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Broad Skills, Smaller Footprints? Generalist CEOs and Firm Biodiversity Exposure

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether CEO generalist skills predict firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure, an emerging strategic and financial concern. Using the biodiversity indicator developed based on textual analysis and the General Ability Index, we find that firms led by generalist CEOs are associated with significantly lower disclosed biodiversity risk ...
Hafiz Hoque   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reproduction Index of Kacang Goat Dam Reared under Closed Population in Buduran Sub-District, Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, Indonesia

open access: yesIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019
Abstract This study was aimed to evaluate the reproduction index of Kacang goat does reared under closed population with extensive farming system in the Fishpond area of Buduran Sub-District, Sidoarjo Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia.
Suyadi Suyadi   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Evaluation of Circular Pathways for Heavy‐Duty Vehicle Batteries in Europe Using a Multi‐Method Simulation Approach

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular battery strategies have become of major interest focusing on material availability while increasing economic and environmental benefits. In this context of circular economy, one main challenge for automotive original equipment manufacturers is that the most profitable handling strategy along the lifecycle is unknown.
Michael Lieder   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increased Insulin Action, Glucose Metabolism and Muscle Function in Supervillin‐Knockout and Supervillin‐Mutant Mice

open access: yesCytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We here describe mouse models with complementary homozygous Svil mutations. In skeletal muscle, Svil‐Mut mice express the Svil‐encoded N‐terminus fused to the βgal‐neo gene‐trap tag and lack the highly conserved archvillin C‐terminus; Svil‐KO mice lack expression of all known Svil‐encoded proteins; and Svil‐LoxP mice contain loxP sites for ...
Tara C. Smith   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fecal microbiota profiles of growing pigs and their relation to growth performance.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
The early gut microbiota composition is fundamentally important for piglet health, affecting long-term microbiome development and immunity. In this study, the gut microbiota of postparturient dams was compared with that of their offspring in three ...
Emilia König   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Prediction to Decision Making: PBPK and QSP as Regulatory‐Grade NAMs

open access: yesClinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
New approach methodologies (NAMs) encompass a diverse and rapidly evolving set of experimental and computational tools designed to generate human‐relevant mechanistic data for use in drug development and regulatory decision making. Experimental NAMs provide insights into drug disposition, pharmacological activity, and disease biology that are difficult
Karen Rowland Yeo, Piet H. van der Graaf
wiley   +1 more source

Hoover Dam

open access: yes, 2010
aerial view, Hoover Dam, with intake towers, October 25 ...
engineering firm: United States Bureau of Reclamation (American, 1902-), contractor: Six Companies (American, 20th century)
core  

Distribution of lambs by birth and rearing litter size, dam parity and sire breed between treatment groups.

open access: yes, 2015
*1 lamb not recorded for sire breedDistribution of lambs by birth and rearing litter size, dam parity and sire breed between treatment groups.
Cathy M. Dwyer (776164)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Chinese hydropower companies and environmental norms in countries of the global South: the involvement of Sinohydro in Ghana’s Bui Dam [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The paper examines the role of environmental norms in Chinese overseas investment in hydropower dams, exemplified by Sinohydro’s involvement in the Bui Dam in Ghana.
Hensengerth, Oliver
core   +1 more source

The Impacts of Chief Sustainability Officers' Structural Power on Corporate Social Responsibility Performance

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Extant literature assumes that powerful executives can wield their influence with minimal opposition from lower‐power actors. We reconsider this assumption by incorporating the coalitional view in which lower‐power actors can mobilize coalitions to resist.
Nhan Huong Nguyen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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