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Mobile Work: Handcart and Bicycle Workers Across the Urban Economy of Greater Accra Region

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This article explores the role of handcart and bicycle workers—mobile workers—in the urban economy of Accra and Tema, Ghana. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, it shows how their practices of food vending, e‐waste collection and mobile trade exemplify a form of relational infrastructure that sustains urban life through improvisation ...
Kauê Lopes dos Santos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Impact of ESG News Sentiment on Corporate Performance: A Comprehensive Analysis by News Topic and Industry

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between ESG news sentiment and corporate performance through the lens of stakeholder theory. While ESG ratings face significant limitations, including measurement inconsistencies and time lags, news sentiment analysis offers insights into internal and external stakeholder responses to ESG activities.
Jeong‐Ji Han   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plural Form and Franchise Chains Efficency: A Dea Meta-Frontier Approach applied to French Chains [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper deals with the performance of franchise chains related to their percentage of company-owned outlets (PCO). This research uses a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to assess franchise chains’ efficiency, and a meta-frontier approach to analyze ...
Gérard Cliquet   +2 more
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A Bayes factor framework for unified parameter estimation and hypothesis testing

open access: yesBritish Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Bayes factor, the data‐based updating factor of the prior to posterior odds of two hypotheses, is a natural measure of statistical evidence for one hypothesis over the other. We show how Bayes factors can also be used for parameter estimation.
Samuel Pawel
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and Associated Factors for Purchasing Antibiotics Without a Prescription Among Patients in Rural South Africa: Implications for Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance. [PDF]

open access: yesAntibiotics (Basel)
Maluleke TM   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tier 2 adult weight management services in the UK: A case study evaluation of local authority provision of targeted services for higher‐risk groups in England

open access: yesClinical Obesity, Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2025.
Summary In 2021, the UK Government announced additional funding in England for Adult Weight Management Services (AWMS); it was specified that the extra funding must be used to commission or extend existing tier 2 services. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities encouraged commissioners to prioritise services for higher‐risk groups such as ...
Lorraine McSweeney   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Rebel ‘Territorial Trap’: Governing Armed Sovereign Formations in Eastern Myanmar

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Territorial control is a central concept in the study of civil wars and rebel governance. However, scholars often fall into a ‘territorial trap’, assuming that territorial control is either an outcome of or a precondition for armed governance. Based on immersive fieldwork in eastern Myanmar, this article traces how different spatial orderings ...
Tony Neil, Saw Day Chit Htoo
wiley   +1 more source

Social franchising in healthcare: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of implementation and outcomes. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Glob Health
Rahman MH   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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