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Influential Information Supply or Just a Modern Pillory? Investor Perceptions of the CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule

open access: yesJournal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate investor perceptions of the US CEO pay ratio disclosure rule by studying market reactions to its implementation. Our findings reveal an overall negative market reaction, suggesting that investors anticipated the disclosure rule to be detrimental on average across firms.
Anamarija Delic, Peter Schäfer
wiley   +1 more source

Launch vehicle performance using metallized propellants [PDF]

open access: yes
Metallized propellant propulsion systems are considered as replacements for the solid rocket boosters and liquid sustainer stages on the current launch vehicles: both the Space Transportation System (STS) and the Titan 4.
Palaszewski, Bryan A., Powell, Richard
core   +1 more source

Shuttle Propulsion Overview - The Design Challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The major elements of the Space Shuttle Main Propulsion System include two reusable solid rocket motors integrated into recoverable solid rocket boosters, an expendable external fuel and oxidizer tank, and three reusable Space Shuttle Main Engines.
Owen, James W.
core   +1 more source

The Downward Spiral of Legitimacy Erosion: Lessons on Network Governance Failure During the German “Refugee Crisis”

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Organizational legitimacy is essential for effective crisis governance. This study analyzes the rapid erosion of legitimacy faced by the German State Office for Health and Social Affairs (LAGeSo) during the 2015 refugee crisis, triggering cascading failures in public service delivery.
Iris Seidemann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Formulation and Testing of Paraffin-Based Solid Fuels Containing Energetic Additives for Hybrid Rockets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Many approaches have been considered in an effort to improve the regression rate of solid fuels for hybrid rocket applications. One promising method is to use a fuel with a fast burning rate such as paraffin wax; however, additional performance increases
Boyer, Eric   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In contrast to the “quiet” politics of the pre‐2008 period, macroeconomic policy has become “noisy”. This break raises a question: How do independent agencies designed for quiet politics react when a contentious public turns the volume up on them?
Benjamin Braun, Maximilian Düsterhöft
wiley   +1 more source

Nitrous Oxide/Paraffin Hybrid Rocket Engines [PDF]

open access: yes
Nitrous oxide/paraffin (N2OP) hybrid rocket engines have been invented as alternatives to other rocket engines especially those that burn granular, rubbery solid fuels consisting largely of hydroxyl- terminated polybutadiene (HTPB).
Snyder, Gary, Zubrin, Robert
core   +1 more source

Orbiter/launch system [PDF]

open access: yes, 1981
The system includes reusable turbojet propelled booster vehicles releasably connected to a reusable rocket powered orbit vehicle. The coupled orbiter-booster combination takes off horizontally and ascends to staging altitude and speed under booster power
Jackson, L. R.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Combustion and Propulsion Research [PDF]

open access: yes, 1963
Combustion chemistry is one of the oldest branches of chemical science. Among its pioneers must be counted Lavoisier, Bunsen, and others whose names belong among those of the founders of chemical science.
Penner, S. S.
core   +1 more source

An exploration of market mechanisms to the wicked problem of space debris 太空垃圾棘手问题的市场机制探究 Una exploración de los mecanismos del mercado para resolver el complejo problema de los desechos espaciales

open access: yesRisk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2025.
Abstract Near‐earth orbits are becoming congested because of a rapid growth in the number of satellites and space debris, which presents a real threat to the sustainable use of space and the safety of the Earth. Despite space scientists and public policymakers having been actively seeking solutions for decades, solving the problem has been put off ...
Anna Ya Ni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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