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Promoting fair globalization in textiles and clothing in a post-MFA environment [PDF]
, 2005 The working paper reports on the current trade conditions in the textile clothing industry in the post Multifibre Agreement era. Additionally, the paper advocates for a fairer globalization, promoting better work conditions, labor wages and general ...
International Labour Office
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Consumers' Intention to Use Circular Business Models: A Configurational Analysis
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular business models (CBMs) integrate ecological sustainability and resource efficiency into core business strategies, but their success depends on consumers' intention to use. Grounded in expectancy–value theory, this study investigates how product‐related factors (perceived usefulness, convenience, value for money, and performance risk ...
Christof Falkenberg +4 more
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The Limits to Growth Management [PDF]
This paper reviews and critiques the growth management system in Montgomery County, Maryland with the intent of finding generalizable lessons. An overview of the twenty year old system is followed by an analysis of its consequences and implications.
David Levinson
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Board Gender Diversity and Environmental Credit Risk in Banking: A Global Study of Bank Governance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.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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On systems of quotas based on bankruptcy with a priori unions: estimating random arrival-style rules [PDF]
, 2020 Alejandro Saavedra–Nieves +1 more
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A new approach to evaluating trade policy [PDF]
The authors introduce a new measure, the Trade Restrictiveness Index, to measure the restrictiveness of a system of trade protection. They propose an alternative to the commonly used ad hoc indexes of trade restrictiveness, such as the trade-weighted ...
Anderson, James E., Neary, J. Peter
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Why Slovakia has become the focal point for opposition against EU refugee quotas [PDF]
, 2015 Slovakia’s Prime Minister, Robert Fico, defended his opposition to refugee quotas in a statement delivered to the European Parliament on 5 October. Katarina Lezova writes on the domestic debate over the refugee crisis within Slovakia.
Lezova, Katarina
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Whether corporate carbon management can enhance productive efficiency is central to firms' long‐term competitiveness and determines whether carbon reduction efforts can be sustained beyond regulatory compliance. This study examines how corporate carbon risk and opportunity management affects firm productivity (measured by total factor ...
Nan Huang, Hanlu Fan, Ruoxin Zhu
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Taxes, ITQs, Investments, and Revenue Sharing [PDF]
There is a presumption that individual transferable quotas (ITQs) will provide incentives to invest optimally in fishing boats. This paper shows that this is not true when the crew is paid a share of the catch value instead of a parametric wage.
Hannesson, Rognvaldur
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Bankruptcy and financial distress commonly precipitate suicidal crises, putting bankruptcy attorneys in potentially difficult situations with clients. This qualitative study explored attorneys' experiences with clients' risk for suicide and attorneys' recommendations for suicide prevention.
John R. Blosnich +4 more
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