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No Cocoa Without Deforestation? A Field‐Type Analysis of Forest Frontiers in West Africa

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the interrelations of production systems, class relations and deforestation in a smallholder forest frontier. Using the concept of field types, we provide a plot‐level analysis of deforestation processes in West Africa, where smallholders convert forest into cocoa farms.
Sarah Lena Graf, Christianah Oyenpemi, Christine Bosch, Oyakhilomen Oyinbo, Emmanuel A. Codjoe, Stéphanie Eileen Domptail   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atomic Building Blocks of Global Buildings. [PDF]

Environ Sci Technol
Broyles JM, Jungclaus MA, Beatty DN, Srubar Iii WV.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dynamic Capabilities as Drivers of Circular Business Models: Exploring Direct and Indirect Relationships

Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Academic Summary Despite the urgent need for a circular economy, firms' transition from linear to circular business models (CBMs) remains slow. While previous research suggests that dynamic capabilities are the key drivers of this transition, it assumes a direct link, overlooking that these capabilities can facilitate change but do not ...
Jörn Block, Thomas Clauss, Matheus Franco, Timo Lemcke, Hubert Speth   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parametric Material Optimization and Structural Performance of Engineered Timber Thin-Shell Structures: Comparative Analysis of Gridshell, Segmented, and Hybrid Systems. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Golański M, Juchimiuk J, Ogrodnik P, Szulej J, Starzyk A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Circularity and Resilience in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Times of Crisis

Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite recent efforts to bridge the circular economy and entrepreneurship, and to explore resilience in entrepreneurial ecosystems, the ways in which startups' circularity orientations influence how they build resilience in times of crisis remain unclear.
Ingvild Reine Assmann, Francesco Rosati, Vinicius Picanço Rodrigues, Federico Cosenz, Andreas Wieland   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Modern Structural Engineering: From Materials to Building Structures. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Chen Z, Zhou Y, Liu H, Zhang H.
europepmc   +1 more source

The 150‐Year‐Old Hybrid Organization: A Historical View on Municipally Owned Corporations (MOC) in Sweden

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents a 150‐year longitudinal analysis of the development of municipally owned corporations (MOCs) in Sweden, tracing their emergence in the mid‐nineteenth century, their expansion during the growth of the welfare state, and their transformation in the era of market‐oriented public sector reform.
Anna Thomasson, Olof Hallonsten
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-Functional Performance of Upcycled High-Density Polyurethane Floor Fillers in Multi-Story RC Buildings: A Combined Seismic Mitigation, Thermal Insulation, and Sustainability Approach, with Field Validation on an Existing Building. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Sak ÖF.
europepmc   +1 more source

How Alliances Build Innovation Capabilities but Narrow Their Redeployment in Amazonian Community‐Based Enterprises

R&D Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on strategic alliances often treats supplier capability development as an outcome, but rarely asks which capabilities are built or what they can be used for. We address this through an embedded single‐case study of a lead‐firm‐orchestrated network in the Brazilian Amazon, comprising six community‐based enterprises (CBEs) supplying ...
Renata Elaje Azevedo da Mota Carmona Chaves, Simone Vasconcelos Ribeiro Galina, Marlon Alves   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Variable-Impulse Hammer Impact Test (VIHIT) Method for Improved Mode Shape Identification. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Jensen A, Riley C.
europepmc   +1 more source