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The Price of Circularity: Exploring the Determinants of Consumer Willingness to Pay

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition towards a circular economy (CE) requires not only technological and organisational innovation but also consumer engagement in adopting circular products. A key driver of this process is consumers' stated willingness to pay (WTP) a premium, which remains constrained by psychological, perceptual and contextual barriers.
Valerio Muto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Iran’s Qajar Archaism on the Development of State Architecture Under the First Pahlavi’s Rule

open access: yesJournal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2022
[Ar] تأثير الفكر القاجاري الأثري على تكوين وتوسع العمارة في الدولة خلال فترة رضا شاه بهلوي أصبح نشر وتعزيز الهوية الوطنية لإيران الحديثة من خلال التأكيد على الإرث الحضاري لعصر ما قبل الإسلام، والذي تم طرحه في الأوساط الفكرية للفترة القاجارية، سياسةً رسميةً للبلاد خلال الحكومة البهلوية الأولى وانعكس ذلك في تصميم عدد من المباني الحكومية الجديدة تحت عنوان
Javad Neyestani   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Leadership and Accountability in Faith‐Based Institutions: Evidence From UK Mosques

open access: yesFinancial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates accountability in religious institutions on the basis of evidence obtained from interviews with relevant parties in UK mosques. We mobilize prior theoretical contention regarding servant leadership and constraints on personal accountability to expose perceptions of seriously deficient discharge outcomes.
Umair Riaz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

open access: yesThe Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
wiley   +1 more source

F IS FOR FALCON: THE TRUE STORY OF THE ‘NOVELLE’

open access: yesGerman Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 311-322, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article takes a closer look at the Boccaccio story upon which Paul Heyse based his famous ‘Falken‐Theorie’ of the ‘Novelle’. The essay then links Boccaccio to a general account of storytelling as an aid to survival amid the hostility of nature and human circumstances.
Michael Minden
wiley   +1 more source

The soul of the soil: Unearthing a Nation's eco‐empathy through 1200 years of Persian poetry

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1987-2002, June 2026.
Abstract Cultivating a profound sense of connection with the natural world, conceptualized as eco‐empathy, is increasingly recognized as a vital precursor to effective environmental stewardship. While scientific data frame ecological crises, literary traditions offer a unique archive for tracing the history of this empathetic bond. This study positions
Isa Esfandiarpour‐Boroujeni   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

On Pāzand: Philological comparison with Pahlavi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Perhaps sometime around the 10th century Pāzand manuscripts started to appear among the Zoroastrian communities in India even though the oldest surviving original manuscripts date back to as early as 15th century.
Moein Ziaei, Hamid
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Exiled From Their Own Lands: Indigenist Policies, Oil, and Colonial Plunder in 20th Century Venezuela

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the historical displacement of Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, focusing on the links between indigenist policies and the exploitation of natural resources, particularly oil, throughout the 20th century. Using a combined historical and ethnographic approach, it demonstrates how the formation of the Venezuelan nation‐state
Gabriel Tardelli
wiley   +1 more source

The policy of changing clothes and the reaction of Kurdish regions in the first Pahlavi period

open access: yesTwejer, 2020
Dress reform to the Iranian society was not implemented till the coming of Reza Shah Pahlavi to power. Even during the rule of Qajar dynasty، dress uniform was implemented only to military and officials. Raza Shah along with his works towards modernization and creating national identity to establish a central government with absolute power، in 1308 ...
openaire   +1 more source

Analyzing the Changes in the Structure of Residential Types in the Historical Context of Borujerd City From Qajar to Pahlavi period

open access: yes, 2022
Borujerd has a valuable historical context. But due to lifestyle changes, immigration and economic changes, a large part of the valuable context of this city has undergone major transformations and changes in recent decades.
Farhad Chegeni, Mohsen Afshari
core   +1 more source

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