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Industrial district effects and innovation in the Tuscan shipbuilding industry [PDF]
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
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When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs
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
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Ship carvers in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain [PDF]
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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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
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Thin plate buckling mitigation and reduction challenges for naval ships [PDF]
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
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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
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Regulating via Conditionality: The Instruments of the New Industrial Policy
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
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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
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Chapter 7 - Metals and Machinery, pp. 164-206 [PDF]
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
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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
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