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Measuring Corporate Alignment With the Circular Economy: a Text‐Based Circularity Index From Mandatory Non‐Financial Disclosures

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) has become a strategic priority for firms, yet empirical assessments of corporate circularity remain fragmented and heavily dependent on structured indicators or self‐reported metrics. This paper proposes a novel, text‐based circularity index derived from mandatory non‐financial statements of large ...
Giuseppe Pernagallo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Constitutes an Attractive Product‐as‐a‐Service Offer? Examining Consumer Preferences for (Circular) Business Patterns

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about consumer preferences for combinations of circular business model patterns, despite their potential to benefit the design of product services. This study examines consumer preferences for product‐as‐a‐service offers, combined with circular product attributes, across Sweden and the Netherlands.
Steven Sarasini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

School dropout as an obstacle building the knowledge based economy in Estonia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This review will focus on the rising dropout rates at the basic level of education in Estonia. Over the last 5 years approximately 1,300 young people annually interrupted their studies in basic school, with a cumulative impact.
Tilmanis, Lara, Annus, Tiina
core  

Ethnic Minority–Majority Unions in Estonia: Unions entre membres d’ethnies minoritaires et majoritaires en Estonie [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Ethnic minority–majority unions—also referred to as mixed ethnic unions—are often seen as the ultimate evidence of the integration of ethnic minorities into their host societies.
Van Ham, M. (author)   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Political Appointment of Executives, Green Action and Firm Performance: Evidence From the World Bank Enterprise Survey

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental sustainability and political influence increasingly shape corporate strategy, yet the link between politically appointed executives and firms' environmental actions remains underexplored. This study investigates whether political appointments to top executive positions influence the adoption of green action initiatives and how ...
Post Raj Pokharel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

(Non)religion in a Museum: Alterna(rra)tives to the Estonian National Story

open access: yesHistorická sociologie, 2019
The article analyses the treatment of religion and nonreligion in two current permanent exhibitions at the Estonian National Museum in the light of a Estonian national narrative which is critical of religion/Christianity.
Atko Remmel
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Governance, Environmental, Socioeconomic, and Financial Dimensions Through an Integrated Multicriteria Decision‐Making Approach

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable governance depends on the joint functioning of institutional quality, fiscal discipline, environmental performance, and socioeconomic inclusion. However, many composite indicators rely on subjective weighting schemes and leave the structural role of governance underspecified.
Ömer Faruk Rençber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An updated correlation of the Silurian strata in Estonia [PDF]

open access: yesEstonian Journal of Earth Sciences
The correlation of the Silurian succession of Estonia with the global standard has long been considered reliable. However, new information, particularly on the distribution of microfossils, has changed our understanding of the Silurian stratigraphy in ...
Peep Männik, Tõnu Meidla, Olle Hints
doaj   +1 more source

Carbon Footprint of Bank Loans: Opportunities and Risk Implications in the Banking Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether the carbon footprint of bank loan portfolios influences bank stability, profitability and cost efficiency and whether regulatory quality moderates these relationships. Using a balanced panel of 33 countries from 2005 to 2018, the analysis combines banking‐sector indicators from the World Bank Global Financial ...
Honglei Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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