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COMPАRATIVE HISTORICAL MODEL OF EASTERN SOCIETIES’ TRANSITION IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD

open access: yesВестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2014
The paper provides the comparative historical model of transition of medieval Eastern societies in the Early Modern period. Specific types of “modernity” in the East were defined by a system of internal and external factors.
O. V. Kim
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Why do Informal Sector Competitors Hinder Formal Entrepreneurs More in Some Countries?

open access: yesRegepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal, 2020
Objective: The objective of this paper is to evaluate the different explanations provided by competing theories for informal sector competitors being viewed as hindering formal entrepreneurs more in some countries than others.
Colin C Williams
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Critical Success Factors for Enhancing the Circular Economy Performance of Last‐Mile Cold Chain Logistics Packaging for Urban Agricultural Products

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the increasing demand for high‐quality agricultural products, the agricultural cold‐chain logistics packaging (ACLP) industry faces significant environmental pressure and circular economy issues. This study analyzes the critical success factors (CSFs) that would enhance ACLP circular economy performance (CEP). The adversarial interpretive
Miao Su   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping Energy Transitions: Sectoral Demand, Climate Risk Exposure, and Renewable Pathways in Sub‐Saharan Africa

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Energy is a fundamental driver of economic growth, shaping productivity, industrialization, and long‐term economic resilience. In sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where energy access remains uneven and infrastructure is underdeveloped, understanding sector‐specific energy demand is essential for designing sustainable energy strategies.
Michael Appiah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technological theory of modernization in historical-state studies and historical-legal studies

open access: yesИзвестия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Общественные науки
Background. The theory of modernization, claimed in the 1960s in order to become an alternative to Marxism, in fact, in the person of Western authors, was unable to satisfactorily present a generalizing line of social development.
Sh.G. Seidov, N.V. Makeeva, A.V. Melikov
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The Paradox between Women’s Educational Attainment and Social Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, 2012
Modernization theory predicts a strong correlation between increased access to education and positive changes in women’s social status and eventual social mobility.
Elhum Haghighat
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East European studies, neo-totalitarianism and social science theory [PDF]

open access: yes
The relevance of sociological theory for explaining the recent dramatic changes in Eastern Europe is at hand. The impact of the downfall of communism has been compared with those Great Transformations along which sociology evolved as a science of crisis ...
Mueller, Klaus
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Digital Technologies for Transparent and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Resource Orchestration‐Based View in the Textile Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Implementing digital technologies is touted as the next big step for the firms aiming to improve sustainability in their supply chains. These technologies are often credited with the potential to improve transparency and achieve sustainability.
Amna Farrukh, Aqeel Ahmed, Sadaat Yawar
wiley   +1 more source

The Family in the Social Complexity : From A View of Social Systems Theory

open access: yes, 2017
Taking the elaboration of social systems theory into account, this paper aims to explore the ways in which the family today can be theorized in social theory. As a result of the functional differentiation of the process of modernization, the family, as a
711, 濱野, 健
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Intelligent Manufacturing, Industrial Agglomeration, and Green and Low‐Carbon Development: A Nonlinear Path Test Based on the Theory of Ecological Modernization

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing upon ecological modernization theory as the analytical framework, this study employs macro‐level longitudinal tracking data covering China's major regions as research samples. It measures the green and low‐carbon development (GLCD) of manufacturing from the four dimensions—“carbon reduction, pollution mitigation, ecological expansion ...
Deng Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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