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Engineering Apprenticeships: Youth Transitions, Industrial Capital and the Role of Working‐Class Households

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using biographical methods, the study explores the lives of 34 young people undertaking engineering apprenticeships in Teesside, Northeast England. It examines why working‐class youth in a deindustrialised region might be attracted to engineering, how they might secure apprenticeship, and the invaluable role households play in orchestrating ...
Anoop Nayak, Graham Gaunt
wiley   +1 more source

Can better institutions drive cleaner energy in the United States? insights from wavelet quantile regression. [PDF]

Carbon Balance Manag
Gu Q, Eweade BS, Banga C, Djafar Henni M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR U.S. PROCESSED FOOD FIRMS IN CHINA [PDF]

This research examines the relationship between U.S. foreign direct investment (FDI) and exports of processed foods to China and identifies management strategies to enhance U.S. competitiveness.
Marchant, Mary A., Vickner, Steven S., Saghaian, Sayed H.   +2 more
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Environmental Efficiency in Germany: The Role of Renewable Energy R&D, Labor Productivity, Fossil Fuel Inefficiency, and Energy Efficiency Investments

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of environmental efficiency in Germany between 1990 and 2022, focusing on labor productivity, green R&D productivity, fossil fuel inefficiency, and energy efficiency R&D expenditures. Using the Inverse Load Capacity Factor per unit of GDP as an indicator of environmental efficiency, the analysis utilizes ...
Mustafa Naimoğlu, Sefa Özbek, Aviral Kumar Tiwari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Does Foreign Direct Investment Go Where It Goes?: New Evidence From African Countries [PDF]

The central concern of this paper is to respond to the question: why do FDI inflows go where they do in African countries? An understanding of such factors will assist African policymakers to formulate and execute policies for attracting FDI.
John C. Anyanwu
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Vertical Integration and Coordination in Modernising Staple Food Value Chains: Evidence From Myanmar's Rice Sector

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased vertical integration and coordination are defining features of transforming and modernising agricultural value chains in low‐ and middle‐income countries, with important implications for market efficiency and farm‐level transformation.
Joseph Goeb, Bart Minten, Thomas Reardon, A Myint Zu, May Thet Htar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of urban climate governance on FDI: empirical evidence from the construction of climate-adaptive pilot cities. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Dong A, Zhang B, Cao L.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Role of Foreign Direct Investment on Press Freedom [PDF]

In our paper we establish foreign direct investment (FDI) as a major determinant of media freedom. Global integration can strengthen the media sector financially, make it technologically enhanced and can also improve the economic environment as a whole ...
Roy, Sanjukta, Dutta, Nabamita
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Institutional Distance and the Lived Experience of Actors in the Contemporary MNC: The Role of Positionality

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International human resource management (IHRM) and its larger sibling of international business (IB) have cross‐fertilized each other for many years. In this paper, we suggest that IHRM research's nuanced appreciation for new patterns of work, such as the increase in internationally integrated work processes and the emergence of global virtual
Johann Fortwengel, Tony Edwards, Gerhard Schnyder, Philipp Kern, Liudmyla Svystunova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling the shadow economy in emerging markets. [PDF]

PLoS One
Duong QN, Tran NTK.
europepmc   +1 more source