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“Basic human things”: Investigating vehicle residents' continually fractured (information) landscapes

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This ethnographic study explores vehicle residents' information practices in the United States (US). Vehicle residents are people whose primary means of housing is a vehicle. This work builds on previous research encompassing transitions and fractured (information) landscapes. Using fractured information landscapes as the theoretical framework,
Kaitlin E. Montague
wiley   +1 more source

The eye of every storm: policy entrepreneurs to strengthen the role of energy efficiency in EU climate policy

open access: yesEnergy, Sustainability and Society
Background Improving energy efficiency on a global scale is crucial to meet climate targets of the Paris Agreement and the UN sustainable development goal on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Fredrik von Malmborg
doaj   +1 more source

Market potential of biobased chemicals: a qualitative network analysis of adoption dynamics in South Africa’s bioeconomy

open access: yesBiofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract The premise of a bioeconomy is the replacement of nonrenewable and unsustainable fossil‐derived resources and associated technologies with more sustainable alternatives. The adoption of biobased chemicals contributes toward the growth of a bioeconomy and is dependent on market and industry requirements.
Prisha Mandree   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Yin-Yang Perspective of Street-Level Policy Entrepreneurs

open access: yesAmerican Business Review
We introduce a cultural perspective, Yin-Yang logic, to explore how street-level policy entrepreneurs (SLPEs) formulate policy and foster inter-local collaborations across 14 Chinese cities.
Monica Ren, Hua Xing, Puyao Xing
doaj   +1 more source

Tax Policy and Entrepreneurship in the Presence of Asymmetric Information in Capital Markets [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper considers the implications of asymmetric information in capital markets for entrepreneurial entry and tax policy. In many countries, governments subsidize the creation of new firms.
Bernd Huber   +2 more
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Differences in Networking of Slovenian SME’s [PDF]

open access: yes
Today, there is an indisputable fact that entrepreneurial (business) success derives from the establishment of mutual connection and cooperation, thereby presenting the essence of economic activities.
Karin SIREC, Katja CRNOGAJ
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Three Big Ideas for a Future of Less Work and a Three-Dimensional Alternative [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The objective of this study is to examine how entrepreneurs in North Rinkeby perceive the Enterprise zone (EZ) program suggested by the Swedish government.
Estlund, Cynthia
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