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Elaborating the Motivations and Attitudes Driving Interest in Voluntary Biodiversity Credits
ABSTRACT Global biodiversity loss has prompted the search for new sources of conservation finance, such as voluntary biodiversity credits (VBCs). However, despite optimistic market projections, current uptake of VBCs is limited. Adopting an interpretive approach, we analyse 21 semistructured interviews with early market actors (buyers, sellers ...
Gamze Yakar‐Pritchard +5 more
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Theoretical Reflections on the Public-Private Distinction and their Traces in European Union Law
From its inception, EU law has been organised with (economic) integration as its guiding paradigm. A public-private distinction as it is known in many civil law countries has never been a characterising feature of EU law. In the absence of such a divide
Constanze Semmelmann
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ABSTRACT This article contributes to sustainability research by investigating the complex, geopolitically induced challenges faced by industrial supply chains under international sanctions. Using Iran's steel industry as a case, it examines sustainability barriers through the lens of stakeholder theory. A mixed methods approach was employed.
Seyed Hamed Moosavirad +2 more
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Corporate governance and public corruption [PDF]
Corporate governance in the private sector and corruption are important for economic development and private sector development. This paper investigates how corporate governance in private-sector media companies can affect public corruption.
Cusolito, Ana
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Board Gender Diversity and Environmental Credit Risk in Banking: A Global Study of Bank Governance
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between board gender diversity and environmental credit risk in the global banking sector. Using a panel dataset of 345 publicly listed banks from 75 countries over the period 2018–2022, we find that greater female representation on bank boards is significantly associated with lower environmental credit
Kenza Mouti +2 more
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Assessing Law No. 87 of 2024 on private sector management of public healthcare facilities in Egypt: neoliberal roots, potential consequences, and policy recommendations. [PDF]
Abu El Kheir-Mataria W +2 more
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The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law [PDF]
This chapter of the forthcoming Handbook of Law and Economics surveys the theory of the public enforcement of law — the use of governmental agents (regulators, inspectors, tax auditors, police, prosecutors) to detect and to sanction violators of legal ...
A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell
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ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang +2 more
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The article examines recent changes in Ukraine’s maritime and seaport regulatory environment amidst significant political, economic, and security pressures.
Bohdan Fasii
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Rethinking health, human rights, and the climate crisis in the new global order. [PDF]
Patterson DW.
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