Donation or Advertising? The Role of Market and Non-market Strategies in Corporate Legitimacy
Although existing research has discussed the impact of market strategy or non-market strategy on corporate legitimacy thoroughly, there is limited research on the joint role of the two strategies.
Ying Liu, Wei Liu, Yingbo Xu
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Cultural attitudes towards death practices, the body after death and life after death in deceased organ donation - a UK Polish migrant perspective [PDF]
Previous studies have found the perception of the body and death practices can have an influence on perceptions of deceased organ donation. This is the first study in the UK to investigate the views of the Polish migrants, a fast growing community ...
Randhawa, Gurch, Sharp, Chloe
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Awareness and attitudes toward corneal donation: challenges and opportunities
There is a severe shortage of donor corneas available worldwide for transplantation, with the number of patients in need of transplant greatly exceeding the number of cornea tissues available.
Andrew M. Williams, Kelly W. Muir
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In the process of captive breeding and reintroduction of endangered animal species, it is crucial to minimize familial bias in reproductive success during the reintroduction phase to preserve genetic diversity. In this study, we attempted to identify the familial lineage of individuals of the endangered bagrid fish Tachysurus ichikawai born at the ...
Hinano Mizuno+5 more
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Solidarity beyond the grave: Yielding organs in a Nordic welfare state
According to a survey carried out in 2009, Finnish citizens are exceptionally willing to donate their organs after death, an attitude that paved the way for a 2010 amendment to the Tissue Law that introduced an ‘opt-out’ consent policy.
Susanne Ådahl
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Non-Poisson donation behaviors in virtual worlds [PDF]
Similar to charitable giving in real world, donation behaviors play an important role in the complex interactions among individuals in virtual worlds. However, it is not clear if the donation process is random or not. We investigate this problem using detailed data from parallel virtual worlds adhered to a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
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Community Influences on Individual Philanthropy: The Impact of Social Capital, Perception, and Demographics on Charitable Giving [PDF]
Why do people donate money? The phenomenon of donation is rarely questioned, and yet remains an integral part of society. Studying philanthropy, described as “private action for the public good” by Brown and Ferris (2007:85), is informative because it ...
LaCon, Genevieve
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Trends in embryo disposition decisions: patients' responses to a 15-year mailing program [PDF]
BACKGROUND: This study examined the responses of patients of a Belgian fertility center to mailed requests to make or renew an embryo disposition decision (EDD), over a period of 15 years, to investigate trends in the decisions.
De Sutter, Petra+4 more
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Hepatitis E and blood donation safety in selected European countries: a shift to screening?
The public health implications of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in Europe have changed due to increasing numbers of hepatitis E cases and recent reports of chronic, persistent HEV infections associated with progression to cirrhosis in immunosuppressed patients.
D. Domanović+18 more
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In this article, we tested optimal SNP filtering strategies for accurate parentage assignment and pedigree reconstruction for a wild population of red‐spotted masu salmon, Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae. We found that mid‐point filtering in terms of call rate and minor allele frequency performs well for pedigree reconstruction.
Shohei Noda+6 more
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