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What Do We Know About How Companies Manage Waste? The Effect of Tenure and Diversity of Directors on Disclosures

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to analyze the effect of board tenure on firms' waste management disclosure and explore whether this effect is amplified by board gender and cultural diversity. The analysis is based on data from 832 large firms worldwide from 2011 to 2020.
Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land Reform and the Political Organization of Agriculture [PDF]

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The modern theory of agrarian organization has studied how the economic environment determines organizational form under the assumption of stable property rights to land.
James A. Robinson, Jonathan H. Conning
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Temperature‐Dependent Kinetics of Plasma‐Based CO2 Conversion: Interplay of Electron‐Driven and Thermal‐Driven Chemistry

open access: yesChemSusChem, Volume 18, Issue 6, March 15, 2025.
The transformation of CO2 into chemical building blocks is essential for a net‐zero energy future. Plasma‐chemical processing offers promising potential to achieve this. Here, we explore a temperature‐dependent plasma‐chemical reaction mechanism, revealing a shift from electron‐driven to thermal‐driven CO2 conversion regimes.
Aswath Mohanan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breaking up the collective farm : welfare outcomes of Vietnam's massive land privatization [PDF]

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The decollectivization of agriculture in Vietnam was a crucial step in the country's transition to a market economy. But the assignment of land use rights had to be decentralized, and local cadres ostensibly had the power to corrupt this process.
Ravallion, Martin   +1 more
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Local realities, global discourses and decolonising the curriculum in a post‐92 UK context: Academic voices on enacting decolonial curriculum change

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explored how lecturers in a post‐92 UK university conceptualise and enact decolonial curriculum principles within their teaching and programme design. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with academic staff across multiple disciplines, the research adopts a qualitative, phenomenologically informed approach to examine the interplay
Reece Sohdi
wiley   +1 more source

Land Reform and Development of Agricultural Land Markets in Russia [PDF]

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Russia has experienced dramatic changes in land ownership and tenure since 1991, but the development of land markets is still circumscribed by inadequate administrative and technical infrastructure.
Lerman, Zvi, Shagaida, Natalya
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Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of the CAP reform on small-scale grassland regions [PDF]

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This paper presents a regional land-use model that conceives farms as independent agents aiming at maximum individual utility. Farm agents optimize their utility with the help of a linear-programming algorithm that takes into account natural, economic ...
Kantelhardt, Jochen   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Solar Fuels Via Methane Valorization: Thermochemical Pathways, Unified Metrics, and Techno‐Economic Perspectives

open access: yesENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
A first‐of‐its‐kind review benchmarks three solar methane valorization pathways with unified performance metrics for clean fuel production. Meeting global climate targets and sustainable energy demands requires carbon‐neutral fuels and innovative conversion pathways.
Muhammad Abdulmoez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Security, Conflict, and Reintegration in Mozambique: Case Studies of Land Access in the Postwar Period [PDF]

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In October 1992, the Peace Accord was signed in Mozambique. Many positive changes have taken place since then. and the countryside in postwar Mozambique is in a state of intense transformation.
Eliseu, Julieta   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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