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Conceptualizing Corporate Political Activity for Sustainability Governance—The CPA Cube
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainability transformations in the economy, and related public policy decisions, are highly contested, attracting business involvement. To better understand how business influence on government impacts the success or failure of sustainability governance efforts, this paper extends the literature on corporate political activity (CPA) by ...
Burkard Eberlein, Janina Grabs
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Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel +2 more
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The Role of Business R&D in Environmental Sustainability: Evidence From the Nordic Countries
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As environmental sustainability becomes an increasingly important concern for advanced economies, the role of business innovation in relation to environmental outcomes has attracted increasing attention. This study examines the relationship between business enterprise research and development (BERD) and environmental sustainability in the ...
Abdullah Emre Caglar +2 more
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, 2014 To an extent, the architecture of each era is dictated by the material context prevalent at the time. Architecture's Steel Age gave way to its Concrete Age, which is now giving way to the newfangled Timber Age. As has historically been the case, however,
Girhammar, Ulf Arne +2 more
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Bond Strength of composite CFRP reinforcing bars in timber [PDF]
, 2015 The use of near-surface mounted (NSM) fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars is an interesting method for increasing the shear and flexural strength of existing timber members.
Luca Righetti +5 more
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Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.This study demonstrates the feasibility of an underground closed‐loop thermal storage facility at a post‐mining site, intended for seasonal heat energy storage. Its principal design shows water flow directions in winter and summer (1, 2), heat pumps (3), an upper water reservoir (4), and connecting pipes (5).
Dmytro Rudakov, Oleksandr Inkin
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Combining paleoecology and modeling to explore cascading disturbances in forest ecosystems
Ecography, EarlyView.Climate‐induced cascading disturbance interactions pose a major challenge to the sustainable provision of forest ecosystem services to society. Developing a deeper understanding and enhanced capacity to simulate these interactions is essential for identifying disturbance‐induced tipping points in forest ecosystems, and for improving management in ...
Cécile C. Remy +6 more
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Carroll Round Proceedings 2007
, 2007 Undergraduate economic research papers presented at the 5th Annual Carroll Round Conference at Georgetown ...
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The construction sector is a major contributor to the climate crisis, accounting for over one‐third of global energy‐related CO2 emissions. In response, the European Commission identified the circular economy as a means of achieving green growth and prioritized the construction sector in its Circular Economy Action Plan.
A. (Angeline) Chartier +1 more
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Carroll Round Proceedings 2016
, 2016 Undergraduate economic research papers presented at the 11th Annual Carroll Round Conference at Georgetown ...
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