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Institutions as Constraints and Enablers: Changes in Human Resource Management Practices of Foreign Companies during Economic Reform in China

open access: yesThe Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 2019
This article demonstrates how the development of labour market institutions alongside economic reform has impacted the human resource management (HRM) practices of foreign companies in China. A historical approach is applied to examine the transformation
WEI LU
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Bio‐Based Polyurethanes for Sustainable and Multifunctional Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Bio‐based polyurethanes prepared from vegetable oils, lignin, and polysaccharides have attracted increasing interest as alternatives to fossil‐derived polyurethanes. This review summarizes recent progress in their chemistry, structural engineering, and advanced applications, highlighting the roles of feedstocks, chain‐segment design, dynamic covalent ...
Xin Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The German Business in the USA: the Results of 2017 [PDF]

open access: yesНаучно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2018
German business is one of the largest investment and foreign trade partners of the United States. At the same time, in the first year of D. Trump's presidency, the US-Germany relationship was difficult at both the political and economic levels and ...
Ivanova A.K.
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Operando Visualization of Cathode Water Management in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers Using Synchrotron X‐Ray Radiography

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
The cathode of proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers remains a poorly understood region despite its importance for hydrogen purity and operational safety. Operando synchrotron X‐ray radiography directly visualizes liquid water behavior and uncovers a transition from continuous to pulsating transport, providing new insight into multiphase ...
Wataru Yoshimune   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

China's Low‐Carbon Energy Transition Over the Past Two Decades: Experiences and Implications

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
China's low‐carbon energy transition features a brief decline and subsequent rebound in coal consumption, alongside the rapid expansion of renewable energy. This study develops a stage‐based analytical framework to explain this evolution from the perspectives of economic development, energy security, and environmental sustainability, revealing how ...
Yu Liu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stability of PEA2PbBr4 Thin‐Film Photodetectors under Thermal and Moisture Stress

open access: yesAdvanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
This study investigates the environmental durability of 2D perovskite photodetectors under extreme heat and humidity. While pristine films degrade in harsh environmental conditions, adding a halogen‐bonding agent significantly improves stability. This passivated device maintains stable performance in conditions mimicking space and solar applications ...
Sara Cepić   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety of Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Evaluation and Perspective from Component Materials to Cells, Modules, and Packs

open access: yesAdvanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
This review provides a bottom‐up evaluation of sodium‐ion battery safety, linking material degradation mechanisms, cell engineering parameters, and module/pack assembly. It emphasizes that understanding intrinsic material stability and establishing coordinated engineering control across hierarchical levels are vital for preventing degradation coupling ...
Won‐Gwang Lim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging Materials and Future Strategies for Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells

open access: yesAdvanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
Solid oxide electrochemical cells operate under strongly coupled electrochemical and thermodynamic conditions, where performance is constrained by interactions among crystal structure, defect chemistry, and interfacial evolution. This review, based on a structure‐defect‐property‐durability framework, reveals the roles of lattice symmetry and defect ...
Qiuchun Lu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accelerated Oxygen Evolution Kinetics in Layered Double Perovskites via Hydroxide Surface Engineering for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis

open access: yesAdvanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
Our work showcases an innovative approach to address fundamental challenge in AEMWE system by constructing NiFe(OH)x/PBSCF heterostructure via scalable and conformal surface engineering process. Electrical conductivity gradient in the heterostructure increases the OER kinetics by promoting charge transfer, while balancing cation dissolution and re ...
Ki‐Yong Yoon   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chilean economy under Pinochet

open access: yesActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2005
Period of Pinochet rule in Chile is still in the centre of interest of many experts. This article concentrates (mostly) on the economic side of the military rule.
Libor Žídek
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