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Are the lights changing for discretionary trusts?
, 2010 An individual's 'control' of a discretionary trust may become 'property' for the purposes of s79 of the Family Law Act 1975 (FLA). As confirmed by Kennon v Spry,1 persons who control trusts and can benefit themselves or their spouses from trust assets ...
John Glover (18044353)
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
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Imprecise weights and non-discretionary factors in data envelopment analysis [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of this thesis is to investigate and identify the main effect of qualitative and imprecise data, such as knowledge, experience and human judgments, in efficiency evaluation of the real world problems on one hand, and non-discretionary data such
Heydar, Maryam
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Toward clone‐on‐a‐chip: Ethical and legal considerations for organ‐on‐a‐chip evolution
BMEMat, EarlyView.The term “clone‐on‐a‐chip (CoC)” is introduced as a conceptual warning for personalized organ‐on‐a‐chip platforms and not to suggest technological feasibility, where a CoC ethical discussion extends beyond issues arising from the requirements for informed consent, property rights, commercialization efforts, and cell sourcing to include potentially ...
Muhammed Erkan Karabekmez +6 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Firms' continuous pursuit of making a profit in the competitive market may ignore the actions related to environmental responsibilities. This set of actions for financial gains constitutes environmental misconduct, which not only harms ecosystems and communities but also brings reputational damage. Negative press and social media amplification
Ashutosh Singh +3 more
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Screening is a critical decision-stage in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and involves the determination of whether or not a development proposal will require EIA.
Graham Wood, Julia Becker
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study assesses the degree of alignment with and eligibility to the EU Taxonomy of non‐financial firms and investigates its relationship with their Cost of Debt (CoD). The empirical analysis is based on a sample of 306 non‐financial firms listed on the Stoxx Europe 600 Index across 15 European countries. Taxonomy‐related data were manually
Fabio Rizzato +3 more
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Operations Systems with Discretionary Task Completion
Most performance evaluation models in the operations management literature implicitly assume that tasks possess standardized completion criteria. However, in many systems, particularly service and professional work, judgment is frequently required to ...
Wallace J. Hopp +2 more
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ESG Performance, Debt Financing, and R&D Output: Evidence From the Healthcare Sector
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid growing calls for sustainability in the healthcare sector, this study examines how and under what conditions environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance influences research and development (R&D) output. Although existing studies suggest that ESG performance enhances R&D output, the financial mechanisms that enable or constrain
Sarmad Ali +2 more
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A Strategy for Evaluating Web-Based Discretionary Decision Support Systems
, 2008 . The World Wide Web facilitates user access to knowledge-based decision support systems. Such web-enabled systems can provide users with advice about how decision-makers exercise discretion.
J. Hall +3 more
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