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Invisible Labor and the “Ghost Particle”: Underground Physics at the Kolar Gold Fields**
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.Abstract When cosmic rays—high‐energy particles from outer space—encounter the Earth's atmosphere, they produce particles called neutrinos. To detect them, physicists go underground inside deep mines where the overlying rock can filter out the cosmic‐ray background radiation.
Nithyanand Rao
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On the Negative Relationship between Labor Income Uncertainty and Homeownership: Risk Aversion vs. Credit Constraints [PDF]
, 2004 Luís Díaz-Serrano
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Towards Green Growth Capability Development: A Knowledge‐Based Perspective
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Green growth, which balances a firm's growth aspirations with environmental stewardship, is gaining traction in the literature. However, the notion of green growth capability (GGC) as a foundation for firm‐level green growth strategy remains underexplored.
Polina Baranova +2 more
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Tail event-based sovereign credit risk transmission network during COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Financ Res Lett, 2022 Naifar N, Shahzad SJH.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The financial sector plays an important yet ambivalent role in society's sustainability transition. Credit decisions have a substantial impact as they determine the allocation of large amounts of financial resources. This study applies the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development as a lens to review literature and investigate practices ...
Jesko Schulte +3 more
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Environmental Violation and Cost of Equity Capital—Evidence From Europe
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the association between environmental violations and the cost of equity capital. We posit that firms that breach environmental compliance introduce firm‐specific risks and, consequently, elevate the costs associated with equity capital.
Md. Borhan Uddin Bhuiyan, Yimei Man
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Severe Loss Probabilities in Portfolio Credit Risk Models [PDF]
, 2004 Simon H. Babbs, Andrew R. Johnson
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Task‐based diversity among corporate board members, based on specific functional attributes and experiences (age, tenure, and experience) can impact the firm according to both resource‐based view and agency theory. Following this, we explore the relationship between task‐based board diversity and corporate firm performance, analyzing a sample ...
Um‐E‐Roman Fayyaz +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today. In this paper, we analyze the role of firms in mitigating climate change through their model of corporate governance. We examine the impact of key organizational control and incentive mechanisms on firms' carbon emission intensity.
Cécile Cezanne +3 more
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