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Co‐operatives and public policy: A scoping review

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We sketch a first‐ever map of the scholarly literature on co‐operatives and public policy from a selection of English‐language studies published since 2000 using a scoping review methodology. We find that while co‐operatives are often framed as solutions to societal problems, few scholars draw on formal public policy theories.
Marc‐André Pigeon, Hanif Amoozadeh Mahdiraji   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Dimensional Analysis and Machine Learning for Predictive Maintenance of Francis Turbines in Sediment-Laden Flow

Energies
The efficiency decline of Francis turbines, a key component of hydroelectric power generation, presents a multifaceted challenge influenced by interconnected factors such as water quality, incidence angle, erosion, and runner wear.
Álvaro Ospina, Ever Herrera Ríos, Jaime Jaramillo, Camilo A. Franco, Esteban A. Taborda, Farid B. Cortes   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
wiley   +1 more source

Theorising the Impacts of Polycrisis on Employment Relations: Complexity and Diversity at a Global Scale

British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Polycrisis—understood as intersecting crises that amplify each other rather than unfolding separately—poses profound challenges for employment relations theory and practice. The employment relationship is simultaneously a site where the effects of crises are most acutely experienced and a central mechanism through which profit is generated ...
Tony Dobbins, Fang Lee Cooke, Rea Prouska, Steve Williams, Sean O'Brady   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Competition and payments to African chiefs on the Gold Coast during the slave trade, 1679‒1704

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The manuscript records of the Royal African Company show that the Company paid African chiefs for access to trade along the caravan routes on the Gold Coast in the seventeenth century. This paper documents and examines these payments. Using an event study, I establish that after the Glorious Revolution in 1688 when the Company's monopoly in ...
Jose Rowell Corpuz
wiley   +1 more source

Development and Evaluation of Surfactant Nanocapsules for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Applications

Molecules, 2018
The primary objective of this study is the synthesis of nanocapsules (NC) that allow the reduction of the adsorption process of surfactant over the porous media in enhanced oil recovery processes.
Farid B. Cortés, Mónica Lozano, Oveimar Santamaria, Stefania Betancur Marquez, Karol Zapata, Natalia Ospina, Camilo A. Franco   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

Regulatory devices and solidarity networks to support entrepreneurs in difficulty: an anthropological look

Narrare i Gruppi
The ability to 'network' between businesses and local institutions has been the subject of numerous studies and has fueled a line of multidisciplinary research which has made it possible to highlight the complexity of local systems and the ...
Simone Ghezzi
doaj  

The slow emergence of the rational investor: Grain markets and grain storage of rural estates in western Germany, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We develop new datasets of monthly grain prices in 14 urban markets and of the storage and marketing of grain by 5 rural estates located in western Germany between the late seventeenth century and c. 1860. We explore whether observed patterns of monthly prices, sales, and storage of grain are consistent with the rational competitive storage ...
Matthias Hartermann, Ulrich Pfister, Friederike Scholten‐Buschhoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unequal Solidarity: Club Rules and Crisis Support in the European Polity

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Is European solidarity during crises due to common or close identities? Or do Europeans punish rule‐breaking countries by showing them less solidarity? Research on the determinants of European solidarity increasingly focuses on ‘solidarity to’, how givers' attitudes are shaped by their perceptions of receiving member states.
Zbigniew Truchlewski, Daniel Kovarek, Joseph Ganderson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source