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School dropout as an obstacle building the knowledge based economy in Estonia [PDF]
, 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
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Business 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
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Telecommunications networks and services in Estonia. Lessons to other European countries. [PDF]
Estonia has shown somewhat remarkable developments in the telecommunications – or more precisely, building up an efficient network of modern information and telecommunications technologies (ICTs) for the Information Society.
Sarolta Németh, Lauri Dieter Frank
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Business 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
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Choice of Ownership Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Estonia [PDF]
In this paper we use rich panel data for a representative sample of Estonian enterprises to analyse diverse issues related to the determinants of ownership structures and ownership changes after privatisation.
Niels Mygind, Derek C. Jones, Panu Kalmi
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LABOUR MARKET FLEXIBILITY IN ESTONIA: WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE? [PDF]
In mid-2008, high employment and low unemployment rates characterised the Estonian labour market in comparison with the average of the EU15 countries. While aggregate outcomes improved during 2000 07, large inequalities persisted across regions, ethnic ...
Zuzana Brixiova
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Carbon Footprint of Bank Loans: Opportunities and Risk Implications in the Banking Industry
Business 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
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Changes in Estonian School Calendar Holidays in 1992–2018
Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2020 The paper compares changes in the celebration of holidays in the period from 1992 to 2018. The data originate from large Estonian children’s lore corpora from 1992, 2007, and 2018.
Mare Kõiva, Kristina Muhu
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CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION - THE CHALLENGES FACED BY FINNISH ORGANISATIONS IN ESTONIA [PDF]
Relations between Estonia and Finland have been very strong traditionally. Their geographical proximity has facilitated the exchange of goods as well as ideas.
Robert Mikecz
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Automating Sustainability: How Climate Action Unlocks the ESG Potential of Industrial Robotics
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The convergence of Industry 4.0 and global sustainability goals presents a critical paradox: while automation drives efficiency, its net impact on comprehensive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance remains contested. This study investigates the relationship between industrial robot and country‐level ESG performance across 63
Brahim Bergougui
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