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Cluster Analysis of Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis Practices and Their Impact on Sustainability Performance in the Plastics Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how plastics manufacturing firms can be classified according to their level of implementation of circular economy (CE) and industrial symbiosis (IS) practices and how such adoption influences sustainability performance. Using data from plastics manufacturing firms, we integrate cluster analysis with partial least squares ...
Laura Cristina Ramírez‐Rodríguez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

2007 Labour Overview: Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
[Abstract] In summary, as the 2007 Labour Overview which I am pleased to present demonstrates, Latin America and the Caribbean have made progress in improving some key labour market indicators, especially in reducing unemployment, but significant gaps ...
International Labour Office
core   +1 more source

Panamerican Trauma Society: The first three decades [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Panamerican Trauma Society was born 30 years ago with the mission of improving trauma care in the Americas by exchange of ideas and concepts and expanding knowledge of trauma and acute illness.
Aboutanos, Michel, Ivatury, Rao R.
core   +2 more sources

Does Climate Risk Affect Employment Decisions? International Evidence

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of climate risk on corporate employment decisions. Using a large sample from 41 countries, we find a positive association between climate risk and underinvestment in labor, notably manifesting as excessive employee layoffs.
Claude Francoeur   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Una nueva especie de Eulaema (Hymenoptera: Apidae) del Chocó, Colombia

open access: yesCaldasia, 1997
Eulaema sorotie is described. It is a sibling species of El. meriana, apparently restricted to the Chocó area of Colombia and adjacent Ecuador, where it probably developed in a Pleistocene forest refugium.Se describe Eulaema sororia, una especie cercana ...
Dressler Robert L.   +1 more
doaj  

Hidden cryptic spiders: Eight new species of Paratropis from Colombia and Ecuador (Araneae, Paratropididae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy
Eight new species of the genus Paratropis Simon, 1889 from Colombia and Ecuador, Paratropis amfe sp. nov., P. aurelianoi sp. nov., P. calarca sp. nov., P. chami sp. nov., P. lluspiosa sp. nov., P. macca sp. nov., P. salsa sp. nov., P. urku sp. nov., are
Emilia Tauber   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health Transparency and Communication on the Government Websites of Ibero-American Countries: The Cases of Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Spain. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
Barredo Ibáñez D   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Addicted to Punishment: The Disproportionality of Drug Laws in Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In Latin America, trafficking cocaine so it can be sold to someone who wants to use it is more serious than raping a woman or deliberately killingyour neighbor.
Diana Esther Guzman   +2 more
core  

Is there club convergence in Latin America? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Previous studies of the income convergence hypothesis for Latin American economies indicate that almost all are not systematically closing their income gap with developed nations.
King, Alan, Ramlogan-Dobson, Carlyn
core   +1 more source

Ucuúba Fat (Virola surinamensis) and Cellulose Nanocrystals Functionalizing Cassava (Manihot esculenta)  Starch Films

open access: yesChemFoodChem, EarlyView.
Cassava starch films were functionalized with Ucuúba fat and cellulose nanocrystals to tailor wettability, optical, mechanical, and barrier properties. Integrating Amazonian bioresources with nanotechnology enables sustainable edible coatings with tunable performance for fresh food preservation and enhanced UV protection.
Geovana Cristina Pinto Rodrigues   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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