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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The promotion of clean energy is critical to achieving sustainable development. This study investigates the factors that affect the exports, trade potential, and revealed comparative advantage (RCA) of clean energy products (CEPs) in the emerging Asian economies (EAEs).
Arvind Goswami +2 more
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Maximizing the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impact of the Metaverse
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The metaverse is a transformative digital ecosystem with the potential to redefine economic, environmental, and social systems. This qualitative study examines how the metaverse and its enabling technologies—such as AR/VR, blockchain, and AI—might evolve to influence sustainability. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with global experts and
Alessandro Lanteri +2 more
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The Efficiency Cost of the Kafala in Dubai: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis [PDF]
The Kafala (or sponsorship) system is the key instrument behind the economic development of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and most Middle East economies. The system governs both labor migration and foreign investment by assigning a native-UAE sponsor to
Raimundo Soto, Rosalía Vásquez
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Mapping factors influencing EAI adoption in the local government authorities on different phases of the adoption lifecycle [PDF]
, 2008 Several private and public organisations have adopted Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), however, its application in the Local Government Authorities (LGAs) is limited.
Elliman, T, Kamal, M, Themistocleous, M
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Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The last few years have seen a reemergence in the awareness of virtual worlds among practitioners and academics. Driven by tech giants' investments, the Metaverse is considered by some as an unprecedented revolutionary technology with the potential to unlock an entire gamut of new unexplored opportunities for both companies and individuals ...
Giulio Ferrigno +2 more
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Open Access Rheumatology: Research and Reviews, 2023 Jamal Al-Saleh,1 Ahlam Almarzooqi,2 Ahmed A Negm1 1Rheumatology, Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 2Rheumatology, Al Qassimi Hospital, Emirates Health Services, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesCorrespondence: Jamal Al ...
Al-Saleh J, Almarzooqi A, Negm AA
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Career Sustainability Profiles of Self‐Initiated Expatriates and Associated Person‐Related Factors
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The increasingly volatile global working environment poses particular challenges for self‐initiated expatriates (SIEs), who often lack formal organizational support and must manage their careers independently. However, research on SIEs has largely focused on single international experiences or specific stages of the expatriation cycle, thereby
Shaofang Zong +2 more
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Water quality of two semi-closed areas in the United Arab Emirates Coast along the Arabian Gulf:a comparative study [PDF]
, 2002 A comparative study was carried out between the two biggest creeks along the Arabian Gulf coast of the United Arab Emirates to evaluate impacts of sewage and industrial effluents on their hydrochemical characteristics.
Shriadah, M.A.
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International Tourism in the Global South: Revealing an Extractive Development Process
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Hosting international tourism remains a key development strategy for many Global South countries to generate economic growth, government revenue and employment. However, this conventional wisdom can be contested: tourism may instead be seen as an extractive process that disrupts livelihoods, ecosystems and host economies.
Julia Jeyacheya, Mark P. Hampton
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 Objectives: Carbapenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is growing and results from variable mechanisms. The objectives of the current study were to investigate mechanisms of carbapenem resistance and genetic relatedness of P.
Carole Ayoub Moubareck +8 more
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