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Water Governance Under International Pressure: Policy Narratives, Food Security, Scarcity, and the Politics of Survival in Iran

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water governance is increasingly influenced by a paradox at the nexus of environmental scarcity and food security. Escalating water scarcity crises coincide with geopolitical disruptions that have exposed the fragility of global food supply chains, prompting states to expand domestic food production at the expense of water conservation ...
Alireza Raisi
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Belief‐Based Workplace Discrimination in the UK: The Importance of Intergroup Threat

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT On the basis of intergroup threat theory, we tested whether atheists' requests in the workplace are less likely to be accommodated than those of other religious groups in the United Kingdom (UK). Across three studies, participants responded to vignettes describing a Christian, Muslim, Hindu or atheist employee who requested to express his/her (
Michelle A. Luke, Kimberly Rios
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial intelligence and liquidation: Reality, destiny and fantasy

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly reshaping the administration of corporate liquidation. Beyond its established role in financial prediction and data analytics, AI is now assisting insolvency practitioners in identifying the onset of financial distress, managing creditor communications, tracing and valuing assets and enhancing ...
Kai Zhang, Jingchen Zhao
wiley   +1 more source

Financial stability consequences of strengthening the legal rights of secured creditors under the EU Preventive Restructuring Directive

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A key goal of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) Action Plan is to establish a functioning bond market, offering businesses finance options beyond traditional bank loans and creating a stable source of financing for the real economy across the EU.
Maryam Malakotipour
wiley   +1 more source

Regulatory techniques governing the dischargeability of student loan debt in common law systems: Temporal restrictions, hardship‐based limitations and categorical exclusions

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Student loan debt occupies a distinctive and structurally ambiguous position within consumer insolvency law. Although incurred in good faith for socially endorsed purposes, it is subject to significant restrictions on discharge across most common law jurisdictions.
Thomas Nicholls
wiley   +1 more source

Pre-Pack Proceeding - A Hybrid and Derogatory Safeguard Tool. Member States’ Future Obligation of Integrating a New Mechanism in Their National Insolvency Law [PDF]

Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2023
Harmonizing Member States’ insolvency frameworks has been a goal for the European Union for the past years, dating back to 2016, when the European Commission issued a Proposal for a Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and ...
Corina Georgiana Cioroiu, Daniel Lipara
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One size fails all? EU insolvency law between harmonisation and 28th regime

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The European Union's efforts to harmonise national insolvency laws have long been seen as a key step towards the completion of the Internal Market and, in particular, its Capital Markets Union project. Yet despite years of legislative activity, meaningful convergence has remained elusive.
Wolf‐Georg Ringe
wiley   +1 more source

Remote Sensing for Irrigation Water Management—The State of the Art and Prospects for Near‐Future Operations

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A recent UN report describes many regions as facing ‘water bankruptcy,’ a condition in which available water resources can no longer meet existing demands. In practice, this means irrigation will likely bear the greatest burden of future water‐use reductions, a complicated and fraught decision to make given its critical role in food security ...
Wim G. M. Bastiaanssen, Chris Perry, Royce Dalby, Yasir Mohamed, Xueliang Cai, Poolad Karimi, IJsbrand de Jong, Pasquale Steduto, Marat Beksultanov, Christopher C. M. Neale, David Molden, Waqas Awan, Laarousi Mohamed, Jippe Hoogeveen, Jeff Davids, Nutchanart Sriwongsitanon, P. S. Rao, Roula Bachour, Palitha Bandara, Sophea Chhim, Richard Evans, Tom Lahad, D. Nagesh Kumar, Zakaria Adawy, Devendra Singh Bundela, Kawa Hakzi, Isaya Kisekka, Nicolas Puelma, Alejandro A. Pannunzio, Benjamin Koetz, Mukhiddin Ibragimov   +30 more
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Mining the Czech Insolvency Proceedings Data

Procedia Computer Science, 2014
AbstractThe Global Financial Crisis of 2008 has left behind it many victims worldwide – both among bankrupt companies and indebted people with a grim future ahead. On January 1, 2008, the government of the Czech Republic launched a new information system called Insolvency Register of the Czech Republic. Meanwhile, the Czech Insolvency Register contains
Iveta Mrázová, Peter Zvirinsky
openaire   +1 more source

Shaping Manager Well‐Being and Functioning in Declining Nonprofit Organizations: The Critical Role of Strategy Implementation

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Under the roof of Christian churches in Central Europe, some nonprofit organizations (NPOs) grow, while others are in marked decline. Our study in this context extends a previous focus on financial indicators to NPO managers' experiences, their role clarity and job satisfaction, during phases of organizational growth and decline. Specifically,
Max Niehoff, Johannes Stark
wiley   +1 more source