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Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth.
Johanna S.U. Hedlund, Myles Menz, Jason W. Chapman, Alexander Hayward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Quality, Economic Growth, and Middle-Income Trap: Evidence From Cross-Country Data

SAGE Open
This study aims to investigate the institutional factors that contribute to helping countries successfully escape the middle-income trap, focusing on the aspect of institutional quality.
Chen Liang, Chen Li
doaj   +1 more source

Turkey’s struggle to achieve high-income status through adaptation to the knowledge economy

, 2018
Mid-income countries must restructure their economies fundamentally to reach high-income levels. This restructuring process requires the most effective use of national resources, particularly higher education and national innovation institutions, among ...
Aslan, Halil Kürşad, Aslan, Murat, Murat Aslan, Halil Kürşad Aslan   +3 more
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China: Surpassing the “Middle Income Trap” [PDF]

, 2021
This open access book explores one of the most fiercely debated issues in China: if and how China will surpass the middle income trap that has plagued many developing countries for years. This book gives readers a clear picture of China today and acts as
Hu, Angang, Zhou, Shaojie
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Middle-Income Traps: A Conceptual and Empirical Survey [PDF]

Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy, 2015
The term "middle-income trap" has entered common parlance in the development policy community, despite the lack of a precise definition. This paper discusses in more detail the definitional issues associated with the term. It also provides evidence on whether the growth performance of middle-income countries (MICs) has been different from other income ...
Im, Fernando Gabriel, Rosenblatt, David
openaire   +2 more sources

Translating Circularity Into Strategy: A Governance Meta‐Capability Framework

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms struggle to transition to circular economy (CE) models, often citing external barriers. Yet some firms succeed, whereas others fail: Why? We argue that success depends on a specific governance capability—a meta‐capability that allows firms to (1) sense and strategically reframe CE imperatives, (2) seize opportunities by aligning diverse ...
Felix Carl Schultz, Vladislav Valentinov   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labor productivity in the middle income trap and the graduated countries

Central Bank Review, 2016
In this paper, we investigate the role of labor productivity growth and whether the determinants of labor productivity growth differed among the middle income trap (MIT) and the graduated (non-middle income trap, NMIT) countries in the 1950–2005 period ...
Gökhan Yılmaz
doaj   +1 more source

Net‐Zero Transition and Its Impact on Firms' Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth Within the Framework of Sustainable Development Goals: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to net zero (NZ) faces challenges such as uneven institutional readiness, fragmented policy frameworks and rising energy demands from population growth, economic expansion and artificial intelligence (AI). These obstacles are intensified by technological, financial and regulatory uncertainties that impede coordinated efforts ...
Mohamed Shrief, Jahira Debbarma, Lukman Akanbi, Duyen Chu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source