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From Ecosystem Threats to Balance Sheets: Biodiversity Risks Exposure and Corporate Cash Policies

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how firms strategically respond to biodiversity risk by examining their cash holding decisions. Using firm‐level data from China, we find that firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure significantly increases corporate cash holdings.
Jing Hao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Centered Index of Spatial Concentration: Axiomatic Approach with an Application to Population and Capital Cities [PDF]

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We construct an axiomatic index of spatial concentration around a center or capital point of interest, a concept with wide applicability from urban economics, economic geography and trade, to political economy and industrial organization.
Filipe R. Campante, Quoc-Anh Do
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Feeding the Cities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Beyond the Food Miles Approach [PDF]

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In this paper, we study the impact of urbanization on the location of agricultural production and the GHG emissions related to transportation activities.
de Cara, Stephane   +2 more
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Think Global, Act Local? Fortune 500 Business Strategies for Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11)

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of business towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been well established. However, SDG contextualization continues to pose a conundrum, particularly for firms operating in multiple contexts. This becomes even more problematic in the case of SDG 11, the only goal in the sustainable development agenda directly
Andreas Georgiou
wiley   +1 more source

Mind the gap! Global cities and ordinary cities in the planning perspective [PDF]

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This paper presents a critical debate about the extreme selectivity through which the existing body of literature identifies the critical factors in urban development and competitiveness.
Luca Salvati   +2 more
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Are Ecosystems the Missing Link in Circular Transitions? Insights From a Comprehensive Literature Analysis

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although recent literature on the circular economy (CE) has highlighted the important role of ecosystems, there is still limited understanding of the main themes that characterize circular ecosystems. This study addresses this gap by combining a comprehensive topic modeling analysis employing latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) with a systematic
Aline Gabriela Ferrari   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Development Potential of Russian Cities [PDF]

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The quantitative expert evaluation encompasses all of the centres of constituent members of the Russian Federation with resident population over 50,000 as well as significant industrial, transport, scientific, tourist centres etc. (almost 200 cities). It
Dmitri Piterski
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