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Advancing a global transition to clean energy – the role of international cooperation
, 2019 International cooperation in support of a global energy transition is on the rise, and official development assistance (ODA) in the energy sector is increasingly being directed to renewable energy sources.
R. Quitzow +4 more
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Self-duality and F theory [PDF]
arXiv, 1996 The (2,2) world-sheet supersymmetric string theory is discussed from the viewpoint of string/membrane unification. The effective field theory in the closed string target space is known to be the 2+2 dimensional (integrable) theory of self-dual gravity (SDG).
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Valuing the SDG Prize in Food and Agriculture: Unlocking Business Opportunities to Accelerate Sustainable and Inclusive Growth [PDF]
, 2016 Business opportunities in the implementation of the SDGs related to food could be worth over US$2.3 trillion annually for the private sector by 2030. Investment required to achieve these opportunities is approximately US$320 billion per year.These 14 ...
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Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.Abstract One view of the socialization experienced by professionals in global Big 4 firms suggests that the intensity of socialization engenders a strong and deep‐rooted professional identity. We scrutinize this claim by drawing on interviews with partners who retired from lifelong employment in Big 4 firms in Japan.
Ricardo Azambuja +3 more
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Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of informal institutions (including its dark side) on multinational enterprises (MNEs) in promoting sustainable development goals (SDGs) in a developing nation. Using qualitative interviews, we find that informal institutions, including “crime” and “corruption,” increase telecommunication MNEs' support of SDGs.
Ugbede Umoru +3 more
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Privacy Vulnerabilities in Marginals-based Synthetic Data [PDF]
arXivWhen acting as a privacy-enhancing technology, synthetic data generation (SDG) aims to maintain a resemblance to the real data while excluding personally-identifiable information. Many SDG algorithms provide robust differential privacy (DP) guarantees to this end.
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Partnerships for Sustainable Development Goals 2016 [PDF]
, 2016 This present document is the fourth edition of a report that has been prepared by the Division for Sustainable Development of UN-DESA as a follow up the Rio+20 Conference in 2012, as an effort to provide status of progress multi-stakeholder partnerships ...
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The virtues of limits and environmental sustainability in healthcare
Bioethics, EarlyView.Abstract The spectre of human‐induced climate change has drawn attention to the need to discover new, environmentally sustainable approaches to healthcare. This article draws upon David McPherson's The Virtues of Limits (2021) to develop a virtue ethics for sustainability in healthcare.
Xavier Symons
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Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.The future of the Pantanal holds great promise if better laws, public policies, and socio‐ecological transitions are adopted. Here, we present future scenarios comparing these choices for the coming decades Abstract The Pantanal, the largest worldwide continuous wetland, is considered a global hotspot of ecosystem services.
Angélica Guerra +19 more
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International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.Abstract The era of digitization coincides with a growing interest in social and environmental sustainability. Management scholars, therefore, turned their attention to the intersection of both trends, seeking a better understanding of how firms can manage digital sustainability.
Maximilian Palmié +4 more
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