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Extreme weather and economic crisis in the 1430s in England, and the implications for tenurial change

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1430s were characterized by extreme weather conditions, food and fodder shortages, and high mortalities among animals and humans, although the severity of events and their consequences in England have received limited attention. The economic downturn and the depressed customary land market in this decade marked the beginning of the Great ...
Mark Bailey
wiley   +1 more source

Transportation and production collaborative scheduling optimization with multi-layer coding genetic algorithm for non-pipelined wells. [PDF]

Heliyon
Li Q, Li Y, Sun H, Song W, Li H, Gao X, Tan C, Liu Y, Liu H.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Effect of Traffic Congestion on Labour Investment Efficiency

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study examines the effects of headquarters‐city traffic congestion on labour investment efficiency. The results indicate that firms headquartered in congested cities may engage in inefficient labour investment decisions. Further analysis indicates that the inefficiency is associated with both overinvestment and underinvestment in labour ...
Rajib Chowdhury
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing fruit supply chain traceability through blockchain and cryptographic protocols for achieving UN sustainable development goals. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Rashid A, Ahmad RW, Nachouki M, Khan AUR.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Challenges of Backsourcing

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public sector outsourcing sometimes ends in unexpected termination, forcing authorities to engage in backsourcing. The aim of this study is to identify the challenges posed by unexpected terminations of sourcing contracts in the public sector and analyze how actual practices in these situations diverge from theoretical expectations in the ...
Johan Berlin, Eric Carlström, Magnus Jansson, David Karlsson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of Bloat Control on Relocation Rules Automatically Designed via Genetic Programming. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Škalec T, Đurasević M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mergers and Acquisitions as Navigators of Climate Policy Shocks: Evidence from the NOx Budget Trading Program

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how mergers and acquisitions (M&As) enable firms to adapt to climate policy shocks. Exploiting the adoption of the Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Budget Trading Program (NBP) across US states as an exogenous shock, we find that firms with NOx‐emitting plants subject to the NBP are more likely to engage in M&As, particularly through vertical ...
Samer Adra, Yang Gao, Malika Hamadi, Jiayi Yuan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research information systems and knowledge graphs: a review. [PDF]

Front Res Metr Anal
Haris M, Auer S, Stocker M.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Effects of Information Technologies on the Bankruptcy Decision

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Exploiting the staggered adoptions of electronic systems across 70 bankruptcy courts in the United States, I investigate the impacts of digital transformation on bankruptcy behavior. The digital transformation in bankruptcy courts significantly lowered the cost of filing by enabling debtors to file for bankruptcy online, yet empirical tests ...
Jeyul Yang
wiley   +1 more source

‘reportless places’: Janet Malcolm and Collage

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Natalie Ferris
wiley   +1 more source