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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shifting Attitudes and Uncertain Futures: The Endangerment of Sinasina Sign Language (Papua New Guinea)

, 2019
Sign languages of Papua New Guinea (PNG) are currently underreported and underdocumented. Yet, like many spoken languages of this region, these languages are highly likely to be endangered.
Rarrick, Samantha
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Unraveling the Roles of Supply Chain Management and Resilience in Advancing Circular Economy: Empirical Evidence Using PLS‐SEM

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, environmental concerns have reached critical levels, emphasizing e‐waste management as essential to mitigating resource depletion. However, existing literature lacks frameworks identifying the antecedents of a circular economy.
Pedro Senna, Lino G. Marujo, Julio César Ferro de Guimarães, Leonardo Mangia Rodrigues, Míriam Machado Fabris Mesquita   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Solution Business Model Patterns in Digital Agriculture: Linking Business Model Components and Sustainable Outcomes From a Startup Business Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital agriculture is expanding rapidly, yet research has only begun to examine how AgTech startups design and adapt their business models, through digital technologies, in response to technological change and rising sustainability expectations.
Mauro Florez, Isabelle Bourdon, Julian Schirmer, René Eber, Valentina Materia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multifunctional Flexible Thermoelectric Fabric for Smart Wearables

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
This study designs a multifunctional rGO/PEDOT:PSS fabric integrating thermoelectric generation, signal sensing, and EMI shielding. It enables motion detection, respiratory monitoring, and fetal movement tracking. The fabric emphasizes flexibility, durability, comfort, and safety, making it suitable for wearable healthcare applications and advancing ...
Jia Wu, Yan Dong, Bingyi Li, Linlin Zhang, Wuwei Bao, Cheng Zhang, Yao Wang, Miao Miao, Man Zhou, Yifan Cui, Xinyang He   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building an Endangered Language Resource in the Classroom: Universal Dependencies for Kakataibo [PDF]

, 2022
In this paper, we launch a new Universal Dependencies treebank for an endangered language from Amazonia: Kakataibo, a Panoan language spoken in Peru. We first discuss the collaborative methodology implemented, which proved effective to create a treebank ...
Zariquiey, R., Gonzales, R., Blum, F., Oporto, S., Vera, J., Alvarado, C., Saltachin, L., Oncevay, A., Echevarria, X., Illescas, M.   +9 more
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Educating agents of change: Investigating curricula to foster sustainability competencies in university

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study critically evaluates the implementation of sustainability competencies in the university‐wide curriculum reform at a Nordic research‐intensive multidisciplinary university. The focus is on assessing how sustainability competencies—especially the newly introduced systems thinking, strategic thinking and futures thinking—are ...
I. Södervik, T. Tuononen, R. Ratvio, T. Laisi, J. Pietikäinen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guardians of the Circassian Heritage Language: Exploring a Teacher’s Agency in the Endeavour of Endangered Language Maintenance

Languages
The Circassian language is the heritage language (HL) of a small minority group in Israel. Since its classification as an endangered language around the globe, the focus has been put on effective maintenance programs.
Mila Schwartz, Miriam Shogen
doaj   +1 more source

Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger [PDF]

, 2016
This peer-reviewed collection brings together the latest research on language endangerment and language rights. It creates a vibrant, interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of the most pertinent and urgent topics central to vitality and equality of languages in today’s globalised world.
openaire   +2 more sources

The Ecological U‐Turn in Nordic Forestry: Policy Learning, Measurement, and the Retrenchment of Ecological Ambitions

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the 1990s, environmental policy has shifted toward ecosystem protection and biodiversity conservation, a development often described as an ecological turn. This article argues that in practice this turn has taken the form of an ecological “U‐turn,” as environmental ambitions are subordinated to production‐oriented objectives.
Gisle Andersen, Monika Berg, Hogne Lerøy Sataøen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source