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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation represent profound global challenges. Education holds a unique role in enabling all young people to navigate uncertainty, participate meaningfully in decision‐making and contribute to more just and sustainable ways of living.
Julie Robinson +2 more
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Auctions with endogenous participation and quality thresholds : evidence from ODA infrastructure procurement [PDF]
Infrastructure projects are often technically complicated and highly customized. Therefore, procurement competition tends to be limited. Competition is the single most important factor toward auction efficiency and anti-corruption. However, the degree of
Estache, Antonio, Iimi, Atsushi
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Neurovascular coupling in bone regeneration: Mechanisms, advanced biomaterials and challenges
BMEMat, EarlyView.This figure illustrates various material strategies for neurovascularized bone regeneration, including electroactive scaffolds, ion‐loaded materials, drug delivery systems, surface modifications, cells/cell products, growth factors, and peptides. These approaches aim to synergistically promote the regeneration of neural, vascular, and bone tissues ...
Yixin Ma +8 more
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Towards an Efficient Mechanism for Prescription Drug Procurement [PDF]
This paper applies ideas from mechanism design to model procurement of prescription drugs. We present a mechanism for government-funded market-driven drug procurement that achieves very close to full static efficiency -- all members have access to all ...
Kyna Fong, Michael Schwarz
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Modeling and Analysis of the Public Procurement Process
Статистика України, 2015 EPublic procurement, being a powerful instrument of macroeconomic regulation and a means to prevent crisis tendencies in the economy and secure economic growth, is a form of market activity of the government.
N. B. Tkachenko
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The Influence of ESG Controversies on Financing Costs for European Companies: Does Culture Matter?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies and corporate financing costs, focusing on the moderating effect of national culture. It analyzes European companies listed on the STOXX 600 Index from 2016 to 2023.
Souad Brinette +2 more
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Bidder asymmetry in infrastructure procurement : are there any fringe bidders ? [PDF]
Asymmetric auctions are among the most rapidly growing areas in the auction literature. The potential benefits from improved auction efficiency are expected to be enormous in public procurement auctions related to official development projects.
Estache, Antonio, Iimi, Atsushi
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the role of corporate zero‐deforestation commitments (ZDCs) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) enabling technologies in mitigating deforestation. Drawing on data from 110 companies included in the Forest 500 dataset, the research explores whether sustainability commitments and digital innovation influence firms' deforestation ...
Valentina Beretta +2 more
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Procurement of Fair Trade Products
, 2016 This Procurement Guidance Note (PGN 02/06) defines fair and ethical trade, details the range of products currently recognised as fair trade products and provides Contracting Authorities with advice and guidance on the action that can be taken, under the ...
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Investigating the challenges of applying local-content policies for promoting technology capacity in broadcast industry [PDF]
سیاست نامه علم و فناوریGovernments are an important buyer of goods and services, such a role caused the public procurement, to be recognized as an important policy tool at the disposal of the government to improve the capacity of domestic companies.
Mehran Zarrinpour +2 more
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