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What Do We Know About How Companies Manage Waste? The Effect of Tenure and Diversity of Directors on Disclosures

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to analyze the effect of board tenure on firms' waste management disclosure and explore whether this effect is amplified by board gender and cultural diversity. The analysis is based on data from 832 large firms worldwide from 2011 to 2020.
Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Una nueva especie de Schwartzia (Marcgra Viaceae) de la vertiente occidental andina de Colombia y Ecuador

open access: yesCaldasia, 2001
Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de Schwartzia Vell., S. lozaniana Giraldo-Cañas. La nueva especie se conoce únicamente de la vertiente occidental de los Andes en el departamento de Nariño (sur de Colombia) y la provincia de Esmeraldas (Ecuador).A
Giraldo Cañas Diego
doaj  

The Gains From Trade: South American Economic Integration and the Resolution of Conflict [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
It has long been argued that expanding commercial relations between countries acts as an incentive for countries to avoid hostilities up to and including armed conflict.
Jake Johnston, Mark Weisbrot
core  

Modelling Sustainability Performance in Manufacturing Companies

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nowadays, organisations need to operate with economic, social and environmental goals in mind. Indices objectively quantify such goals; hence, an organisation can develop and compare policies based on future index values. We propose a system dynamics‐based model of a manufacturing company that frames its operations in terms of a set of easily ...
Harol Andrey Avila‐Choconta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crecimiento economico en los paises de la Comunidad Andina: 1987-96 [PDF]

open access: yes
El objetivo de este trabajo es la realizacion de un analisis comparativo del crecimiento economico de los paises miembros de Comunidad Andina (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela), en el periodo 1987-96.
Aguayo, Eva   +2 more
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Internationalising the teacher education curriculum: An analysis of syllabi and student experiences

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Internationalisation has increasingly become a key dimension of quality in initial teacher education (ITE) programmes. Although it is recognised as a means to strengthen future teachers' competencies and expand their professional knowledge, it remains underdeveloped in practice.
Nafsika Alexiadou, Mai Trang Vu
wiley   +1 more source

Ecuador-Colombia relations in comparative perspective

open access: yes, 2011
Este artículo pasa revista a los principales aspectos que han afectado a las relaciones entre Ecuador y Colombia desde fines de los años noventa, poniendo énfasis en la etapa previa y posterior al incidente de Angostura, que llevó al rompimiento de relaciones diplomáticas.
Mantilla Baca, Sebastián   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Tracing the origins and evolution of nymphalid butterflies (Lepidoptera) in the Atlantic Forest

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Understanding the relative roles of diversification and dispersal is key to explaining large‐scale biogeographical patterns. Although both processes are known to shape biodiversity, their relative contributions remain understudied for many organisms. Here, we examine how these processes have jointly contributed to the exceptional diversity and endemism
Mar Repullés   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Islands of Effective International Adjudication: Constructing an Intellectual Property Rule of Law in the Andean Community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Andean Community - a forty-year-old regional integration pact of small developing countries in South America - is widely viewed as a failure. In this Article, we show that the Andean Community has in fact achieved remarkable success within one part ...
Alter, Karen J.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Appraising Policies Through Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation: Lessons From a Systematic Review of Applications

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to renewed interest in analytical tools that address complex policy problems and move beyond linear‐rational approaches in policy appraisal, Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation (SMCE) integrates participatory approaches with multi‐criteria analysis (MCA), thereby incorporating specialised knowledge and diverse social values and ...
Egle Basyte Ferrari
wiley   +1 more source

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