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Proactive Despite Tensions? The Role of Paradox Mindset in Organizational Change Towards the Circular Economy

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As organizations respond to calls for sustainability, many invest in organizational change towards a circular economy (OCCE), which often depends on employee proactivity. However, OCCE is fraught with tensions that can either limit or foster proactive efforts.
Sophie Graessler, Hannes Guenter, Simon B. de Jong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal Welfare Assessment and Meat Quality through Assessment of Stress Biomarkers in Fattening Pigs with and without Visible Damage during Slaughter

Animals
The study aimed to investigate the physiological and meat quality differences between Non-Ambulatory, Non-Injured (NANI), and without apparent abnormalities (non-NANI) pigs in a commercial slaughterhouse setting, focusing on the impact of stress and ...
Natália Nami Ogawa, Giovanna Lima Silva, Ana Paula Ayub da Costa Barbon, Karina Keller Marques da Costa Flaiban, Caio Abercio da Silva, Luiene Moura Rocha, Ana Maria Bridi   +6 more
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Driving Greater SME Engagement With Stakeholder Support for Environmental Sustainability: The Role of Resources, Barriers and Dependency Activation Strategies

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT External stakeholders are critical in enabling SMEs to achieve environmental sustainability. Yet, despite the growing availability of sustainability support, SME engagement remains limited. This article addresses significant gaps in the SME sustainability literature by mapping the support ecosystem and explaining why available sustainability ...
Cristina Fona, Alina Khakimova, Paul Baines   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

One century of teaching, research, and innovation in chemical engineering in Mexico: The role of chemical engineering in the background and future of polymer science and industrial production in Mexico

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Timeline of key academic milestones and individuals that shaped chemical engineering at FQ‐UNAM and in Mexico. Abstract One hundred years after the beginning of the teaching of Chemical Engineering in Mexico, which started in 1925 in the former National School of Chemical Sciences, currently Faculty of Chemistry (FQ) at National Autonomous University ...
Patricia Pérez‐Salinas, Alberto Rosas‐Aburto, Eduardo Vivaldo‐Lima   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social and economic impacts of the donkey skin trade on donkey-dependent women and communities in Kenya

Human-Animal Interactions
Women in sub-Saharan Africa experience considerable economic vulnerability, with many living on less than US$1.90 per day. These women rely heavily on donkeys to perform essential daily tasks, enabling them to balance family and livelihood ...
David Obiero Oduori, Gilbert Kirui, Robert Ofwete, Ronald K. Sang, Christine Were, Laura M. Kubasiewicz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability Assessment of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: A Systematic Review and Hybrid Architecture for Credible, Salient, and Legitimate Knowledge Governance

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability assessment advances corporate social responsibility toward inclusive development. Widely recognized approaches prove inadequate for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), resulting in fragmented proliferation that hinders cumulative knowledge.
Luísa Couto Gonçalves de Souza, Laura Proença Guimarães, Maria Auxiliadora Drumond   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Role of Competitiveness in Sustainability Standards: Insights From an Animal Welfare Scheme Adopted by Supermarkets

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on supermarket‐related voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) is divided on whether competition helps or hinders efforts to reduce negative social and environmental impacts. This paper examines how the standardization process shapes these outcomes.
Frits Kremer, Frank de Bakker, Christine Moser, Hens Runhaar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

RISK AND MARKET PARTICIPANT BEHAVIOR IN THE U.S. SLAUGHTER-CATTLE MARKET [PDF]

Incomplete information generates uncertainty for market participants in the slaughter-cattle market. Buyer and seller behavior in the presence of that uncertainty is examined.
Wagner, John J., Feuz, Dillon M., Fausti, Scott W.   +2 more
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Protective effects of adiponectin receptor agonists against equine lamellar endoplasmic reticulum stress

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Lamellar endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress occurs in hyperinsulinemia‐associated and sepsis‐related laminitis. Adiponectin is associated with reduced laminitis risk and inhibits ER stress in other species. Objectives To induce ER stress in ex vivo equine lamellar cells using pharmacological agents.
Marine A. Barnabé, Jonathan Elliott, Nicola J. Menzies‐Gow, Simon R. Bailey, Nicholas J. Bamford, Yu‐Mei Chang, Matthew C. Gage   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The matrilineal Turn: Wiradjuri matrilineal leadership, colonial disruption, and the work of cultural return

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article advances three claims regarding the matrilineal organization of Wiradjuri society in central New South Wales. Drawing on the late nineteenth and early twentieth century ethnographic record, it demonstrates that Wiradjuri descent, totem, moiety identity, and ceremonial authority were and are matrilineally organized, despite ...
Jessa Rogers
wiley   +1 more source