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Between Sustainable Development, Financialisation and Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Case of Blue Finance as Yet Another Iteration of the Washington Consensus

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As far as international economic law (IEL) is concerned, the ‘Washington Consensus’ generally refers to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s development finance policies and tools. It covers their application to their clients and borrowers with the support of Western governments. This acceptation is of particular interest
Leïla Choukroune
wiley   +1 more source

The law of AI knowledge distillation

American Business Law Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Knowledge distillation—the practice of training a compact student model on the outputs of a larger teacher model—has emerged as the fastest‐growing technique for replicating and disseminating frontier artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
Taorui Guan
wiley   +1 more source

When workers get to choose: Employment and wage responses to demand shocks in labour‐managed and conventional firms

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract In conventional firms (CFs), workers are unlikely to accept pay and hour reductions in order to secure their jobs, in particular because of information asymmetry. A specific type of firm is not subject to this information asymmetry problem because workers make decisions and share profits: worker cooperatives.
Nathalie Magne, Virginie Pérotin
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond profit maximization: The effect of cooperative governance on insolvency risk in the Brazilian supplementary healthcare industry

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Traditional bankruptcy literature has primarily focused on commercial enterprises, often overlooking the unique dynamics of cooperatives and other small organizations. This study addresses this g ap by developing a predictive model for insolvency risk within Brazil's supplementary health sector, encompassing both for‐profit and not‐for‐profit ...
Thiago de Oliveira Victorino, Arthur Gomes Nery, Rodrigo Lima Rangel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Work Integration Social Cooperatives in Italy: Public finance sustainability of active labour policies for disadvantaged individuals

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Unemployment and limited access to decent job opportunities disproportionately affect vulnerable individuals. In Italy, policies designed to promote the participation of the disadvantaged labour force grant Work Integration Social Cooperatives (WISCs) tax benefits and contribution revenues.
Elisa Chiaf, Alberto Corsini, Raffaele Miniaci, María Paz Urgilés Salinas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post‐Trial Responsibilities for Participants Implanted With Neurosurgical Devices: A Qualitative Study

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The issue of post‐trial responsibility is about what is owed to research participants after a clinical trial ends, who is responsible, and how long this responsibility must endure. Despite two decades of international guidance on this issue, research involving novel high‐risk interventions—such as implantable neurotechnologies—raises ...
Nathan Higgins, Adrian Carter, John Gardner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

We Guide Them to Independence. Experiences of Professionals Involved in the Transition to Adulthood of Unaccompanied Refugee Adolescents

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper explores the experiences of professionals who support unaccompanied refugee adolescents in the Netherlands as they transition to adulthood. This study highlights a crucial yet understudied period for these young people, many of whom arrive at the age of 16 or older and have only a short period of time to become self‐sufficient before
L. N. Hacquebord, A. E. Zijlstra, W. J. Post, M. Smit   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unaccompanied Refugee Adolescents' Experiences With Professional Support During Their Transition to Adulthood

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to adulthood is a complex period for unaccompanied refugee adolescents, who must navigate this phase without the physical presence of their parentals while adjusting to life in a new country. This longitudinal qualitative study explores how unaccompanied refugee adolescents in the Netherlands experience professional support ...
L. N. Hacquebord, A. E. Zijlstra, W. J. Post, M. Smit   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Money and federal autocracy: 1913 and the quiet inversion of the American constitutional order

Economic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract The American Revolution affirmed that sovereignty inheres by nature in each Citizen, and collectively in the People. The Constitution completed a structure in which authority flowed from Citizens to their several State republics, and from the States to a Union holding only delegated powers. 1913 inverted that order.
James Turk
wiley   +1 more source

The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
wiley   +1 more source