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ESG Performance, Debt Financing, and R&D Output: Evidence From the Healthcare Sector
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid growing calls for sustainability in the healthcare sector, this study examines how and under what conditions environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance influences research and development (R&D) output. Although existing studies suggest that ESG performance enhances R&D output, the financial mechanisms that enable or constrain
Sarmad Ali +2 more
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Health insurance impacts on health and nonmedical consumption in a developing country [PDF]
The authors examine the effects of the introduction of Vietnam's health insurance (VHI) program on health outcomes, health care utilization, and non-medical household consumption.
Pradhan, Menno, Wagstaff, Adam
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rapid technological change, shorter lifecycles and rising demand for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) are increasing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and emphasise the need for a circular economy. This paper identifies barriers and enablers of the circular transition in EEE and outlines interventions.
Aya Abdelmeguid, Lucia Corsini
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Welfarist and Non-Welfarist Conceptions of \"Health Promotion” [PDF]
Although \"health promotion\" programs account for only a small proportion of health spending in OECD countries (OECD, 2000), their components (anti-smoking, pro-exercise and vaccination campaigns, for example) are often highly visible instruments of ...
Luke Connelly
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Green Is the New Gold: Redefining Opulent Lifestyle Through Organic Food Purchases
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prior studies based on the Theory of Planned Behavior mostly examined the effects of health and environmental concerns on organic food consumption; however, few addressed the paradoxical relationships in the context of opulent or symbolic decorum.
Neha Sharma +3 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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Emigration of Skilled Labor under Risk Aversion: The Case of Medical Doctors from Middle Eastern and North African Economies [PDF]
This is a contribution to the new economics of skilled labor emigration that focuses on the mobility of medical doctors from sending Middle East and North African countries. Economic models under risk neutrality and aversion are used.
Driouchi, Ahmed, Kadiri, Molk
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As the circular economy transition gains traction in the healthcare sector, extending the lifespan of complex medical devices has become a key priority, given their high cost and the challenges associated with their technological sophistication.
Tetiana Shevchenko +7 more
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Insuring Rural China's Health? An Empirical Analysis of China's New Cooperative Medical System [PDF]
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 ...
Rozelle, Scott +3 more
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