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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

Modernization of the Russian Economy Based on the Proactive Potential of Big Business: a Conceptual Model

open access: yesЭкономика и управление, 2019
The presented study examines a new approach to the interpretation and structuring of economic modernization as a process implemented by means of the adaptive and proactive potential of entrepreneurship and big business in particular.
N. V. Gontar’, A. G. Sapozhnikova
doaj   +1 more source

Reconsidering structural-functionalism in modernization theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
This study will argue that structural-functionalism is still a useful tool for analysis, but is difficult to resurrect because of its association with modernization theory. This is the primary theoretical goal of the current essay.
Leopard, Donald L.
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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

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

Revisiting Modernization: Theory, Critique, and Contemporary Perspectives

open access: yes
This research investigates the classical frameworks of modernization as a theoretical framework and a process of social transformation. In addition, alternative approaches such as dependency theory, world systems theory, and current approaches to ...
Zain Ul Abideen, Hacı Musa Taşdelen
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Sustainability Challenges to the Steel Industry in a Developing Country: Sanctions and Security Issues at the Forefront

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to sustainability research by investigating the complex, geopolitically induced challenges faced by industrial supply chains under international sanctions. Using Iran's steel industry as a case, it examines sustainability barriers through the lens of stakeholder theory. A mixed methods approach was employed.
Seyed Hamed Moosavirad   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of reservoir operation management based on variable fuzzy set theory

open access: yesShuili Shuiyun Gongcheng Xuebao
To scientifically evaluate the modernization level of reservoir operation management, considering the urgent demand for modernized reservoir operation management and the need to construct a modernization matrix, an evaluation index system consisting of ...
HU Wen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

POLITICAL MODERNIZATION: SATISFACTION, THEORY, DEVELOPMENT, COMPARATIVE AND SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSES

open access: yesМіжнародні відносини: теоретико-практичні аспекти, 2018
The article is devoted to the analysis of the political modernization process, its theories and ways of development. The successful development of political modernization creates the country image of a modernized society.
Inna Shevel
doaj   +1 more source

Do Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Enhance Corporate Sustainability? The Moderating Roles of Regulation and Management Support

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the effects of big data analytics (BDA) and artificial intelligence (AI) on corporate sustainability performance, specifically investigating the influence of regulatory pressure and top management support. Utilizing hierarchical regression analysis on questionnaire data from 220 Chinese manufacturing firms, we find that both BDA and
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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