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Non-farm employment in small-scale enterprises in Romania: policy and development issues [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of this paper is to summarise the results of a non-farm micro- enterprise survey in rural and peri-urban Romania and to examine their impact on the development of sustainable rural livelihoods.
Angela Gaburici, Junior Davis
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Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
[Excerpt] This report focuses on international and domestic human trafficking and U.S. policy responses, with particular emphasis on the TVPA and its subsequent reauthorizations.
Siskin, Alison, Wyler, Liana Sun
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Strategic Shift: The Power of Green Strategy on Sustainability Performance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Employing FTSE Russell's unique Green Revenues data on S&P 1500 firms from 2016 to 2024, this study examines the long‐term effects of a corporate strategic shift toward green strategy, proxied by green revenue reporting, on corporate sustainability performance.
Post Raj Pokharel
wiley   +1 more source

Enabling cyber resilient shipping through maritime security operation center adoption: A human factors perspective

open access: yesApplied Ergonomics
The increased adoption of digital systems in the maritime domain has led to concerns about cyber resilience, especially in the wake of increasingly disruptive cyber-attacks. This has seen vessel operators increasingly adopt Maritime Security Operation Centers (M-SOCs), an action in line with one of the cyber resilience engineering techniques known as ...
Allan Nganga   +3 more
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Beyond Reporting: The Integration of Climate Change and Biodiversity Into Business Strategies and Governance Structures of Swedish Firms and Financial Institutions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses how large Swedish firms and financial institutions integrate climate change and biodiversity into their business strategies and governance structures. Using unique 2022 and 2023 survey data and logistic probability models, we examine how internal and external factors shape early responses to the EU Taxonomy and the CSRD ...
Fredrik N. G. Andersson   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engineering Biochar‐Derived Functional Materials for High‐Performance Supercapacitors: Design Principles, Mechanisms, and Scalable Strategies

open access: yesCarbon Energy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biochar has emerged as a useful and adaptable source of carbon for supercapacitor electrodes. Its value comes from the way biomass chemistry, thermal conversion, and activation conditions shape the resulting pore network, surface groups, and degree of carbon ordering.
Soumen Mandal   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sensitivity analysis and stochastic optimization of levelized cost of hydrogen production through methane pyrolysis

open access: yesThe Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract Hydrogen plays a crucial role across multiple industrial sectors and is increasingly recognized as a clean energy carrier with significant potential in decarbonization efforts. Methane pyrolysis (MP), particularly using molten metal catalysts, offers a promising pathway for hydrogen production with low CO2 emissions.
Adrian Paredes Bozzo, Zukui Li
wiley   +1 more source

Responding to organised crime through intervention in recruitment pathways [PDF]

open access: yes
Foreword: A multifaceted strategy is required to effectively combat organised crime. A key element of preventing and responding to organised criminal activity is to target how individuals become involved in illicit activities and to develop effective ...
Russell Smith
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System requirement report for Level 2 – national management institutions, for the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the Philippines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This report presents the findings from a thorough literature review, workshops, and group and individual interviews conducted by STREAM in the Philippines in November and December 2003.

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