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Life Cycle Analysis as a Sustainable Governance Lever for Environmental Performance: Evidence From French SBF 120 Companies

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on neo‐institutional theory, stakeholder theory, and the resource‐based view to examine the relationship between the use of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and firms' Environmental Performance (EP). Focusing on French companies listed on the SBF 120 index from 2002 to 2021, it investigates how LCA adoption influences EP across three
Nesrine Ben Ismail, Sami Ben Larbi
wiley   +1 more source

Classroom boundaries and teacher agency: Challenges of implementing Ireland's new primary curriculum

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article reports on a doctoral study examining teacher agency in one Irish primary school at a timely moment ahead of the implementation of the new Primary Curriculum Framework in September 2025. The framework embeds teacher agency as a central professional principle, yet findings from this study reveal a more cautious and bounded reality.
Máiréad Nally, Carmel O. Sullivan, Karin Bacon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

End to informality? Examining the impact of institutional reforms on informal institutions in post-Euromaidan Ukraine [PDF]

, 2016
What happens to informal institutions in the process of institutional reforms? This article aims to examine one particular aspect of the complex interaction between institutional reforms and informality; the impact of reforms on informal political ...
Aliyev, Huseyn
core   +1 more source

Can Biodiversity Markets Deliver Inclusive and Collaborative Nature Recovery? Lessons From Different Habitat Banking Models in England

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity markets are increasingly promoted as instruments to close the biodiversity finance gap, yet their implications for social inclusivity and collaborative governance remain poorly understood. England's new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) policy provides a critical case.
M. Troiano, S. O. S. E. zu Ermgassen, N. E. Duffus, I. Hawkins, S. Gall, R. Mascia, M. Whitney, H. Thomas, M. Hirons   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The market for the “old” and the “new” institutional economics

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
This paper conceives of the market as an institution, and contrasts two theoretical approaches: Institutionalism, with an evolutionary and analytical bias, whose theoretical basis comes from “Old/Original” Institutionalism, and New Institutional ...
ADRIANO JOSÉ PEREIRA, HERTON CASTIGLIONI LOPES   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NEW SELF

European Societies, 2010
ABSTRACT This paper maps the unequal development of detraditionalization in rich societies. It views detraditionalization as a shift in the mode of social control from reliance on scarcity, belief and ideology, self evident tradition and obedience, to self-control.
Mark Elchardus, Kobe De Keere
openaire   +1 more source

State Capacity and Path Dependence in Cape Verde's Supreme Audit Institution

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines state capacity and path dependence in the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Cape Verde, focussing on the performance and governance of the Court of Auditors. Drawing on a mixed‐methods longitudinal design covering the period from 2010 to 2024, the analysis combines international governance indicators, documentary analysis,
Ana Lúcia Romão
wiley   +1 more source

Administrative Traditions of the Majority World: A Commentary and Future Research Agenda

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Decolonising public administration is an urgent and necessary endeavour. In this short article we argue that we cannot, however, settle for shallow decolonialisations. We argue that the specific iterations of bureaucracy evidenced in post‐colonial states across the majority world can be conceptualised through the lens of administrative ...
Ibrahim Bornoma, Nick Kirsop‐Taylor, David Benson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Drivers and Barriers to the Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development at Two Swedish Business and Management Schools

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the significance of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), ESD implementation faces challenges, especially economic obstacles in a global world. This study explores the drivers and barriers to ESD implementation at two Swedish business and management schools (BMSs).
Alice Chih‐Yi Batiste, Shu‐Nu Chang Rundgren   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

People, power and planning in public places: the making of Covenant Day

Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 2015
Cities have been heralded as the spatial manifestation of differentiated land uses and activities. The planning system has tried to establish some interpretation of sense for the public good within this paradoxical and contested place.
Keith Henry, Greg Lloyd, Heather Ritchie
doaj   +1 more source