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Capital Budgeting and Sustainable Enterprises: Ethical Implications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article focuses upon the growing, universal influence of social, environmental, and economic factors in business decision-making and the possibility of developing sustainable enterprises through a triple-bottom-line, capital budgeting ...
Kistow, Balraj, Sookram, Ron
core   +1 more source

Social enterprise, social innovation and self-directed care: lessons from Scotland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Purpose: This study aims to explore the opportunities and challenges Self-directed Support policy has presented to Scottish social enterprises, thereby increasing understanding of emerging social care markets arising from international policy-shifts ...
Audit Scotland   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Human Brain Vasculature‐on‐a‐Chip Model Constructed With Microvessels Isolated From Cryopreserved Postmortem Human Brain Tissue

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This manuscript describes the cultivation of viable microvessels from cryopreserved human brain tissue. When embedded in hydrogels and cultured in microfluidic devices, these microvessels exhibit complex architectures reminiscent of arterioles and capillaries, can be perfused, and display intact barrier function. Collectively, these results demonstrate
Brian J. O'Grady   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Sustainability: Features of Financing Sustainable Development [PDF]

open access: yesProblemi Ekonomiki, 2018
The theoretical basis of the concepts of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development are studied. It is revealed that scientists mainly distinguish two main stages in the evolution of the concept of corporate social responsibility.
Vasylchuk Irуna P.
doaj  

A Tri‐Culture Heart‐on‐a‐Chip Platform With iPSC‐Derived Cardiac Cells for Predictive Cardiotoxicity Testing

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents the first entirely isogenic heart‐on‐chip, unifying cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells from a single iPSC source. The platform reveals a critical biological insight: the endothelium actively shields cardiac tissue from drug‐induced toxicity, challenging the predictive accuracy of conventional, avascular models for ...
Karine Tadevosyan   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organisational learning capabilities as determinants of social innovation: An empirical study in South Africa

open access: yesSA Journal of Human Resource Management, 2017
Orientation: A critical reading of the human resource management (HRM) literature finds limited contributions to understanding the organisational determinants of social enterprises and how these may contribute to higher levels of social innovativeness ...
Boris Urban, Elena Gaffurini
doaj   +1 more source

Resourcing social enterprises: approaches and challenges [PDF]

open access: yes
This is the second publication from the Bankwest Foundation Social Impact Series and includes preliminary findings from the Supporting Development and Growth in the Community Sector in Western Australia research program.
Chris Mason, Jo Barraket, Sharine Barth
core   +1 more source

FairShares Model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The attached document provides an introduction to the FairShares Model, a new brand and concept for self-governing social enterprises operating under Company and Co operative ...
Dickins, Nicci   +2 more
core  

Nb2C‐Reinforced Hydrogel Microneedle as Dual ROS‐Scavenging Platform to Promote Diabetic Wound Healing

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
An advanced microneedle patch integrating niobium carbide nanosheets and curcumin is engineered for diabetic wound healing. The system enables dual ROS scavenging and NIR‐enhanced antimicrobial activity, effectively rebalancing the oxidative microenvironment, promoting macrophage repolarization and angiogenesis, and accelerating full‐thickness wound ...
Zhi Zheng   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing methods of transport in an age of social distancing

open access: yesDiscern, 2020
This article explores the new urban mobility paradigm in an after COVID-19 world. The pandemic has dramatically changed the conditions under which users access and use public transportation.
Rime Cherai   +2 more
doaj  

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