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Investigating the Psychological Profile of Organized Crime Members

open access: yes, 2020
This volume provides insights on how recruitment patterns develop for two related types of criminal networks: organized crime and terrorism. It specifically explores the social, situational, psychological, and economic drivers of recruitment.
Gabriele De Maio   +5 more
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On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A review of behavioural studies using home‐cage monitoring (HCM) systems revealed that over 61% of studies used only male subjects, with only 24% including both sexes, despite evidence of substantial behavioural differences between male and female animals. This bias could influence the outcomes of biomedical research.
Maša Čater   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organized Crime, Migration and Human Capital Formation: Evidence from the South of Italy [PDF]

open access: yes
The presence of organized crime is a pervasive feature of many developed and developing countries. Even if ‘mafia’ organizations have greatly enlarged the geographical scope of their activities, as in the past they are still deeply rooted in specific ...
Nicola Daniele Coniglio   +2 more
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The analysis and containment of organized crime and transnational organized crime: an interview with Ernesto U. Savona

open access: yes, 2015
This interview with Ernesto Savona was conducted in 2014. It discusses Savona’s background, influences, career and current thinking and activities. After graduating in 1965 in Palermo, he has worked at Rome “La Sapienza”, Trento and Cattolica del Sacro ...
Calderoni, Francesco
core   +1 more source

Corruption Control and Corporate Hazardous Waste Emissions: Cross‐Country Evidence and the Moderating Role of Agenda 2030

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the impact of corruption control, as a public institutional mechanism, on hazardous waste emissions of private sector entities. We also examine the extent to which Agenda 2030 moderates the relationship. We analyse data from the top 500 global companies.
Babajide Oyewo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Constraints and Corporate Sustainability Performance: Do Climate Exposure and People's Climate Attention Matter?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between financial constraints and a firm's sustainability performance. Our empirical analysis utilises a panel of 40,445 observations from 9466 listed non‐financial firms across 44 countries, spanning the period from 2002 to 2019.
Boying Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political corruption in Eurasia : understanding collusion between states, organized crime, and business

open access: yes, 2015
This article presents the problem of illicit collusion between states, organized criminals and white-collar criminals in the post-Soviet region, showing the blurring of these phenomena.
Kupatadze, Alexander; id_orcid   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Beyond Compliance: The Role of Climate Policy Stringency and Financial Institutions in Cleantech Startup Entry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how environmental regulations can drive technological change, drawing on the innovation systems perspective and the strong Porter hypothesis (SPH). The SPH suggests that well‐designed stringent regulations can foster innovation and enhance firm competitiveness, performance, and survival, yet prior research remains largely ...
Muhammad Zubair Khan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The (Hidden) Financial Flows of Terrorist and Organized Crime Organizations: A Literature Review and Some Preliminary Empirical Results [PDF]

open access: yes
The financial means of international terror and organized crime organizations are analysed. First, some short remarks about the organization of international terror organizations are made.
Schneider, Friedrich
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