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Industrial district effects and innovation in the Tuscan shipbuilding industry [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of the present work is to investigate innovative processes within a geographical cluster, and thus contribute to the debate on the effects of industrial clusters on innovation capacity.
Francesco Capone, Luciana Lazzeretti
core  

When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
wiley   +1 more source

Ship carvers in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Vessel ornamentation has been practised for thousands of years and over a vast geographical area. Unsurprisingly, the type of carvings and their purpose vary considerably from place to place and their style, form and subject matter have changed ...
McCarthy, Erica
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Accent Change in the Wake of the Industrial Revolution: Tracing Derhoticisation Across Historic North Lancashire

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article applies a social model of historical dialect evolution in 19th‐century Britain to the analysis of sociophonetic data. Our aim is to assess where new dialect formation is likely to occur, and where it is not. Using recordings from 27 speakers, we first analyse coda rhoticity in north Lancashire, UK. The speakers were born 1890–1917
Claire Nance, Malika Mahamdi
wiley   +1 more source

Thin plate buckling mitigation and reduction challenges for naval ships [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Thin plate buckling or distortion on ship structures is an ongoing issue for shipbuilders. It has been identified that a significant number of factors can be put in place based on prior knowledge and good practice.
Galloway, Alexander   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Is the European Union's innovation policy sufficient to enable marine, coastal, and freshwater restoration in Europe?

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction The European Union (EU) policy framework emphasizes the importance of innovation to achieve the environmental goals and to ensure continued economic growth and increased EU global competitiveness. Objectives This paper analyses whether those policy instruments can effectively support ecosystem restoration.
Sašo Gorjanc   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulating via Conditionality: The Instruments of the New Industrial Policy

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conditionality was a central concern in the development literature of the 1990s. With the significant expansion of targeted public support to private firms since the Great Financial Crisis, the issue of conditionality has once again become a focal point in industrial policy debates.
Fabio Bulfone, Timur Ergen, Erez Maggor
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Exfoliated, Oxidized Molybdenum Disulfide on Mechanical and Tribological Properties of NBR/BR Blends

open access: yesPolymer Composites, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 2651-2665, 10 February 2026.
Decreased wear‐induced weight loss of an NBR/BR blend by adding exfoliated, oxidized MoS2 nanosheets. ABSTRACT Enhancing wear resistance is crucial for improving the durability of rubber products while minimizing the release of rubber particles into the environment.
Seyed Rasoul Mousavi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chapter 7 - Metals and Machinery, pp. 164-206 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1944
The Catherwood Library and ILR School at Cornell are pleased to again make available an extremely important index of major labor union publications, long out of print. It is Lloyd G. Reynolds and Charles C.
Killingsworth, Charles C   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Implications of global distributive justice principles for implementation of the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract In the era of the sixth mass extinction, reversing global biodiversity loss is of vital importance for life on Earth. In 2022, parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), a strategic plan with 23 action‐oriented targets to be achieved by 2030.
Ina Lehmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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