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The data archiving in the small herbaria digitisation workflow. [PDF]

Biodivers Data J
Novikov A.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Proxies to System State: Defining Sustainability Management Against Symbolic Progress

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability in management is often measured through scores, ratings, and disclosure narratives that can reward symbolic progress while leaving underlying social‐ecological conditions unchanged. This perspective paper offers a definition of Sustainability Management as how organizations plan, organize, lead, and control (four management ...
Yiping Zhang, Olaf Weber
wiley   +1 more source

An Assessment of Factors Affecting the Performance of Outsourced ATM Service among Commercial Banks in Kenya

, 2013
The study was an assessment of the factors affecting the performance of outsourced ATM service among commercial banks in Kenya. Following the huge investment and high monitoring costs of ATMs in Kenya, many financial institutions in Kenya have opted to ...
Koech, Lily Cherono
core  

Enhancing sterilization supply management: a pre-post study on the impact of an integrated information system in a multi-campus hospital setting. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Li G, Xia F, Chen X, Li L, Xu L, Zeng H, Mao X, Li Q, Chen R.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Water Losses and Environmental Efficiency in Urban Water Supply Systems: A Comparative Assessment for Spain and Portugal

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water losses are a critical environmental and operational challenge, especially in regions exposed to increasing water stress. This study assesses the environmental productivity of municipal water supply services in Spain and Portugal during the period 2014–2022, explicitly treating losses as an undesirable output.
Elisabet Zafra Gómez, Emilio José de la Higuera Molina, Rui Cunha Marques, Cristina María Campos Alba, Pablo Povedano‐Fernández   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resilient and verifiable outsourced attribute-based non-interactive oblivious transfer protocol for tactical edge networks. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Liu W, Fu B, Wang L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Relationship Between Micro‐Level Circular Economy and Sustainable Performance in the Metalworking Industry

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The large multinational metalworking industry has increasingly adopted micro‐level circular economy (MLCE) practices; however, the extent to which these initiatives translate into sustainable performance remains insufficiently understood. This study examines the relationship between MLCE and economic, environmental, and social performance ...
Paulo Caracciolo, Plinio Centoamore, Thadeu Alfredo Farias Silva, Henrricco Nieves Pujol Tucci, Dirceu da Silva, Geraldo Cardoso de Oliveira Neto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges of implementing outsourcing of primary health services from the perspective of stakeholders. [PDF]

BMC Prim Care
Ebrahimipour H, Yousefi M, Tabatabaee S, Hooshmand E, Taghipour A, Jamili S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Power to Change: Conceptualising Systemic Change Towards Sustainability in Business Networks

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability advancement requires systemic changes in business networks of interconnected firms. Given the rapid need and complexity of instigating such transitions, the power to influence the networked actors emerges as a central concept.
Eini Haaja, Olga Dziubaniuk, Outi Keränen, Omar Mohammed, Asta Salmi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

TRUST: A toolkit for TEE-assisted secure outsourced computation over integers. [PDF]

Fundam Res
Zhao B, Li J, Qiao C, Liu JN, Pei Q, Shen Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source