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Statistical shape modeling of the human inner ear through micro‐computed tomography imaging
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.In this study, 54 cadaveric temporal bone specimens underwent high‐resolution micro‐CT imaging. Images were semi‐automatically segmented and converted to 3D surface mesh models for morphological measurement and analysis. Statistical shape models were created for the inner ear, cochlea, and vestibular system, as well as for sex‐ and side‐based subgroups.
Carmine Spedaliere +8 more
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Sustainable operations as a strategy of management of companies, with a review in the field of agriculture [PDF]
Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2019 The operation of companies on the domestic or international market implies, a well - organized company whose function is based on efficient business and, on the fiduciary duty of the owner and management, which is at the same time a challenge, but also a
Rajnović Ljiljana +2 more
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Fiduciary duty and the market for financial advice / [PDF]
, 2019 Recent regulatory debate in the financial advice industry has focused on expanding fiduciary duties to broker-dealers. Proponents of this reform argue that it would improve the advice given to clients and limit losses from agency problems, while ...
Padi, Manisha, +2 more
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Investor Perception of ESG in Earnings Calls
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how the communicator's role and the framing of ESG statements affect investor capital allocation in the context of earnings calls. Based on a virtual asset market experiment, the analysis identifies that the assurance and reinforcement of ESG messages have a positive effect of up to 8% on capital allocation, with especially
Felix Bachner
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Drivers of Nature‐Related Investment Strategies Among Institutional Investors
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Institutional investors are increasingly responding to biodiversity loss through nature‐related investment strategies. Using survey data from 557 institutional investors, this study examines the drivers of strategy selection and how biodiversity risk is integrated across investor types, sizes, and regions.
Emma Olofsson
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Food Waste Applications Beyond the West: Archetypes and Insights From China
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Food waste is a major challenge for sustainable development, but digital solutions designed to reduce it remain unevenly distributed globally. Food waste mobile applications (FWMAs) have emerged as promising tools for reducing food surpluses through redistribution and improved household food management.
Jiequan Hong +2 more
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When fiduciary duty clashes with duty to the state [PDF]
Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, 2018 In their case study Cash and Castro discuss a situation where a physician's duties to the laws of her land stand in conflict with her fiduciary duties to her patient. This present commentary is a response to the situation they describe, and it engages with the issue of conscientious objection in medicine, to argue that the ethical responsibility of the
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Private equity (PE) firms increasingly integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions and raise impact funds to address sustainability challenges. We review and integrate the growing body of literature on why, when, and how PE fund managers incorporate ESG factors into their investment strategies and ...
Tjarda Molenaar +2 more
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Customary Tenure Trusteeships and Land Governance Reforms: A Necessary Convergence
African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2020 Issues surrounding customary land governance reforms remain at the forefront of policy reforms in many African countries because of concern over discriminatory rules of access, exchange, and inheritance, corruption, elite capture, and illegal land ...
Rexford Anno-Nyako Ahene
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) committees' mandates, the characteristics of their chairs, and corporate environmental performance. Employing the whole sample of Italian industrial firms listed on Euronext Milan, we find that only sustainability‐focused CSR committees are positively ...
Kevin Pirazzi Maffiola +3 more
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