Thermal degradation of impact‐modified PMMA in mechanical and chemical recycling
The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.Abstract Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a thermoplastic with outstanding tensile strength, UV resistance, and a high level of transparency that has been used widely for optical applications such as glazing in the automobile industry. Mechanical recycling, the most widespread method, degrades the physical properties and prevents reusing PMMA in ...
Tien Dat Nguyen +6 more
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Credit Frictions and 'Sudden Stops' in Small Open Economies: An Equilibrium Business Cycle Framework for Emerging Markets Crises [PDF]
Financial frictions are a central element of most of the models that the literature on emerging markets crises has proposed for explaining the Sudden Stop' phenomenon.
Cristina Arellano, Enrique G. Mendoza
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Losing Ground? Attitudes Toward Responsible Investment Among Young Koreans and Korean Women
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Western research finds younger individuals and women are more inclined toward responsible investing due to heightened concerns about corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. Our original survey and focus group discussions challenge these findings in South Korea, where younger Koreans are less supportive of responsible
Hyo Won Lee, Dong‐Hun Kim, Sijeong Lim
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Stochastic modeling of private equity: an equilibrium based approach to fund valuation [PDF]
In this paper, we present a new approach to measure the returns of private equity investments based on a stochastic model of the dynamics of a private equity fund.
Buchner, Axel +2 more
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Necessity Social Enterprises: Community Resilience Strategies of “Kitchen Rebellions”
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship out of economic necessity—sometimes combined with addressing social and environmental challenges—is attracting growing attention. However, welfare states show a phenomenon unaccounted for in both necessity and social entrepreneurship literatures, conceptualized here as necessity social enterprise.
Sonia Vidal, Arno Kourula, Ans Kolk
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Aligning Value Creation and Allocation Through Asymmetries Reduction: B Corps in the Spotlight
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT By following the classic logic of value creation, firms capture most of the value created with their stakeholders (economic, societal, and environmental) and generate asymmetries toward them. The new stakeholder theory emphasizes value creation at the firm‐stakeholder level and challenges this perspective by considering value creation and ...
Beatrice Re +2 more
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Financial frictions and stock return: A novel least minus more frictional factor for asset pricing models in emerging economies. [PDF]
PLoS OneKhan S +4 more
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Agency Conflicts, Investment, and Asset Pricing [PDF]
Corporations in most countries are run by controlling shareholders whose cash flow rights are substantially smaller than their control rights in the firm.
Neng Wang, Rui Albuquerque
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) contribute to poverty reduction and income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Drawing on panel data from 103 MSMEs across 11 countries between 2013 and 2022, we analyze how employment growth, revenue expansion, and enhanced start‐up conditions contribute
Marcello Cosa
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