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Fueling Tomorrow: Scenario Planning for the Future of Gas Stations

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transport electrification is reshaping the service infrastructures that mediate everyday mobility, yet most electrification scenario studies remain macrolevel and offer limited insight into how incumbent forecourt (gas‐station) networks can adapt under deep uncertainty.
Joao Gabriel Rosa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Credit Constraint on Productivity and Rural Household Income in China

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Chinese rural household has been always facing credit constraints. Few institutions lend loans to farmers because of financial risks. Farmers have to use usury or other informal sources to meet the financial needs for production.
Lu, Jing   +2 more
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The effect of formal credit on output and employment in rural India [PDF]

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This paper estimates the output, investment, employment and wage effect of institutional credit using district-level panel data from India. Using a two-stage model to distinguish demand for formal credit from supply, the authors conclude that increased ...
Binswanger, Hans P.   +1 more
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Digital Technology's Role in Circular Waste Management: A Systematic Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining circular economy ideas with digital tools offers a game‐changing way to tackle global sustainability problems. This paper focuses on how digital changes and circular economy models link up. A review has been conducted for 112 articles from 2021 to September 2025, using PRISMA‐2020 methodology. This study covered new tech like AI, IoT,
Reza Eslamipoor
wiley   +1 more source

Digital credit and insurance: Improving economic well-being for rural households

open access: yesInternational Review of Economics & Finance
The integration of digital technologies in credit and insurance services has important implications for the economic well-being of rural households. This paper utilizes cross-sectional data from a 2022 survey conducted with 476 rural households in China ...
Jinhua Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determination of Credit Programme Participation and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Beneficiaries:Evidence from Sargodha [PDF]

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In Pakistan about 65 percent population live in rural areas. The rural credit markets are segmented and imperfect. Micro -credit is considered as a valuable technique to deal with imperfections of credit markets.
Sofia Anwer   +3 more
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Unlocking Investment for the Water‐Energy‐Food‐Ecosystems Nexus: Key Drivers of Blended Finance for Sustainable Development

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blended finance has emerged as a strategic solution to the multifaceted challenges of projects that navigate the intricate interplay of water, energy, food, and ecosystems, ultimately contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Paolo Gnutti Sandiumenge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Objective Financial Situation and Psychological Outlook in the Relationship Between Personal Life Shocks and Financial Well‐Being

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 632-654, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Existing research examines the relationship between personal life shocks and financial well‐being primarily through the lens of objective markers of the individual's financial situation (e.g., liquidity). Little attention has been paid to the relative roles of these objective markers and more intuitive or affect‐based factors in how an ...
Jordan Bell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural credit delivery in India: structural constraints and some corrective measures

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In view of the importance of rural credit to agriculture and rural development, this paper has examined a few structural constraints that hamper the credit delivery and has discussed some of the measures taken to improve the situation.
Satyasai, K.J.S.
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