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(In)justice in Smart Cities: Barriers and an Integrative Framework for Solution Pathways From a Global Perspective

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smart city initiatives aim for sustainability and inclusiveness, but recent evidence shows that they often lead to injustices. Although this contradiction has received growing academic attention, a comprehensive understanding of how justice is addressed within smart city practices remains limited.
Md. Nazmul Haque   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Investment and Longevity Risks within Immediate Annuities [PDF]

open access: yes
Life annuities provide a guaranteed income for the remainder of the recipient’s lifetime, and therefore, annuitization presents an important option when choosing an adequate investment strategy for the retirement ages.
Bauer, Daniel, Weber, Frederik
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Análisis de la mortalidad por edad y sexo mediante modelos para datos funcionales [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
En este trabajo se realiza una breve descripción del enfoque de datos funcionales para modelar las tasas de mortalidad por edad y sexo, esta propuesta es un avance sobre el modelo tradicional de Lee-Carter y alguna de sus modificaciones.
Andreozzi, Lucía, Blacona, Maria Teresa
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The Nexus Between Circular Economy and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: PRISMA Methodology

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The intersection of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and circular economy (CE) has attracted increasing academic and practical attention, emphasizing the need for integrated sustainability approaches. This study employs the PRISMA protocol and conceptualizes the CE–SSCM relationship as a dynamic system in which internal capabilities,
Feriel Barkaoui, Khaled Ben abdallah
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of different mortality forecasting methods and explicit assumptions on projected future life expectancy: The case of the Netherlands

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2013
BACKGROUND With the rapid aging of the population, mortality forecasting becomes increasingly important, especially for the insurance and pension industries.
Lenny Stoeldraijer   +3 more
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Sztochasztikus modellek statisztikai vizsgálata = Statistical investigation of stochastic models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
A regressziós modellek témakörében bevezettünk egy új becslést, igazoltuk annak konzisztenciáját és aszimptotikus normalitását. Különböző térbeli autoregresszív folyamatok és egy időbeli SAR folyamat esetén leírtuk a paraméterek legkisebb négyezetes ...
Baran, Sándor   +2 more
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New venture team stability and long‐run organizational growth

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary We explore the impact of new venture team (NVT) stability on long‐run organizational growth. With an instrumental variable design, we leverage a matched employer‐employee dataset of all Danish new ventures from 1981 to 1997. We find strong evidence that NVT stability has a positive effect on organizational growth in employees ...
Jerry Guo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overcoming barriers? The mixed results of social innovation accelerator programs for women entrepreneurs

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Entrepreneurship accelerators are increasingly promoted as structural interventions to close gender gaps, yet studies have not established a differential impact of participation for women. This prior evidence—drawn from high‐tech, male‐dominated settings—may overlook how outcomes differ in more feminized domains such as social
Nilanjana Dutt, Sarah Kaplan
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Impact of Unified Management on Board Roles in Federated Governance Systems: A Study of Golf in Australia

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The exploration of ways to address the complexity of relationships, power dynamics and multiple perspectives within federated governance systems in sport has been an ongoing theme within sport governance scholarly and practice communities for several decades.
Ian O'Boyle   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monetizing Housing Equity to Generate Retirement Incomes [PDF]

open access: yes
The public housing program and the unique way of financing housing through the mandatory savings system in Singapore have created a class of homeowners.
Albert K C Tsui, Ngee-Choon Chia
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