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Exploring Supply Chain Visibility for Circularity: A Delphi Approach
ABSTRACT Circular supply chains (CSCs) depend on enhanced supply chain visibility (SCV) to track and manage resource flows and thereby enable efficient decision‐making. Despite confronting silo mentalities, fragmented information, technological barriers, resistance to change, and a lack of standardization, data sharing remains crucial for SCV and ...
Tarun Kumar Agrawal +7 more
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Efficiency effects of cross-border medical demand [PDF]
There is a growing interest in cross-border medical care and its comparative advantages. In addition, medical care can be defined as a local assurance good. Little research is being carried out in this field.
Lukas, Daniel
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Board Networks and Corporate Carbon Emissions: A Cross‐Country Analysis of Causal Effects
ABSTRACT This study examines whether board networks influence corporate carbon emissions and the strategic pathways through which firms decarbonize. Using a sample of 1952 firms across 48 countries from 2003 to 2020, we employ dynamic stacked regressions that exploit exogenous carbon‐regulation shocks affecting firms connected through shared third ...
Katarzyna Burzynska +3 more
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Insuring Rural China's Health? An Empirical Analysis of China's New Cooperative Medical System
Although health is an important factor in economic development, millions of China's rural residents have no medical coverage. Nearly 10 percent of those that were sick in rural China consciously did not seek medical care, mostly because of financial ...
Yan, Yuanyuan +3 more
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A Contingent Valuation of Customer Delay in Medical Services [PDF]
In this study, the contingent valuation method, based on a survey of patients at medical practices, is used to estimate patients' willingness-to-pay to avoid delays in the reception area and the examination room. The maximum likelihood estimates indicate
Akbar Marvasti
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Defining Remanufacturing: A Key Business Strategy Advancing Industrial Circularity
ABSTRACT Remanufacturing is a key strategy in the circular economy, enabling substantial product value retention. However, inconsistent definitions across standards and legislation hinder global trade, core recovery and market acceptance. This study examines how remanufacturing is defined in laws and standards, and how these definitions impact industry
Erik Sundin +2 more
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The simple economics of screening programs: an application of decision analysis to medical screening
Gottinger HW. The simple economics of screening programs: an application of decision analysis to medical screening. Working Papers. Institute of Mathematical Economics. Vol 82.
Gottinger, Hans Werner
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ABSTRACT Circular product design (CPD) is central to advancing the circular economy by enabling the narrowing, slowing, and closing of resource flows. Yet, its implementation remains persistently challenging for firms. Prior research has largely framed these challenges as discrete barriers, overlooking the structural contradictions embedded in CPD ...
Vanessa Robertson +2 more
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ABSTRACT The transition to net zero (NZ) faces challenges such as uneven institutional readiness, fragmented policy frameworks and rising energy demands from population growth, economic expansion and artificial intelligence (AI). These obstacles are intensified by technological, financial and regulatory uncertainties that impede coordinated efforts ...
Mohamed Shrief +3 more
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ABSTRACT Corporate environmental communication has become an essential aspect of modern business practices, as stakeholders increasingly demand transparency and accountability regarding sustainability efforts. Within this context, we examine whether firms use environmental communication on X/Twitter to offset weaker relative environmental performance ...
Ivan Russo +3 more
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