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Does information and communication technology matter for the environmental sustainability paradigm? Evidence from MENA countries [PDF]

Digital Transformation and Society
PurposeThe present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the imports and exports of information and communication technology (ICT) and environmental sustainability in MENA countries from 2012 to 2021.Design/methodology/approachThe study ...
Faris ALshubiri
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Productivity, moisture and competition—Habitat conditions affecting population viability of the wet grassland orchid Dactylorhiza majalis under conservation‐oriented management

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 970-985, April 2025.
Our results suggest that adjusting regular conservation‐oriented management may be beneficial for many wet grassland sites. Observing few but large D. majalis individuals may serve as a warning sign for deteriorating site conditions that can help prioritise conservation efforts to stabilise populations early on.
Laura Josephin Hartmann, Johannes Metz
wiley   +1 more source

US CO2 emissions and IPCC components: Evidence of persistence using fractional integration

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
This paper investigates the persistence of CO2 emissions in the US and per Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) category contribution, evaluating its persistence across time (1970–2022).
Miguel A. Martin-Valmayor, Juan Infante, Nieves Carmona-González, Luis A. Gil-Alana   +3 more
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How Do Cognitive Proximity and Knowledge Space Position Affect Firms' Innovation? Evidence From Micro and Small Manufacturing Firms in South Africa

Growth and Change, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Cognitive proximity between firms, and their position in relation to other firms in a knowledge space, can influence firms' innovation performance. While some studies have begun analysing this in developing countries, there is a dearth of evidence in Africa, and more generally for small and especially micro enterprises as well as for informal ...
Jefferson R. B. Galetti, Fiona Tregenna
wiley   +1 more source

Trading emissions, shaping ambitions: Understanding what drives carbon market intentions in Vietnam

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
As carbon markets emerge as critical instruments in climate policy, understanding what drives corporate participation becomes essential, particularly in developing countries undergoing regulatory transformation.
Ngo Thanh Mai, Dinh Duc Truong, Le Huy Huan, Duong Duc Tam   +3 more
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Measuring an audit quality climate among employees

International Journal of Auditing, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 1-33, January 2025.
The International Standard on Quality Management requires, among other things, that audit firm leadership promotes a quality‐oriented culture in firms. We add a novel contribution to the audit quality literature by developing an instrument to measure the audit quality climate in audit firms.
Johanna Alida Kritzinger, Karin Barac
wiley   +1 more source

New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database [PDF]

Infrastructure industries including telecommunications, electricity, water, and gas underwent massive structural changes during the 1990s. During that decade, hundreds of privatization transactions valued at billions of dollars were completed in these ...
Clarke, George, Haggarty, Luke, Kaneshiro, Rosario, Noll, Roger G., Shirley, Mary, Wallsten, Scott, Xu, Lixin Colin   +6 more
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The role of financial innovation and Industry 4.0 in decarbonizing resource-intensive industries through threshold effects

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge
This study examines the role of science and technology finance (S&TF) and Industry 4.0 innovations in promoting sustainable transformation in China's copper mining industry, with a focus on reducing carbon emissions.
Arshad Ahmad Khan, Sufyan Ullah Khan, Muhammad Abu Sufyan Ali, Ijlal Haider, Jianchao Luo   +4 more
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A graph‐based optimization methodology for identifying firefighting strategies aimed at domino effects

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Volume 102, Issue 8, Page 2714-2723, August 2024.
Abstract Firefighting strategies at process plants would include simultaneous extinguishment of burning units and cooling of exposed units if firefighting resources are sufficient. This way, the fire can be contained and its propagation to the exposed units can be prevented, which would otherwise cause fire escalation and result in domino effects ...
Nima Khakzad, Ernesto Salzano, Paul Amyotte   +2 more
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Muslim Publics Divided on Hamas and Hezbollah [PDF]

, 2010
Presents results of a spring 2010 Pew Global Attitudes Project survey conducted in Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey on views of Hamas, Hezbollah, and al Qaeda and the role of Islam in politics by respondent's ...

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