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Should multinationals care about development? Rethinking global strategy in an unequal world
Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary While multinational corporations (MNCs) can profoundly shape global development trajectories, global strategy research has largely treated development as peripheral to core strategic concerns. This Perspective paper examines the contested relationship between global strategy and development, arguing that MNCs are neither ...
Marcus M. Larsen +2 more
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Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As an increasing number of states legalize recreational cannabis, it is increasingly important to understand the optimal tax design for recreational cannabis. Currently, various tax bases (weight, potency, price) and rates are used. However, the empirical evidence on the impact of tax‐related attributes (pre‐tax prices, tetrahydrocannabinol ...
Yanyun He +4 more
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The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than four decades, in one of the world's most protracted displacements of people. Afghan refugees receive health services through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non‐governmental organisation (NGO) supported programmes alongside public sector facilities at every tier.
Zahid Ali Memon +4 more
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International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.Abstract Although a local experiment, the promulgation of the Regulations of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone on Personal Bankruptcy (SPBR) in 2020 was hailed as a significant milestone in China's insolvency lawmaking which has thus far addressed only corporate insolvencies.
Jenny Fu, Jin Chun
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Subordination of related party claims in insolvency: A suggestive framework for Asian regimes
International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.Abstract Related party loans, due to their inherent nature, warrant a higher threshold for scrutiny when compared to loans extended by unrelated parties. Why were these monies advanced as loans, carrying higher priority in insolvency, rather than being invested as share capital?
Aditya Jain, Dhanya Jha, Rebecca Parry
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Green swans and blue skies: Climate change and insolvency risk for financial institutions
International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.Abstract This lecture in honour of the late Gabriel Moss QC and Ian Fletcher QC examines the challenge of climate‐related financial risk. Prudential regulators and central banks recognize that the systemic nature of climate‐related financial risk makes it an emerging vulnerability relevant to cross‐border insolvency resolution.
Janis Sarra
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates whether the unconventional monetary policy (UMP) measures pursued by the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, and the European Central Bank since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) are associated with an appetite for cryptocurrency.
Niamh Wylie, Martha O'Hagan‐Luff
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano +3 more
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Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.Through systematic price collection and correction for underreporting and undetected seizures, the global illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is estimated at US$28.4–39.5 billion per year. This finding highlights that previous valuations were underestimates.
Jia Hao Tow, L. Roman Carrasco
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