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The performance of international small and medium‐sized enterprises: Overview and future research directions

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 432-451, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Our study aims to assess the state of knowledge on the performance of international small and medium‐sized (SME) firms, and formulate a relevant research agenda. We review 231 contributions published between 1993 and 2019, and identify the main theoretical debates, key success factors and measures of international SME performance, and the ...
Philippe Lamb   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parenting and neighbouring in the consolidating city: The emotional geographies of sound in apartments

open access: yesEmotion, Space and Society, 2018
Abstract Apartment residents share space vertically and horizontally, and apartment materiality shapes their experiences of sound and space. Across diverse contexts, rapid urban population growth has prompted a shift towards higher-density dwellings – often a pronounced departure from cultural norms of detached, suburban housing.
Kerr, Sophie-May   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Pupils’ Strategies for Using Multilingualism in Geography Lessons: Successful Learning with Multimedia and Multilingual Media Offerings in Geography Lessons

open access: yesEducation Sciences
The study on which the article is based investigates which learning strategies multilingual pupils use when using a multimedia and multilingual media offer in geography lessons and how these influence their subject-related learning success.
Nikolaus Repplinger, Alexandra Budke
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence and Human Geography [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
This paper examines the recent advances and applications of AI in human geography especially the use of machine (deep) learning, including place representation and modeling, spatial analysis and predictive mapping, and urban planning and design. AI technologies have enabled deeper insights into complex human-environment interactions, contributing to ...
arxiv  

Comments on Allan Bomhard, “The Origins of Proto-Indo-European: The Caucasian substrate hypothesis” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The main claims of Bomhard's paper are that PIE originated in Central Asia, which accounts for its Eurasiatic properties such as resemblant pronouns (Uralic, IE, Kartvelian, Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic) and originally agglutinating morphology; then it ...
Nichols, J
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Traversing Racial Distance in Hip-hop Culture: The Ethics and Politics of Listening [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Hip-hop is often studied as a ‘political’ culture. Listeners, however, often contest the attachment of a political nature to hip-hop. After the ‘dilution’ of “real” hip-hop by record labels seeking to package the sound for mainstream consumption, is it ...
Ganesh, B
core   +1 more source

Airlines practices to incorporate circular economy principles into the waste management system

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 443-458, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Airlines' negative impacts are rising due to the growth of the industry, and therefore new and more sustainable alternative business models are being developed and implemented. In this context, this paper analyses how airlines are incorporating Circular Economy (CE) into their service model and proposes a framework to identify the main ...
Aitor Salesa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘And she flies! Beautiful’: the dislocating geography of football sound [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The overarching interest of this paper is in articulating the affective conditions of football’s play. It undertakes this through a consideration of the sonorous dimension of football, mapping its sounds across a framework borrowed from recent writings ...
Trail, Margaret
core   +1 more source

Geographielehrerinnen und -lehrer im Spannungsfeld zwischen erworbenen und geforderten Kompetenzen. Eine empirische Studie zur zweiphasigen Lehramtsausbildung

open access: yesZeitschrift für Geographiedidaktik, 2013
Teacher training is increasingly becoming a subject of debate in Germany. Unlike in most other countries, the German system consists of two consecutive phases. In the first phase, the teacher-to-be acquires knowledge and skills at a university.
Sandra Hof, Stefan Hennemann
doaj   +1 more source

Contaminant emissions as indicators of chemical elements in the snow along a latitudinal gradient in southern Andes

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
The chemical composition of snow provides insights on atmospheric transport of anthropogenic contaminants at different spatial scales. In this study, we assess how human activities influence the concentration of elements in the Andean mountain snow along
Jaime Pizarro   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

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