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To What Extent Does ESG Performance Influence Board Engagement in Acquisition Activity?

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between boards and corporate acquisition activity. Specifically, we posit that boards with directors who have been politicians positively influence the propensity to pursue acquisitions and that ESG performance (divided into environmental, social, and governance scores) moderates this relationship.
Leticia Pérez‐Calero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

El estudiante y la frontera: una aproximación a los imaginarios geográficos en el Norte de Chile

open access: yesRevista de Geografía Espacios, 2017
Resumen Se realiza una aproximación al imaginario geográfico trifronterizo en el extremo norte de Chile, desde la perspectiva de niños y jóvenes, comprendiendo la frontera como una construcción tanto social como experiencial.
Alan Rodríguez, Cordelia Freeman
doaj   +1 more source

Social desirability in the measurement of subjective well-being: A study with Chilean university students

open access: yesInterdisciplinaria, 2020
The present study aimed at determining the association between life satisfaction and subjective happiness while controlling for social desirability, and to explore whether overall satisfaction with life can be predicted by satisfaction with life ...
José Sepúlveda   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gamma Ray Burst origin and their afterglow: story of a discovery and more

open access: yes, 2011
In this paper we review the story of the BeppoSAX discovery of the Gamma Ray Burst afterglow and their cosmological distance, starting from their first detection with Vela satellites and from the efforts done before BeppoSAX.
Costa, Enrico, Frontera, Filippo
core   +1 more source

A-DInSAR Monitoring of Landslide and Subsidence Activity: A Case of Urban Damage in Arcos de la Frontera, Spain

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2017
Terrain surface displacements at a site can be induced by more than one geological process. In this work, we use advanced differential interferometry SAR (A-DInSAR) to measure ground deformation in Arcos de la Frontera (SW Spain), where severe damages ...
G. Bru   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Social Entrepreneurship Perspective of De‐Carbonising the Footprint through Recycling Compensation: A Case Study of the NGO Madre Coraje

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research analyses the carbon footprint of the NGO Madre Coraje, using an integrated methodology that combines the calculator provided by REAS (Red de Economía Alternativa y Solidaria) Navarra and the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). It quantifies emissions across the three scopes of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, evaluating both direct and ...
José Fernandez‐Serrano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impetus and Resistance to Changing Work-Related Mobility Patterns in Catalonia: The Role of the Social Actors and Participation [PDF]

open access: yesUrbani Izziv, 2012
Transport accounting and accountability, in addition to traditional infrastructure costs (i.e. vehicle and service operation), now include sustainability considerations: costs in terms of the environment, society and time spent in transit.
Àngel Cebollada Frontera
doaj  

Beppo-SAX Observations of Galaxy Clusters [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
The high spatial resolution of the MECS experiment on board Beppo-SAX has encouraged a few scientists, including the author, to perform observations of galaxy clusters. Results from the analysis of the first few observed objects are encouraging.
Boella   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

The scaling of seed‐dispersal specialization in interaction networks across levels of organization

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Natural ecosystems are characterized by a specialization pattern where few species are common while many others are rare. In ecological networks involving biotic interactions, specialization operates as a continuum at individual, species, and community levels. Theory predicts that ecological and evolutionary factors can primarily explain specialization.
Gabriel M. Moulatlet   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

La frontera de distribución en Colombia [PDF]

open access: yesRevista de Economía Institucional, 2011
En este artículo se calcula la frontera de distribución en Colombia con datos de las matrices de oferta y utilización de productos de 2005 a precios corrientes usando un modelo de capital circulante basado en Sraffa, Pasinetti y Muñoz y Riaño.
Mario García M, Carlos A. Garzón R
doaj   +1 more source

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