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Socially Responsible Investments in Germany, Switzerland and the United States: An Analysis of Investment Funds and Indices [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of this study is the analysis of so called socially responsible investments (SRI). First, the performance of SRI equity investment funds and equity indices is investigated using Jensen´s alpha as performance measure. The analysis considers market
Schröder, Michael
core  

What are the barriers to investing in social enterprises? An investigation into the attitudes and experiences of social entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The ongoing global economic crisis and the restrictions that this is having on government expenditure has meant that current UK policy is being directed at trying to end the grant dependency that currently exists in the third sector.
Denny, Simon   +2 more
core  

Selective and Precise Editing of Digital Polymers Through Parallel or Series Toehold‐Mediated Strand Displacement

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A sequence‐encoded supramolecular construct containing two accessible toeholds is developed herein for enabling multiple editing operations. By introducing specific input strands, it is possible to selectively erase or rewrite digital content through parallel or series toehold‐mediated strand displacement (PTMSD or STMSD).
Jakub Ossowski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sizing the European Shadow Banking System: A New Methodology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
One of the critical unanswered questions relating to the shadow-banking system has been to quantify its scale in an industry where entities, by design, are opaque and often outside of regulated and publically shared frameworks.
Shabani, M., Tyson, J.
core   +2 more sources

Shaping Ti3C2 MXene Nanospheres for Precision Near‐Infrared Photothermal Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In this study, we report producing spherical MXenes via fs laser fragmentation of Ti3C2 flakes in liquid medium. The nanoparticles demonstrated pronounced light absorption and high photothermal conversion efficiencies of 68% and 63% under heating with NIR‐I and NIR‐II lasers, respectively.
Julia S. Babkova   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Russian investment funds and globalization [PDF]

open access: yesStrategic Management, 2015
The paper provides the characteristics of the types and categories of the Russian investment funds. It describes the constraints applied to the activities of management companies.
Gorlovskaya Irina
doaj  

Laser‐Assisted Processing and Modification of Bioactive Glasses: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Laser technologies provide powerful tools to process and transform bioactive glasses for advanced biomedical applications. This review discusses laser‐matter interaction mechanisms, laser surface engineering, and laser‐assisted fabrication of scaffolds and nanofibers.
Antonio Riveiro   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Funds of funds portfolio composition and its impact on the performance: evidence from the Italian market [PDF]

open access: yes
Funds of Funds (FoF) are particular investment funds that invest resources in some mutual funds. This type of funds offers the possibility to achieve an higher diversification that an investor can’t realize using other instruments.
Carretta, Alessandro   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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