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Foreign direct investment and the investment climate in South-East Europe [PDF]
Ekonomski Anali, 2004 Foreign direct investment (FDI) has played an important role in the restructuring of economies of the new member countries of the European Union. FDI levels in South East Europe (SEE) are much lower than in the CEE countries in transition, what reduces ...
Penev Slavica, Rojec Matija
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Foreign Direct Investment and Investment Climate
Procedia Economics and Finance, 2013 AbstractThe changing direction of foreign direct investment (FDI) from developed countries towards developing ones, especially after the crisis, has started to attract more attention in the literature. In this paper, the link between FDI and “ease of doing business” indicators, as one possible source of the changing direction of FDI, is investigated ...
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study combines the biological structure of octopuses with the “3D structure” of spacer fabrics to fabricate a dual‐interface solar evaporator with adaptive hydrothermal balance. Water adaptation is achieved through the differentiated design of the upper and lower layers, and dynamic hydrothermal balance is realized by dynamically regulating the ...
Ning Niu +10 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This review summarizes green and low‐carbon strategies throughout the entire life cycle of polyester plastics, including sustainable monomer synthesis, optimization polymerization, efficient recycling, and advanced upcycling technologies. The synergistic implementation of these strategies is expected to significantly promote the development of a ...
Jinzhou Li +5 more
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
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Firms'productive performance and the investment climate in developing economies : an application to MENA manufacturing [PDF]
Drawing on the World Bank Investment Climate Assessment surveys, this paper investigates the relationship between firm-level technical efficiency and the investment climate for 22 developing economies and eight manufacturing industries. The authors first
Kinda, Tidiane +2 more
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How AI Shapes the Future Landscape of Sustainable Building Design With Climate Change Challenges?
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This review examines how artificial intelligence reshapes sustainable building design faced with climate change challenges. The authors synthesize existing studies to demonstrate AI's transformative potential across design lifecycle phases from climate‐aware form generation to performance optimization.
Pengyuan Shen +5 more
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THE ROLE OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE TRANSITION TO A CIRCULAR AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION [PDF]
Oradea Journal of Business and EconomicsBased on the international pressure to achieve climate neutrality and the need to adhere to a sustainable economic framework, the EU faces dilemmas related to the efficient mobilization of capital for the circular economy.
Claudia Diana SABĂU-POPA +1 more
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THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN 16 INDIAN STATES [PDF]
In this paper, the author attempts to identify the characteristics of the business climate in India that can help explain the different performance of individual states in terms of investment and growth.
Iarossi, Giuseppe
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Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction Reaction to Ammonia at Industrial‐Level Current Densities
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This review starts from the mechanism and theoretical basis of electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3−RR), and systematically summarizes and discusses the design strategies of industrial‐level current density catalysts. In addition, the progress of industrial‐level NO3−RR‐based electrolyzers, including flow reactor and membrane electrode ...
Zhijie Cui +4 more
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