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Flexible working and professional relationships in schools: An ecological approach
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In English schools, the policy environment has recently moved considerably in favour of teachers taking planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time away from the school site as one approach to flexible working in support of teacher retention.
Victoria Cook +3 more
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Downside risk optimization in securitized real estate markets [PDF]
Optimization of international securitized real estate portfolios has been a key topic for several decades. However, most previous analysis has focused on regional diversification by applying the traditional mean-variance (MV) framework suggested by ...
Kroencke, Tim Alexander +1 more
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Using Precious Metals to Reduce the Downside Risk of FinTech Stocks
FinTechFinTech stocks are an important new asset class that reflects the rapidly growing FinTech sector. This paper studies the practical implications of using gold, silver, and basket-of-precious-metals (gold, silver, platinum, palladium) ETFs to diversify ...
Perry Sadorsky
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Optimal financial and ordering decisions of a firm with insurance contract
Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 2015 This paper examines the impact of a bank’s risk limit on the financial and ordering decisions of a capital-constrained firm with insurance contract. All our major results can be computed via explicit expressions.
Wenli Wang, Jianwen Luo
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Elaborating the Motivations and Attitudes Driving Interest in Voluntary Biodiversity Credits
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global biodiversity loss has prompted the search for new sources of conservation finance, such as voluntary biodiversity credits (VBCs). However, despite optimistic market projections, current uptake of VBCs is limited. Adopting an interpretive approach, we analyse 21 semistructured interviews with early market actors (buyers, sellers ...
Gamze Yakar‐Pritchard +5 more
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Revisiting the Home Bias Puzzle. Downside Equity Risk [PDF]
Deviations from normality in financial return series have led to the development of alternative portfolio selection models. One such model is the downside risk model, whereby the investor maximizes his return given a downside risk constraint.
Rachel A. Campbell, Roman Kräussl
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on ESG controversies has expanded rapidly, but findings remain fragmented and lack a unifying perspective. This study conducts a PRISMA‐guided, framework‐based systematic review of 68 empirical articles published between 2018 and 2025 (May) to synthesize the main determinants and consequences of ESG controversies.
Cristina Alexandrina Ştefănescu +1 more
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Dynamic Spillovers Between FinTech, Blockchain, and Green Finance: A Quantile Connectedness Approach
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores how financial innovation and environmental sustainability intersect by analyzing spillovers between FinTech, blockchain energy use, and green finance. Using a Quantile Vector Autoregression (QVAR) framework, we examine weekly data from 2018 to 2024 across 11 digital, environmental, and macro‐financial indices.
Mehmet Sahiner, Sisi Sung, James Devlin
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DanadyaksaThis study investigates whether the credibility of sustainability disclosures influences investor attention and downside stock risk, and whether investor attention mediates these relationships.
Reni +3 more
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