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Discovering patterns in the discourse of foreign relations. Corpus analysis in an ESP course for International Relations students

open access: yes, 2009
Corpus data can be used as teaching material, either directly or in a pre-edited form (Partington 2001: 63). Learners can be trained to use corpora by themselves in order to carry out investigations into language use to identify and learn recurrent ...
VENUTI, MARCO, RICCIO, GIULIA
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ESG Decoupling Phenomenon: A Systematic and Bibliometric Analysis

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ESG decoupling, defined as the gap between a firm's ESG disclosures and its actual practices, poses a critical challenge to corporate sustainability. Using the PRISMA protocol, 451 articles were selected for a comprehensive bibliometric and systematic literature review to map the intellectual structure and thematic evolution of the research on
Maryam Laeeq   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the ESG Facade: Measuring and Addressing Corporate ‘Lip Service’

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing global attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG), this study examines the misalignment between ESG disclosures and actual practices—termed ‘lip service’—using data from Chinese firms from 2006 to 2022, constructing an index to quantify it.
Jia Xu, Mingwei Liu, Helen X. H. Bao
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Corporate Alignment With the Circular Economy: a Text‐Based Circularity Index From Mandatory Non‐Financial Disclosures

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) has become a strategic priority for firms, yet empirical assessments of corporate circularity remain fragmented and heavily dependent on structured indicators or self‐reported metrics. This paper proposes a novel, text‐based circularity index derived from mandatory non‐financial statements of large ...
Giuseppe Pernagallo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Direkt profil: A system for evaluating texts of second language learners of French based on developmental sequences

open access: yes, 2005
Direkt Profil is an automatic analyzer of texts written in French as a second language. Its objective is to produce an evaluation of the developmental stage of students under the form of a grammatical learner profile. Direkt Profil carries out a sentence
Lisa Persson   +6 more
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Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging Academic Research and Business Practices at the Crossroad of Circular Economy and the SDGs

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global shift toward sustainability has amplified interest in the Circular Economy, which aims to optimize resource use and minimize waste. In parallel, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a universal framework for addressing social, environmental, and economic challenges.
Corentin Juin, Andrea Nicolodi
wiley   +1 more source

Market and Nonmarket Strategies in Focus: How Entrepreneurs Tackling the Grand Challenge of Waste Management Navigate Institutional and Market Adversity in Ghana

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Waste management remains a critical grand challenge in African countries. While entrepreneurship has been a viable strategy for addressing this challenge, it is fraught with constraints. This study investigates the strategies orchestrated by entrepreneurs to navigate adversity in Waste management and ensure the social and economic viability of
Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence–Driven and Digital Practices for Circular Business and Finance: Insights for Advancing Hubs for Circularity

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The emerging concept of Hubs for Circularity (H4Cs) presents an opportunity to create collaborative, self‐sustaining regional industrial ecosystems that drive circular economy transitions at scale. However, the operationalisation of H4Cs faces financial, organisational and data‐driven challenges.
Aditya Tripathi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating perceptions of master's students on English-as-a-medium-of-instruction programmes in East Asia

open access: yes, 2013
This PhD thesis is as investigation into the positionings, voices and experiences of students who use English for their postgraduate studies in the fields of business and English language teaching, in particular relation to their writing practices ...
Baird, Robert
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