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Quantitative optimization exploration of the cultivation program for medical product management professionals based on QFD-obstacle integration model. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhai M, Feng R, Cui Y, Gao F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Opportunities and Alliances: The Relational Dynamics of Criminal Collusion in Latin America

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico and judicial wiretap analysis in Argentina, this paper shows that collusion between state actors and violent non‐state actors operates through fluid and competitive relational networks rather than stable hierarchies or fixed institutional arrangements.
Eldad J. Levy, Javier Auyero
wiley   +1 more source

Policy innovation of construction waste management in Xi'an, China: A SWOT analysis of incentive mechanisms. [PDF]

PLoS One
Liu H, Yang S, Jusoh MNH.
europepmc   +1 more source

ACTIVITIES OF ILLEGAL TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS OF ENTERPRISES (RAIDING) IN UKRAINE AND THE STATE OF REGULATORY-LEGAL SUPPORT FOR COUNTERING THEM

NAUKA I PRAVOOKHORONA, 2021
openaire   +1 more source

Reallocation Effects of Internalizing Externalities: Evidence From China's Straw Burning Ban

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the reallocation effects of a typical environmental policy aiming to internalize externalities: the straw burning ban across China. The ban prohibited the traditional farming practice of burning straw while compelling the labour‐intensive practice of straw utilization.
Wenyuan Hua
wiley   +1 more source

An Integrated Testbed for MITRE-Mapped Attack Emulation in Industrial Control Networks. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Rahmani J, Detken KO, Sikora A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Productive vs. Destructive Entrepreneurship: Why Unethical and Illegal Enterprises Often Accumulate Wealth Faster Than Legitimate Ventures?

This paper examines why unethical and illegal enterprises often accumulate wealth faster than legitimate businesses. Using Baumol’s framework of productive, unproductive, and destructive entrepreneurship, the study combines a systematic literature review, case studies, and a perception-based survey. The findings show that weak institutions, corruption,
openaire   +1 more source

The wider network of social relationships and desistance from crime

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior research has focused on marriage as a key relationship associated with crime cessation. Yet particularly within the contemporary context, relationships with parents, peers, and other family members may also foster or inhibit progress toward desistance.
Peggy C. Giordano, Jennifer E. Copp, Megan Swinehart, Wendy D. Manning, Monica A. Longmore   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the implications of organised illegal and informal mining activities on the environment in South Africa. [PDF]

Ambio
Adom RK, Simatele MD.
europepmc   +1 more source

Interactional privilege of violence: Status and interaction in the street field

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Criminologists have long described and theorized the relationship between status, respect, and violence within urban communities. Although this finding is generally accepted within criminology, ethnographic empirical illustrations of this phenomenon are sparse.
Hakan Kalkan, Heith Copes
wiley   +1 more source