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Greening the Bottom Line: Public Funding for Circular Economy Initiatives and Financial Stability
ABSTRACT Public funding for circular economy (CE) initiatives plays a crucial role in shaping corporate financial performance, yet its effects remain underexplored. Grounded in the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm, this study investigates the financial impact of CE funding on private firms, using Portugal as a case study. It analyses the financial
Rui Cruz +3 more
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Portfolio Choice when Managers Control Returns [PDF]
This paper investigates the allocation decision of an investor with two projects. Separate managers control the mean return from each project, and the investor may or may not observe the managers’ actions.
Egil Matsen
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ABSTRACT Transition intermediaries play a pivotal role in configuring networks aligning the interests of stakeholders to achieve sustainable goals. However, the transition literature has paid little attention to the influence intermediaries can have in strengthening organisational capabilities. Especially in sectors that are slow to change, such as the
Horacio Gonzalez +2 more
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Mean-Variance-Skewness Portfolio Performance Gauging: A General Shortage Function and Dual Approach [PDF]
This paper proposes a nonparametric efficiency measurement approach for the static portfolio selection problem in mean-variance-skewness space. A shortage function is defined that looks for possible increases in return and skewness and decreases in ...
Kristiaan Kerstens +2 more
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ABSTRACT Despite growing attention to the circular bioeconomy (CBE), the steel industry currently lacks a standardised, sectoral measurement framework to facilitate a low‐carbon transition. In this study, a decision‐support framework for evaluating CBE performance in the steel industry is proposed.
Ali Zamani Babgohari +2 more
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Optimal asset allocation for retirement funds: a South African perspective [PDF]
Includes bibliographical references.This paper aims to determine the optimal asset allocation for South African retirement funds under the constraints of Regulation 28. Regulation 28 allows retirement funds to invest a maximum of 25 into offshore assets.
Wepener, Caryn Wendy
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Optimization method of investment package based on Markowitz portfolio theory
Objective. The aim of the study is to implement and evaluate the optimization method based on the Markowitz portfolio theory. Method. The model is built using the Python programming language and the necessary libraries.
A. D. Baydalin
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Mean-variance inefficiency of CRRA and CARA utility functions for portfolio selection in defined contribution pension schemes [PDF]
We consider the portfolio selection problem in the accumulation phase of a defined contribution pension scheme in continuous time, and compare the mean-variance and the expected utility maximization approaches.
Elena Vigna
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Formalising Sustainability Management as a Core Process Group in Project Management
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a strategic imperative for organisations, yet widely used project management standards such as the PMBoK sixth and seventh editions still do not formalise how sustainability should be embedded across project work. This gap matters because PMBoK‐based processes shape governance, roles, documentation and performance ...
Cinzia Dessi +3 more
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Portfolio Management for a Random Field of Bond Returns [PDF]
A new method of bond portfolio optimization is described. The method is based on stochastic string models of bond returns. It is shown how to approximate the bond return correlation function with Padé approximations and how to compute the optimal ...
Vladislav Kargin
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