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Bridging Academic Research and Business Practices at the Crossroad of Circular Economy and the SDGs
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The global shift toward sustainability has amplified interest in the Circular Economy, which aims to optimize resource use and minimize waste. In parallel, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a universal framework for addressing social, environmental, and economic challenges.
Corentin Juin, Andrea Nicolodi
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Second Language Pragmatic Competence Assessment: Towards Telecollaboration-Based Tasks.
, 2023 International audienceDuring the past 20 years, research and practice in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has witnessed a growing interest in telecollaboration in foreign language education (Garcés & O’Dowd, 2020).
Foucher, Anne-Laure +2 more
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The Fast, the Steady and the Tenacious: Funding Pathways for Circular Start‐Ups
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular start‐ups (CSUs) are critical for unlocking the circular economy, yet they face persistent barriers in accessing finance. Despite growing interest from policymakers and financing institutions, little empirical evidence explains how these ventures pursue and secure funding.
Pilar Mejía‐Vélez +4 more
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Pragmatic competence refers to the ability to appropriately use language in various social and scientific situations. For effective professional communication, students must possess certain knowledge on the subject, and in the process of teaching English, practical use of professional knowledge is expected.
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, 2008 In this contribution, I focus on the concept of “appropriateness” in the usage, the learning and the teaching of foreign languages. Using a participant-based emic perspective, I investigate multilinguals’ perceptions of appropriateness in their foreign ...
Dewaele, Jean-Marc
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Small enterprises (SEs) constitute a major component of economic systems, and their socio‐environmental commitment is critical for promoting societal well‐being. This paper examines the direct effect of sound financial practices on socio‐environmental commitment and evaluates the mediating role of financial constraints—specifically debt and ...
Marcos Álvarez‐Espiño +2 more
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Developing pragmatic competence in a foreign language
, 2006 This article presents a theoretical discussion about the inclusion of explicit pragmatic instruction as a facilitative tool to develop pragmatic competence in a foreign language.
Tello Rueda, Yined
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study identifies and conceptualises the grey zone of stakeholder engagement and explores how it manifests in a collaborative context related to the promotion of a circular economy. While prior research on stakeholder engagement has highlighted the positive, value‐creating bright side or the harmful dark side of stakeholder engagement, we ...
Annika Blomberg +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental management accounting (EMA) is increasingly recognised as essential for carbon governance, accountability and net zero transitions, yet research has overlooked how sustainability is negotiated within mission‐driven but commercially exposed service organisations such as private hospitals in developing economies, a sector often ...
M. M. Swalih, Ronita Ram, Edward Tew
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NURTURING INTERLANGUAGE PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE THROUGH DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT
This study investigates the impact of peer-Dynamic Assessment (peer-DA) on the development of interlanguage pragmatic (ILP) competence among Indonesian EFL learners.
Prastikawati, Entika Fani +2 more
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