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Generating Coherent Messages in Real-time Decision Support: Exploiting Discourse Theory for Discourse Practice

open access: yes, 1997
This paper presents a message planner, TraumaGEN, that draws on rhetorical structure and discourse theory to address the problem of producing integrated messages from individual critiques, each of which is designed to achieve its own communicative goal ...
Carberry, Sandra, Harvey, Terrence
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Redundancy in parliamentary political discourse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper is aimed at analysing the use of redundancy in Oral Questions in the Andalusian Parliament. The corpus is made up of 12 oral questions raised by the two main political parties at the Committee for Equality and Social Welfare.
Alvarez Benito, Gloria   +1 more
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Current Trends and Future Research in Management Control for Sustainability in Retail

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing emphasis on sustainability in the retail sector, driven by regulatory frameworks, market trends and consumer demand, has placed management control at the forefront of facilitating sustainability practices. Despite increasing academic interest in this area, the literature is fragmented and provides limited sector‐specific insight ...
Miguel Gil, Mart Ots, Timur Uman
wiley   +1 more source

An Exploratory Application of Rhetorical Structure Theory to Detect Coherence Errors in L2 English Writing: Possible Implications for Automated Writing Evaluation Software [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper presents an initial attempt to examine whether Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) (Mann & Thompson, 1988) can be fruitfully applied to the detection of the coherence errors made by Taiwanese low-intermediate learners of English.
Skoufaki, S
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Takeover Vulnerability and the Discipline of ESG Overinvestment

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While takeovers serve a disciplinary role by replacing inefficient managers, the threat of takeovers may compel firms to divert attention from Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts as a strategic response to external pressure, especially when such firms are already overinvesting in ESG.
Abongeh Tunyi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hypotheses, evidence and relationships: The HypER approach for representing scientific knowledge claims [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Biological knowledge is increasingly represented as a collection of (entity-relationship-entity) triplets. These are queried, mined, appended to papers, and published.
Buckingham Shum, S.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Zero Deforestation Commitments and Industry 4.0 Enabling Technologies: An Analysis of Their Role in Mitigating Deforestation

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of corporate zero‐deforestation commitments (ZDCs) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) enabling technologies in mitigating deforestation. Drawing on data from 110 companies included in the Forest 500 dataset, the research explores whether sustainability commitments and digital innovation influence firms' deforestation ...
Valentina Beretta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Raising students' awareness of cross-cultural contrastive rhetoric in English writing via an e-learning course [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This study investigated the potential impact of e-learning on raising overseas students' cultural awareness and explored the possibility of creating an interactive learning environment for them to improve their English academic writing.
Spencer, Ken   +2 more
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Beyond Greenwashing: Impact of Circular Economy Practices on Green Collaborative Practices and Sustainable Supply Chain Integration Through Green Value Co‐Creation

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the influence of circular economy practices, as a manifestation of corporate social responsibility, on green value co‐creation and its subsequent effects on green collaborative practices and sustainable supply chain integration between providers and customers.
Adriana Santos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Transformation on Green Operational Performance: Evidence From the E‐Waste Firm's Perspective

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital transformation (DT) is increasingly recognised as essential for improving environmental performance in process‐intensive and hazardous sectors; however, the mechanisms by which digitalisation translates into green operational performance (GOP) and environmental accountability remain insufficiently investigated, particularly in ...
Amila Kasun Sampath Udage Kankanamge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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