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Exploring Barriers on the Path to B Corp Certification

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT B Corp companies have become a benchmark for sustainability and corporate social responsibility today. However, it is striking that of the more than 285,000 companies that use the B Impact Assessment (BIA) to measure their performance, only around 9400 have managed to achieve certification.
Elsa Diez‐Busto, Lidia Sánchez‐Ruiz, Ana Fernández‐Laviada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Proxies to System State: Defining Sustainability Management Against Symbolic Progress

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability in management is often measured through scores, ratings, and disclosure narratives that can reward symbolic progress while leaving underlying social‐ecological conditions unchanged. This perspective paper offers a definition of Sustainability Management as how organizations plan, organize, lead, and control (four management ...
Zhang Yiping, Olaf Weber
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of Change‐Type and State‐Type System Qualities on Complex System Architectures

Systems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT System qualities, such as scalability, expandability, and reconfigurability, are key requirements of complex systems. Requirements associated with system qualities are important factors in design trade space analyses, but systems engineering design methodologies make only limited use of these qualities, hindering a holistic understanding of ...
Christina F. Bridges, Benjamin W. Stirgwolt   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational Physical Activity Is Negatively Associated With Semen Quality

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Lifestyle factors have been associated with semen quality and have been implicated in the reported global decline in semen parameters. Moderate physical activity has been linked to improved semen quality; however, the association between occupational physical activity and semen quality is limited.
Michal Efrat, Sharon Barak, Anat Stein, Haim Pinkas, Ron Unger, Ruth Birk   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Effective Are Ireland's Monitory Mechanisms in Improving Its Child Protection and Welfare Services?

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child protection and welfare systems are entrusted with significant power by governments and are therefore a significant focus of monitoring activities. Monitoring can help to build a better child protection system and to ensure child safety; track policy and legislative implementation and resource allocation; contribute to preventing systemic
Kenneth Burns, Eva Boyle, Susan Geary, Emma King   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biallelic Truncating Variant in LRGUK Is Associated With Severe Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella and Sperm Nuclear Defects in Humans

Clinical Genetics, EarlyView.
A homozygous truncating variant in LRGUK results in loss of the LRGUK protein and causes multiple morphological abnormalities of the flagella (MMAF), disrupted axonemal architecture, central pair defects, abnormal chromatin organization, and severe male infertility, establishing LRGUK as a novel human infertility gene.
Wiâme Mokkedem, Zeina Wehbe, Anne‐Laure Barbotin, Angèle Boursier, Célia Tebbakh, Nicolas Thierry‐Mieg, Marie Bidart, Antonella Migliaccio, Rosanna Chianese, Christophe Arnoult, Raoudha Zouari, Zine‐Eddine Kherraf, Pierre F. Ray, Guillaume Martinez, Charles Coutton   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk management strategies in higher education

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Higher education centres are facing escalating risks, such as increasing competition from a growing number of higher education organisations, as well as greater exposure to more complex regulatory frameworks and external evaluations. Consequently, university risk management has assumed increasing significance.
Washington Guevara‐Piedra, Carmen González‐Zapatero, Javier González‐Benito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legitimacy Mechanisms for the Diffusion of Reverse Innovation

Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While establishing legitimacy is crucial for the diffusion of reverse innovation in developed markets, the mechanisms required to establish legitimacy remain underexplored. Drawing on product innovation and legitimacy studies, we use a mixed‐methods approach to provide a comprehensive understanding of legitimacy mechanisms for reverse ...
Fatima Irfan, Ward Ooms, Cosmina Lelia Voinea, Marjolein C. J. Caniëls   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Perception as Catalyst: Process Innovation, Management Support and Performance of Manufacturing Firms in a Climate‐Vulnerable Environment

Business Strategy &Development, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper delineates the moderating role of climate perception (CP) on the effect of process innovation (PI) and management support (MS) on the environmental (EP) and financial performance (FP) of firms in a climate‐vulnerable environment. The explanatory survey, stratified random sampling and SmartPLS‐SEM were used to analyse data from 342 ...
Kwabena Agyarko Gyekye, Reon Matemane
wiley   +1 more source

Standardised Innovation Management Systems: Modelling the Antecedents of Certification and Maintenance Benefits

Creativity and Innovation Management, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 770-790, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The literature lacks a comprehensive model examining the performance impact of certifying and maintaining standardised innovation management systems (SIMS) or clarifying the advantages of standardisation. This study addresses that gap by analysing the key determinants of the benefits associated with SIMS certification and maintenance.
Carlos J. F. Cândido, Marisa Isabel Silva Cesário, Liana Mendes de Saboya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source