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Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Profitability in South Africa: An Industry‐Level Analysis

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility and profit on assets in South Africa using a panel dataset comprising 79 industries observed annually between 2017 and 2024. The study uses an industry‐level dataset which, unlike firm‐level inquiries, purges firm‐level noise and acknowledges the empirical regularity ...
Brian Tavonga Mazorodze
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling and experimental validation of bolt–grout bond–slip behavior for deep underground excavation support

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
A novel shear‐lag model, validated by pull‐out tests, incorporates a constant bond stress stage to predict the complete load–displacement response of grouted rock bolts, providing a new tool for optimizing anchorage length and material toughness in deep underground engineering. Abstract The stability of rock masses in deep underground excavations, such
Wenhui Bian, Xiaohui He, Kexue Wang, Yufei Wu, Guoxin Wang, Shaochen Zhang, Jun Yang   +6 more
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INVALIDITY OF TRANSACTIONS IN CIVIL LAW AND ITS LEGAL CONSEQUENCES

According to Article 101 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan (CC), the actions of individuals and legal entities aimed at establishing, modifying, or terminating civil rights and obligations are considered transactions. Transactions represent the most common legal facts in civil circulation and serve as the primary means for the emergence ...
openaire   +1 more source

Learning Rocking Dynamics From Sparse Shake‐Table Data With Interpretable Physics‐Informed Neural Networks

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present a hybrid interpretable Physics‐Informed Neural Network Long‐Short Term Memory (Hybrid PINN LSTM) framework for predicting the seismic response of rocking blocks. Existing analytical models rely on uncertain idealizations, while purely data‐driven and machine‐learning approaches lack physical consistency and interpretability.
Shirley Shen, Christian Málaga‐Chuquitaype   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Holding out on restructuring negotiations: A legal analysis over Finnish and Swedish legislation

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how Finnish and Swedish restructuring laws create opportunities for creditors to hold out on restructuring negotiations. Using Anthony Casey's new bargaining theory and the traditional creditors' bargain model as analytical frames, the study argues that holdouts arise when ex ante rights – particularly security interests,
Anssi Kärki
wiley   +1 more source

Land Use Policy and Racial Segregation

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land use policies, though seemingly race‐neutral, can inadvertently contribute to racial segregation. Our study focuses on examining the impact of minimum lot size regulations on the likelihood of ethnic minorities integrating into a community, which reveals compelling evidence suggesting that black households exhibit a preference for smaller ...
Ling Huang
wiley   +1 more source

From Past to Future: Overall Patterns, Nonlinear Relationships, Spatial Heterogeneity and Drivers of Ecosystem Service Trade‐Offs and Synergies in the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land‐use change and climate change are reshaping watershed ecological functions and may intensify the risk of localized ecological degradation. However, existing studies have primarily focused on the spatiotemporal patterns of ecosystem services (ESs) during historical periods, while the nonlinear changes, spatial heterogeneity, and driving ...
Jingyuan Chen, Bowen Dong, Pengfei Qin, Xuan Lin, Chen Tang   +4 more
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A Fully‐Connected Chip‐Integrated Reconfigurable Mode‐Pairing Quantum Key Distribution Network

Laser &Photonics Reviews, EarlyView.
This work constructs a fully connected reconfigurable chip‐integrated quantum key distribution network via the mode‐pairing protocol. Hybrid ECL and WSS chips cut wavelength and port overhead, realizing arbitrary‐user key sharing with merely two wavelengths.
Xiao‐Lei Jiang, Wei Gao, Yan‐Yang Zhou, Yu Zhou, Yu‐Yao Guo, Yi‐Fei Lu, Yuan‐Chao Yu, Yang Wang, Jia‐Ji Li, Chun Zhou, Hong‐Wei Li, Liang‐Jun Lu, Lin‐Jie Zhou, Jian‐Ping Chen, Wan‐Su Bao   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

AI Cracks Jokes: Building Consumer–Brand Closeness Through Machine‐Generated Humor

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Integrating AI led social cues into service encounters has become a key strategy for humanizing technology. Grounded in Social Penetration Theory, this research examines how AI‐generated humor styles (affiliative vs. self‐defeating) influence consumer brand identification and proposes consumer personality as a key moderator.
Heng Chu, Chunli Ji, Mingwei Li, Catherine Prentice   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conducting Luxury Research: Methodological Foundations and Standards

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The field of luxury research has grown rapidly in recent years, corresponding to the economic importance of the luxury industry. Despite this, the luxury field lacks established methodological foundations for rigorous luxury research. This is particularly problematic as a core tenet of luxury research is that luxury differs from other sectors ...
Jonas Holmqvist, George Christodoulides, Anders Gustafsson, Christian Kowalkowski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source