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FORMATION OF COOPERATIVE CAPITAL – CHALLENGES, LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

Pravo
A cooperative, as a specific form of business entity primarily focused on the joint realization of the aspirations of its members, holds a significant position in modern business flows, affirming itself as a relevant factor in the sustainable ...
Sonja Končar
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Ethical Consumption: US/Leap Views on Fair Trade, Other Certification Programs, and Consumer Power [PDF]

, 2009
This article presents US/Leap’s views Fair Trade labeling schemes and their benefits to workers and consumers globally. Examples of effective certification labels and other tools that serve mainly as corporate marketing tools are included.
US LEAP
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From Strain to Pressure: Atomically Resolved Mechanisms of Stress Dissipation in Emissive, Elastically Deformable Molecular Crystals Under Ambient and High Pressure

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
Molecular crystals must withstand both isotropic and anisotropic stress to function in flexible optoelectronics and high‐pressure devices. In situ high‐pressure single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction coupled with DFT‐D computations reveal how an emissive molecular crystal with interdigitated packing bends elastically at ambient‐pressure and remains ...
Arif H. Dar, Vikram C. Joshi, Alexandra Longcake, Tamador Alkhidir, Ayat Al Nimer, Praveen B. Managutti, Shamraiz H. Talib, Jaime Viegas, Michael R. Probert, Changquan C. Sun, Sharmarke Mohamed   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiobjective Codesign Optimization of a Planar Pneumatic Artificial Muscle‐Based Snake‐Like Robot for Enhanced Agility and Energy Efficiency

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A codesign multiobjective optimization framework was developed to enhance the morphology and controller of a snake‐like robot driven by artificial muscles. It improved planar locomotion, agility, and power efficiency. The approach optimized link geometry and controller gains, revealing that shorter muscles near joints and longer linkages maximize ...
Ayla Valles, Mahdi Haghshenas‐Jaryani
wiley   +1 more source

Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Irregular Expenditure and Developmental Procurement in KwaZulu-Natal Municipalities

International Journal of Applied Research in Business and Management
Municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) continue to report high levels of irregular expenditure, mainly due to non-compliance with supply chain management (SCM) legislation.
Amos Zungu
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Generating Comfortable, Safe and Comprehensible Trajectories for Automated Vehicles in Mixed Traffic

, 2018
While motion planning approaches for automated driving often focus on safety and mathematical optimality with respect to technical parameters, they barely consider convenience, perceived safety for the passenger and comprehensibility for other traffic ...
Lauer, Martin, Naumann, Maximilian, Stiller, Christoph   +2 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced Customer Cooperation : Experiences with cooperative compliance in Finland

, 2018
This report examines the experiences with a collaborative compliance project – Enhanced Customer Cooperation (ECC) – introduced by the Finnish Tax Administration. The ECC was introduced by the Large Taxpayers’ Unit of the Finnish Tax Administration at the beginning of 2013, and it ran as a pilot until the end of 2015.
Pellinen Jukka, Kettunen Jaana, Potka-Soininen Tuulia   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Nestle Action Plan on the Responsible Sourcing of Cocoa from Cote d’Ivoire June 29, 2012 [PDF]

, 2012
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Fair Labor Association
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