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Sustainable Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Markets: The Institutional Drivers of Firms' Climate Action

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how home‐ and host‐country institutions jointly shape the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on firms' climate action commitments (CAC) in emerging markets. Drawing on New Institutional Economics and Varieties of Capitalism, we conceptualize FDI as a mechanism of institutional transmission through which multinational
Jose Pla‐Barber, David Tobón‐Orozco
wiley   +1 more source

Operationalizing the Metaverse for Urban Sustainability: Evidence From an Expert Panel and the Seoul Metaverse City Case Study

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smart cities and urban digital twins have fostered the emergence of immersive environments, such as the metaverse. While contemporary scholarlship has increasingly examined the integration of the metaverse within smart city infrastructures, the critical nexus between urban sustainability and the metaverse remains largely under‐researched. This
Jose Manuel Diaz‐Sarachaga   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Independent Kazakhstan and the 'black box' of decision-making : understanding Kazakhstan's foreign policy in the early independence period (1991-4)

open access: yes, 2014
This thesis presents a foreign policy decision-making analysis of Kazakhstan’s foreign relations in the initial post-independence period. The study applies a neoclassical realist theoretical framework in order to provide the understanding of Kazakhstan’s
Ayazbekov, Anuar
core  

Great power guarentees or small state cooperation?: atlanticsm and European regionalism in Norwegian foreign policy, 1940-1945 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
In this study, Sven G. Holtsmark explores the Norwegian foreign policy discussions, and the reorientation of the basic premises of Norway’s security and foreign relations, during the Second World War.
Holtsmark, Sven G.
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Exploring the Drivers of Ecological Sustainability: Insights From the World's Top SDGs Performers

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the impact of climate technologies, financial inclusion, renewable energy, and economic growth on the environmental sustainability of the five world's top the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) performers. Utilizing a newly compiled panel dataset, the analysis employs the load capacity factor as a proxy for ...
Abdullah Emre Caglar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Public Diplomacy in Norwegian Foreign Policy – Current Aspects

open access: yes, 2014
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to evaluate the role of public diplomacy in the Norwegian foreign policy, and also to answer the research question of how Norway, from the position of a small country, wishes to be perceived by the international ...
Drozd, Jiří
core  

Foreign Direct Investment in Norway’s Manufacturing Sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
-This report investigates the location advantages of the Norwegian manufacturing industry while focusing on economic as well as institutional factors. The economy relies highly on the exploitation of natural resources and only minor parts of its exports ...
Kvinge, Torunn, Narula, Rajneesh
core  

Global Changes and Norwegian Foreign and Development Policy 2010–2020

open access: yes, 2010
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Andersen, Morten Skumsrud   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Prohibited Plants: Converging Sustainability Transitions and Local Development in ‘Left‐Behind Places’

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between sustainability transitions and local development through the case of Colombia's medicinal cannabis industry. It highlights how neglecting place‐specific needs and development expectations can hinder equitable transitions and reinforce existing socio‐economic disparities.
Diana Morales, Mónica Ramos‐Mejía
wiley   +1 more source

Probing the Energy Trilemma Pillars: Do Innovation Pathways Deliver Cleaner and More Equitable Energy Systems?

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Balancing reliable energy supply, equitable access, and environmental sustainability is a central challenge of the global energy transition. This study examines how innovation influences the energy trilemma by shaping energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability across 115 countries from 2011 to 2023.
Kingsley Imandojemu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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