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, 2011 Laws of nature take center stage in philosophy of science. Laws are usually believed to stand in a tight conceptual relation to many important key concepts such as causation, explanation, confirmation, determinism, counterfactuals etc.
Hüttemann, Andreas +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates innovative financing strategies to mobilise private capital for climate adaptation, emphasising Hong Kong's role in advancing efforts across Southeast Asia. Using expert interviews and case studies, it addresses two key questions: which financial instruments can strengthen public–private collaboration, and what best ...
Laurence L. Delina +5 more
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Out-of-focus encoding in Gur and Kwa [PDF]
, 2008 This paper investigates the structural properties of morphosyntactically marked focus constructions, focussing on the often neglected non-focal sentence part in African tone languages.
Fiedler, Ines, Schwarz, Anne
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Transforming Procurement: The Dynamic Capabilities and Microfoundations to Buy Circular
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular Procurement (CP) integrates Circular Economy (CE) principles into purchasing decisions to close material loops and retain value across product life cycles. Yet, its adoption remains limited due to persistent barriers within procurement processes.
Francesco Cafforio, Ilaria Giannoccaro
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The Role of International Investment Agreements [PDF]
, 2013 This paper analyzes the legitimacy of investor-state arbitration under international investment agreements in sovereign debt restructuring. The paper presents mechanisms governing sovereign default generally, namely collective action clauses and informal
Brahms, Lisa
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Circular Economy Pathways for Airport Climate Change Mitigation
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Airport operators face growing climate‐change pressures; the circular economy offers pathways to reduce impacts and recover resources. We examine how airport operators apply the circular economy in practice. We use an exploratory qualitative multicase design based on practitioner‐generated documents (e.g., press releases and sustainability ...
Michele Oppioli +3 more
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The Director Duty of Care in Qatar [PDF]
, 2016 In this age of globalization, cross-border investment and intense competition for capital, comparative corporate governance is an increasingly important topic. This Article examines and analyzes the duty of care for directors of publicly-traded companies,
Slawotsky, Joel, Truby, Jon M.
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Manipulationism, Ceteris Paribus Laws, and the Bugbear of Background Knowledge [PDF]
, 2017 According to manipulationist accounts of causal explanation, to explain an event is to show how it could be changed by intervening on its cause. The relevant change must be a ‘serious possibility’ claims Woodward 2003, distinct from mere logical or ...
Kowalenko, Robert
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A Decision‐Making Model for Implementing Green Technology in Sustainable Building Projects
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Green technology (GT) adoption is pivotal for reconciling environmental stewardship with economic viability in the built environment, particularly in resource‐constrained emerging economies. However, empirical evidence on how specific GT drivers actively mitigate adoption barriers remains scarce.
Abdelazim Ibrahim +5 more
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MODELS OF SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES IN OLD GERMANIC CONCESSIVE SENTENCES [PDF]
Alfred Nobel University Journal of PhilologyThe proposed article deals with revealing the syntactic profile of the Old Germanic languages, name- ly, the particularities of the functioning of the syntax and grammatical framework structure of sentences with concessive semantics in the Germanic ...
Oleksandra M. Tuhai
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