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The role of small and medium-sized enterprises in the national economy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The experience of the EU member states and other developed countries reveals that the small and medium-sizes business development promotes competitiveness and, consequently, the growth of the economy.
Mačerinskas, Jogaila   +2 more
core  

Poetic Lithuania of Miłosz [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The article deals with the images of Lithuania found in Czesław Miłosz’s poetry. The novels and essays have only been used to confirm the conclusions drawn from the interpretation of selected poems.
Berkan-Jabłońska, Maria
core   +2 more sources

One Size Still Does Not Fit All: Configuration Pathways of Environmental, Social, and Governance and Board Diversities for Higher Firm Performances Across One‐ and Two‐Tier Systems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an ongoing, albeit uncertain, debate among stakeholders regarding the benefits of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting, reflected in mixed empirical findings on its impact on firm performance. In addition to this reporting, diversity (gender and cultural) on boards, which is strongly promoted at the EU level, has ...
Baoying Zhu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fischer’s Plants in folk beliefs and customs: a previously unknown contribution to the ethnobotany of the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian borderland

open access: yesJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2017
BackgroundHistorical ethnobotanical studies are useful starting points for further diachronic analysis. The aim of this contribution is to present archival data from the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian borderland, which were collected by Adam Fischer, a ...
Monika Kujawska   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Restricted Tweedie stochastic block models

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract The stochastic block model (SBM) is a widely used framework for community detection in networks, where the network structure is typically represented by an adjacency matrix. However, conventional SBMs are not directly applicable to an adjacency matrix that consists of nonnegative zero‐inflated continuous edge weights.
Jie Jian, Mu Zhu, Peijun Sang
wiley   +1 more source

Percutaneous Cholecystostomy is a Reasonable Alternative for the Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis in Critically Ill Patients: a Single Center Analysis

open access: yesLietuvos Chirurgija, 2019
Background / objective. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe procedure and the treatment of choice for acute cholecystitis. As an alternative treatment option in critically ill patients percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) is performed.
Povilas Ignatavicius   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Green Finance and ESG Readiness: Bridging the Gaps in Sustainability Transitions

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the intersection of green finance and economic, social, and governance (ESG) readiness through the lens of sustainable transition theory, analyzing data across 32 higher and 25 lower ESG‐ranked countries from 2014 to 2022.
Irsa Azam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Clitics in Standard Lithuanian

open access: yesRespectus Philologicus, 2015
A Lithuanian word is quite an autonomous prosodic unit. Nevertheless, in some cases a word loses stress, connects to an adjacent word, and becomes a part of a succeeding or preceding word. The aim of this research is to establish and describe the prosodic autonomy of the Lithuanian language word and its determinants.The database for this analysis ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Corporate Charitable Donations Under Financial Constraints: Impact on Firm Performance and Sustainable Development in China

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates why financially constrained Chinese firms continue to engage in substantial philanthropic giving and whether such donations yield financial and sustainability‐related benefits. Positioned at the intersection of corporate social responsibility (CSR), financing constraints, and sustainable development, it examines the ...
Jiayang Cheng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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