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The Response of Urban Travel Mode Choice to Parking Fees considering Travel Time Variability

Advances in Civil Engineering, 2020
Increasing automobile use leads to higher costs for traveling associated with emissions, congestion, noise, and other impacts. One option to address this is to introduce high parking charges to reduce the demand for automobile use and encourage the ...
Ling Ding, Xu Yang
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Bridging the Python Training Gap for Bioscientists in Brazil: Improvements and Challenges

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid evolution of high‐throughput technologies in biosciences generates vast and diverse datasets, demanding that bioscientists develop advanced data manipulation and analysis skills. Python, with its versatility and powerful libraries, has become a crucial tool for managing these datasets.
Gustavo Schiavone Crestana, Ubiratan da Silva Batista, Michelli Inácio Gonçalves Funnicelli, Larissa Graciano Braga, Luíza Zuvanov, Rodolfo Bizarria Jr., Raissa Melo de Sousa, Pedro Henrique Narciso Ferreira, Flavia Vischi Winck, Gabriel Rodrigues Alves Margarido, Alessandro de Mello Varani, Diego Mauricio Riaño‐Pachón, Renato Augusto Corrêa dos Santos   +12 more
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Analysis of alternative commercial vehicle road user charges

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
As fuel tax revenues decline from increased fuel efficiency and the transition to alternative fuels, governments are searching for new revenue sources to support the transportation system. User fees are among the most widely considered substitutes.
Dan Wei, Genevieve Giuliano, Kelly-Anne Moffa, Zakhary Mallett   +3 more
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A Business Framework for Product Take‐Back—A Structured Multiple‐Case Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The potential of take‐back systems remains largely unrealized as initiatives have proven difficult to implement in practice. The question is why we do not see more take‐back systems given the substantial environmental benefits. We try to understand the challenges and stumbling blocks in setting up take‐back from a business perspective.
Rasmus Jørgensen, Torben Pedersen
wiley   +1 more source

Development of fees for placing waste on landfill and their influence on the management of municipal waste

Economics and Environment, 2020
The dynamic development of fees for using the environment in Poland took place after 1989, that is from the moment of implementation of systemic transformation.
Piotr Małecki
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Parental perspectives on surgical fees of pediatric squint surgeries

Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research, 2014
Aim: To report the parental feedback on the ′squint surgery fees′ of their ward in an urban private practice. Design: Prospective cohort study. Subjects and Methods: Three months after the surgery, a 10 item questionnaire was administered on the parents ...
Mihir Kothari, Sheetal Baldua
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Navigating the Double Edge of Product‐Service Systems: User Behavior, Adoption, and Rebound Effects

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Product‐service systems (PSS) have been considered a promising approach to operationalizing the circular economy. Although many studies have outlined the potential sustainability gains of PSS solutions, it is still unclear what factors drive PSS adoption and how behavioral changes result in rebound effects, undermining their potential ...
Marina Fernandes Aguiar, Daniel Guzzo, Janaina Mascarenhas, Daniela C. A. Pigosso   +3 more
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Reserve Fee Mechanism Design for Distributed Generation Users Adapting to New Power Systems

Zhongguo dianli
With the advancement of power supply technology and the development of diverse emerging business models, the number of users with distributed generation (DG) integrated into the main grid is steadily increasing and the scale of self-consumption from ...
Qixing SUN, Chao ZHANG, Mengge ZHANG, Peipei YOU, Junlong LI   +4 more
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Complex Firms, Controversial Outcomes: Global Evidence on ESG Failures and Remedies

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether business complexity increases firms' exposure to negative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) outcomes, specifically ESG controversies, using a global panel of firms from 37 countries over the period 2002–2021.
Abongeh A. Tunyi, Ali Uyar, Nejla Ould Daoud Ellili, Abdullah S. Karaman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source