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Environmental impact of antidepressants: Is a new prescription framework possible?

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Antidepressants such as venlafaxine and sertraline pose high risks to water ecosystems. As depressive disorders and other mental health conditions become increasingly prevalent worldwide, prescription and environmental presence of these pharmaceuticals continue to rise. This study explores the practical viability of a new framework for prescribing
Matilde Bianconi, Valentina Giunchi, Michael Thiede, Elisa Sangiorgi, Marco Menchetti, Elisabetta Poluzzi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

TROUBLES OF THE ITALIAN BANKING SYSTEM AND THE SMOTHERED HOPES OF EUROPE

Review of Innovation and Competitiveness, 2017
The crisis of many Italian banks, be them large commercial banks or small local mutual banks, is adversely affecting the European banking system. Confidence in Italian banking firms has decreased substantially in Italy and abroad.
Mitja Stefancic
doaj  

Knowing education in Thailand like a global expert organisation: Politics, context and data

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Global expert organisations play increasingly significant roles in the way that education is understood and governed internationally, including by influencing the discourses through which education is conceptualised and shaping norms of what counts as success, failure, progress and the most desirable visions for the future.
Steve Puttick, Chris Atkin, Wayne Dyble, Nick Gee, Ami Montgomery, Chawin Pongpajon, Waewalee Waewchimplee   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE OPTIONS BETWEEN EQUITY AND DEBT CAPITAL. CONSIDERATIONS ON ACCESS TO CREDIT IN ITALIAN REALITY (PART II) ) [PDF]

Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2012
to the new and numerous challenges that the market requires. These challenges are economic, but not only. A continuous and steady development involves actually the need to go beyond the limits, not only in the case of traditional companies, but also of ...
Rangone Adalberto
doaj  

Green Innovation and Firm Efficiency: The Role of Institutional Quality in Italian High‐Tech Manufacturing Sectors

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to verify whether institutional quality affects the relationship between green innovation and firm efficiency within the high‐tech manufacturing sectors. To estimate jointly the parameters of a stochastic frontier and the coefficients of a model explaining technical inefficiency, we employed the one‐step estimation ...
Mariarosaria Agostino, Sandro Rondinella, Marianna Succurro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring tone shifts in media coverage: An empirical application to bank financing conditions in Italy

International Review of Economics & Finance
Media narrative is key to track changes in depositors’ and investors’ trust alike towards banks. Previous studies have applied sentiment analysis to news, to monitor changes in liquidity and financing conditions.
Nicola Branzoli, Sabina Marchetti, Emilio Tarducci   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE OPTIONS BETWEEN EQUITY AND DEBT CAPITAL. CONSIDERATIONS ON ACCESS TO CREDIT IN ITALIAN REALITY [PDF]

Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2012
to the new and numerous challenges that the market requires. These challenges are economic, but not only. A continuous and steady development involves actually the need to go beyond the limits, not only in the case of traditional companies, but also of ...
Rangone Adalberto
doaj  

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Cost of Debt: Evidence From European Firms Under Mandatory and Voluntary Disclosure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Considering the growing attention to sustainability and the increasing regulatory pressure in the European landscape, this study evaluates whether greenhouse gas emissions affect firms' cost of debt. A panel regression was conducted from 2021 to 2024 on two samples of European firms.
Daniela Cicchini, Pasquale De Luca, Salvatore Principale, Chiara Signore   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers and Enablers of Circular Economy in Electrical and Electronic Equipment: A Systematic Literature Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rapid technological change, shorter lifecycles and rising demand for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) are increasing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and emphasise the need for a circular economy. This paper identifies barriers and enablers of the circular transition in EEE and outlines interventions.
Aya Abdelmeguid, Lucia Corsini
wiley   +1 more source

Does Managerial Ability Improve Environmental Performance and Overall ESG Ratings? The Impact of the European Sustainability Reporting Mandate

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of managerial ability in driving environmental performance and overall environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings in the context of the European Union sustainability reporting regulations. Using a sample of 7242 firm‐year observations over the period 2015–2023, our results indicate a structural change in ...
Mihaela Ionașcu, Ion Ionașcu, Elena Turuianu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source