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Globalization for Sale

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
We study the role of firms in the political economy of trade agreements. Using detailed information from lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, we find that virtually all firms that lobby on free trade agreements (FTAs) support their ratification. Moreover, relative to non-lobbying firms, lobbying firms are larger, and more likely to
Blanga Gubbay, Michael, Conconi, Paola, Parenti, Mathieu   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Decoupling Thermodynamic and Kinetic Moisture Instability Reveals a Critical Humidity Threshold for Sodium Thiophosphate Solid Electrolyte

Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
A quantitative exposure‐heat treatment framework identifies a critical humidity threshold (15%RH) and heat treatment temperature (80°C) that governs the recoverability of air‐exposed Na3PS4, revealing the decoupled thermodynamic and kinetic contributions to its moisture stability.
Boling Liu, Jingjing Liu, Ahmad Mandouh, Brenna Richardson, Cheng Xu, Soo Yeon Lim, Wenhui Zhu, Md. Monir Hossain, Ruigang Wang, Wei Lai, Chengcheng Fang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Calculation and analysis of potential impact radius for hydrogen-doped natural gas and hydrogen pipelines

管道保护
The transmission of hydrogen through dedicated pipelines and the conveyance of hydrogen-doped natural gas via in-service gas pipelines are both effective methods for long-distance hydrogen transportation.
Xianzhi QI, Xiaohu NIE, Caiyi YIN, Shaochen ZHU, Zijian HUANG   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leading collaborative change amid a crisis: a framework to liberate a team’s leadership skills and promote sales performance [PDF]

Journal of Work-Applied Management
Purpose – This study aims to introduce an alternative model, “volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA), Virtue and Vice” (3V’s), to unleash leadership skills, promote organisational collaborative change and impact sales performance during
Sol Garrido
doaj   +1 more source

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Short-Term Load Forecasting for Electricity Spot Markets Across Different Seasons Based on a Hybrid VMD-LSTM-Random Forest Model

Energies
Short-term load forecasting (STLF) is a core technical support for ensuring the safe and economic operation of power systems and efficient trading in electricity spot markets.
Kangkang Li, Lize Yuan, Fanyue Qian, Lifei Song, Xinhong Wu, Li Wang, Jiefen Dai, Lianyi Shen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

EFFECT OF EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ORGANIZATION AND APPLICATION OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) AND PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY AND ITS EFFECT ON COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN PTISM BOGASARI FLOURMILLS, JAKARTA

Jurnal Riset Manajemen Sains Indonesia, 2016
This research aimed to discover the impact of external environment and Total Quality Management implementation on company performance in order to create competitive advantage in PT. ISM Bogasari Flourmills.
Ana Retno Mawarti
doaj   +1 more source

Extreme Weather Events and Consumer Food Responses

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates consumer food responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which affected a swath of the Southeastern U.S. in 2024. Using representative consumer survey data from six affected states, we analyze 10 distinct food responses classified into ex ante and ex post responses, and examine their associations with food insufficiency
Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Joseph Balagtas
wiley   +1 more source

Testing the Effects of Prey Type on the Life History and Population-Level Parameters of Chrysoperla externa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

Insects
Green lacewings are valuable predators, utilized in augmentative biological control against various agricultural pests. However, further studies are required to comprehend the performance of these predators when consuming natural prey.
Agda Braghini, Vinícius de Oliveira Lima, Bruno Gomes Dami, Jonas Mendes Rodrigues Souza, Enes Pereira Barbosa, Gustavo Pincerato Figueiredo, Wesley Bordinhon da Silva Paula, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Alessandra Marieli Vacari   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of timing, customer, and location on smallholder broiler sales in Rwanda

Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2023
SUMMARY: Studies of broiler sales in Sub-Saharan Africa have mostly focused on West Africa, particularly Nigeria. Similar studies in countries like Rwanda are lacking.
A. Muhammad, M. Prince, K.L. DeLong, T. Gill   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source