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Estimating the Thermal Conductivity of Unsaturated Sand

open access: yesApplied Sciences
A modified parallel model for estimating the thermal conductivity of unsaturated sand was proposed in this study. The heat conduction in the solid phase of sand depends mainly on the form of contacts between solid particles, while water bridges at the ...
Xuejun Liu, Yucong Gao, Yanjun Li
doaj   +1 more source

Contingent Capital and Bank Risk-Taking among British Banks before World War I [PDF]

open access: yes
The recent financial turmoil highlights the incentive of highly leveraged financial institutions to take excessive risk, given the protection of limited liability.
Richard S. Grossman, Masami Imai
core  

Complex Firms, Controversial Outcomes: Global Evidence on ESG Failures and Remedies

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether business complexity increases firms' exposure to negative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) outcomes, specifically ESG controversies, using a global panel of firms from 37 countries over the period 2002–2021.
Abongeh A. Tunyi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation into the impact of chloride ion uptake inhibitors on tobacco plants

open access: yesFrontiers in Soil Science
IntroductionExcessive chloride ion content in tobacco leaves adversely affects the flammability of flue-cured tobacco, particularly in tobacco-growing regions of northern China, where this issue is more pronounced.
Hai Ding   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Online formation of Limited Liability Companies

open access: yes, 2023
Digitalization of the registration procedure enables lower initial costs for formation of companies in EU Member States. It is especially important for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which perform their business activities on national and cross-border level.
Jurić, Dionis, Zubović, Antonija
openaire  

Elaborating the Motivations and Attitudes Driving Interest in Voluntary Biodiversity Credits

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global biodiversity loss has prompted the search for new sources of conservation finance, such as voluntary biodiversity credits (VBCs). However, despite optimistic market projections, current uptake of VBCs is limited. Adopting an interpretive approach, we analyse 21 semistructured interviews with early market actors (buyers, sellers ...
Gamze Yakar‐Pritchard   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transforming of joint-stock company to limited liability company

open access: yes, 2009
statusno preoblikovanje d.d., na podlagi sklepa skupščine če izpolnjuje pogoje za ustanovitev d.o.o.There is a company presented in my diploma work that is transformed from joint-stock company into limited liability company and a case of resolution about
Benić, Dinka
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The Influence of Corporate Sustainability Rating Methodology on Disclosure Behavior

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rise of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has illuminated long‐standing concerns over the ability for sustainability rating schemes to accurately convey sustainability‐related performance of firms. This study theorizes and empirically examines how a detailed and transparent rating methodology influences what information
Patrick J. Callery
wiley   +1 more source

Global Energy Corporations and Climate Change: The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions in Shaping Climate Change Risk Disclosure

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines climate change risk disclosure in the global energy sector, where firms face intense stakeholder scrutiny and legitimacy pressures. We develop a novel domain‐specific textual analysis measure to capture climate change risk disclosures, improving on prior approaches based on generic environmental terminology.
Khaldoon Albitar, Ali Meftah Gerged
wiley   +1 more source

Construction of a gas–liquid two-phase mass transfer model for fault-generated gas in converter transformers and analysis of gas diffusion distribution characteristics

open access: yesAIP Advances
Large oil-immersed transformers, due to their complex structure and high capacity, exhibit a significant time-delay effect when characteristic gases generated by internal faults diffuse to monitoring points.
Xudong Peng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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