''Practices and factors affecting on-site medical equipment maintenance at Wau Teaching Hospital, South Sudan''. [PDF]
Massimino Ucin N +4 more
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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
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Correction: Patel et al. Development and Characterization of an In Vitro Cell-Based Assay to Predict Potency of mRNA-LNP-Based Vaccines. Vaccines 2023, 11, 1224. [PDF]
Patel N +6 more
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Inequities in inflammatory bowel disease care: a Tasmanian case study with proposed solutions
Abstract There is well‐recognised inequity of care for people treated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) between metropolitan and regional areas. We aim to describe these barriers to care using Tasmania as a case example and to suggest solutions for addressing these barriers that can be used in Tasmania and beyond.
Alexander T Elford +8 more
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Does Pay Transparency for Employees Affect Product Recalls?
ABSTRACT Pay transparency can affect workers’ behavior and, consequently, firm outcomes. This study exploits the state‐level, staggered enactment of pay transparency laws to examine how pay transparency affects firms’ product recalls. We find that firms headquartered in pay‐transparency‐law states see an increase in product recalls.
Yangyang Chen +3 more
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The impact of blockchain adoption on supply chain financing and E-commerce platform dynamics. [PDF]
Pi S.
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Import competition and stock price crash risk
Abstract We investigate how globalization‐induced import competition affects stock price crash risk. Import competition increases price pressure and reduces profit margins, prompting managers to withhold negative information, resulting in higher crash risk. Based on a sample of US manufacturing firms from 1974 to 2019, we find that firms whose products
Mansoor Afzali +2 more
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Caterpillar's Spatial Metamorphosis: Heavy Equipment Manufacturing in the 21st Century
ABSTRACT Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest heavy equipment manufacturer, grew rapidly in the 20th century before a crisis of overproduction in the early 1980s threatened its survival. In response, it launched the $2.8 billion “Plant with a Future” (PWAF) program, a sweeping material and ideological overhaul that remade the firm for the post‐Fordist
Utkarsh Kumar, Michael L. Dougherty
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Optimizing international trade: Strategies for retaining or taking over transport remit in Poland's import and export landscape-A case study of Company X. [PDF]
Bednarz J +6 more
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Abstract Organizational risk exposure arises from external sources and internal activities intended to reduce the potential for risks to cause harm. While organizational risk exposure is necessary to realize opportunities, misalignment between risk management and risk exposure may achieve the opposite outcomes.
Emma Soane
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