attempt to navigate the charter school facility landscape, and a policy guide for those interested in helping to rationalize the sector and develop more equitable funding for charter school ...
Clara Chae   +3 more
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