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Beyond Prediction: Data, Baselines, Explanation, and Causation in Machine Learning for Food Insecurity

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
The gains from machine learning in nowcasting and forecasting food insecurity are still small and limited and cannot be observed in all countries. This review summarizes the public resources for data, corrects common misconceptions about model requirements, and establishes baseline requirements, explanations, causal inference, and equity in operational
Shabnam Mehboob, Azman Abdullah, Gunesh Kumar, Samreen Memon, Naila Afghan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How emerging market firms learn to lead in complex product systems: Evidence from China's civil aircraft industry

Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary The rise of emerging market lead firms (LFs) in global value chains (GVCs) challenges the prevailing view that only multinational corporations (MNCs) from advanced economies lead systems integration, design, and innovation activities.
Yuanyuan Wu, Paola Perez‐Aleman
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking a positive‐sum game: US FDI location decisions in the presence of Chinese FDI

Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study examines how rising Chinese outbound foreign direct investment (OFDI) in third‐country markets shapes US MNEs' foreign direct investment location decisions amid escalating US–China geopolitical rivalry. US firms initially benefit from complementary co‐location dynamics, as Chinese OFDI—particularly in infrastructure—
Injae Jeon, Jon Jungbien Moon
wiley   +1 more source

Tenure Security Reformand Electronic Registration: Exploring Insights from English Law [PDF]

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2011
This paper examines the potential significance of updating registration practices in resolving some of the issues about tenure security in a transformative context. It deals with the importance of good governance in the context of land administration and
H Mostert
doaj  

CEO Reputation and Corporate Sustainability: International Evidence

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 7107 unique firms across 41 countries from 2002 to 2022, we examined whether CEO reputation influences corporate sustainability performance. Consistent with stakeholder theory, CEO reputation is found to be positively associated with sustainability performance.
Zhongxue Wu, Yilmaz Guney, Panagiotis Andrikopoulos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transforming Agricultural Water Management for Healthy People and Planet: Thinking Beyond Water

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper develops the concept of Thinking Beyond Water, a transdisciplinary paradigm that reframes agricultural water management (AWM) as a systems catalyst for planetary health, equity, justice and resilience. Moving beyond conventional irrigation‐centric models, we reimagine AWM through integrative frameworks such as the planetary ...
Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Cuthbert Taguta, Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Aidan Senzanje, Kaveh Madani, Tinashe Lindel Dirwai   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Distribution Regression Difference‐in‐Differences to Evaluate the Effects of a Minimum Wage Introduction on the Distributions of Wages, Earnings, and Working Hours

Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We estimate the causal effects of the introduction of the minimum wage in Germany on the distributions of hourly wages, monthly earnings, and hours worked, combining rich large‐scale data sources. We compare linear and non‐linear versions of distribution regression difference‐in‐differences (DR‐DiD) and also estimate bivariate DR‐DiD.
Martin Biewen, Bernd Fitzenberger, Marian Rümmele   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi‐Objective Spatial Optimization of Cropland Layouts in Highly Urbanized Regions: Evidence From Dongguan, China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cropland protection in highly urbanized regions requires reconciling stable quantitative‐qualitative targets with the functional optimization of extremely fragmented spatial structures. This study develops a patch‐level multi‐objective spatial reconfiguration framework of cropland layouts based on the Non‐dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm‐II
Zhibang Luo, Bowen Zhang, Dianfeng Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms and impacts of future plant invasions: research agendas and management needs under disruptive social‐ecological change scenarios

Oikos, EarlyView.
No‐analogue futures are characteristic of the Anthropocene, but how global change, and societies' responses, will affect plant invasions remains unclear. Conducting research now to address future needs is crucial for guiding invasion management and policy.
Jennifer L. Bufford, Angela J. Brandt, Rowan Sprague, Christopher E. Buddenhagen, Richard P. Duncan, Nichola Harcourt, Philip E. Hulme, Hao Ran Lai, Kate G. McAlpine, Chris McGrannachan, Fiona J. Thomson, Vincent van Uitregt, Duane A. Peltzer   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land Tenure Security as a Market Stimulator in China

, 2001
This paper builds on economists' theory that land tenure security can create access to credit and capital for emerging economies. The paper posits that, while the land title security that a nation's land title registration system provides may suffice to make mortgage loans available from local banks and mortgage lenders, emerging economies may benefit ...
openaire   +2 more sources