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Shaping Energy Transitions: Sectoral Demand, Climate Risk Exposure, and Renewable Pathways in Sub‐Saharan Africa

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Energy is a fundamental driver of economic growth, shaping productivity, industrialization, and long‐term economic resilience. In sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where energy access remains uneven and infrastructure is underdeveloped, understanding sector‐specific energy demand is essential for designing sustainable energy strategies.
Michael Appiah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Triple Wins from Foreign Direct Investment: Potential for Commonwealth countries to maximise economic and community benefits from inward investments case studies of Belize and Botswana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The findings of the case study on Botswana indicate that mining companies in Botswana have adopted the philosophy of CSR and are prepared to link social and environmental initiates to their core business.
Veronica Broomes
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Leveraging Reverse Engineering for CSCM Practices: Demystifying the Roles of Compositional Capability and Cooperative Orientation Under Humane Orientation and Competition Intensity

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular supply chain management (CSCM) practices are seen as a solution for addressing society's many significant environmental challenges. Although existing studies recognise the importance of reverse engineering in combating poverty, there is limited knowledge about its effectiveness in shaping CSCM practices to address climate change and ...
Yaw Agyabeng‐Mensah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Free Trade Agreements Facilitate FDI Spillover Effects on Domestic Firms? Empirical Evidence from Oman

open access: yesEconomies
This paper underlines the significance of free trade agreements in attracting foreign direct investment and their impact on the operational capacities of local firms in host countries.
Ashraf Mishrif, Asharul Khan
doaj   +1 more source

Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
[Excerpt] The impact of foreign direct investment on U.S. employment is provoking a national debate. While local communities compete with one another for investment projects, many of the residents of those communities fear losing their jobs as U.S ...
Jackson, James K
core   +2 more sources

Intelligent Manufacturing, Industrial Agglomeration, and Green and Low‐Carbon Development: A Nonlinear Path Test Based on the Theory of Ecological Modernization

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing upon ecological modernization theory as the analytical framework, this study employs macro‐level longitudinal tracking data covering China's major regions as research samples. It measures the green and low‐carbon development (GLCD) of manufacturing from the four dimensions—“carbon reduction, pollution mitigation, ecological expansion ...
Deng Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporary and foreign labour force vs. industrial upgrading in global production networks: High or low road for Polish manufacturing?

open access: yesPrace Geograficzne
The authors aim to capture the relationships between the employment of temporary and foreign workers and the recent development of export-oriented manufacturing in Poland.
Bolesław Domański   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The emerging legal framework for private sector development in Viet Nam's transitional economy [PDF]

open access: yes
A major objective of Viet Nam's transition to a market economy has been to reactivate the private sector in a mixed economy. Several new laws have been introduced in the past five years to implement this policy and to create an enabling environment for ...
Pham van Thuyet
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Doing Business in the Philippines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
[Excerpt] The Philippines which lies at the heart of Southeast Asia is a viable place for doing business.The country’s economy continues to grow despite the unabated political noise.
Quisumbing Torres, Member Firm of Baker & McKenzie International
core   +1 more source

Bridging Global Green HRM and Local Behavior: The Supervisory Role in MNE Subsidiaries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multinational enterprises (MNEs) increasingly deploy global Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) practices to drive environmental sustainability across geographically dispersed subsidiaries. However, translating these standardized practices into local employee green behavior presents significant implementation challenges, particularly in ...
Jeeyoon Jeong, DuckJung Shin, Wanyun Tai
wiley   +1 more source

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