Free Trade Zones and Corporate ESG: Evidence From a Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China
ABSTRACT This study examines how China's Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) influence corporate ESG performance. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences model on Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2024, we combine coarsened exact matching (CEM) and geography‐based instrumental variables to ensure robust identification.
Wen Li, Yinghan Zhao, Brian Lucey
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SMARTEN: a human-AI hybrid framework for assisted medical literature analysis and its evaluation. [PDF]
Wang J +2 more
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Digital Technology's Role in Circular Waste Management: A Systematic Review
ABSTRACT Combining circular economy ideas with digital tools offers a game‐changing way to tackle global sustainability problems. This paper focuses on how digital changes and circular economy models link up. A review has been conducted for 112 articles from 2021 to September 2025, using PRISMA‐2020 methodology. This study covered new tech like AI, IoT,
Reza Eslamipoor
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Sensing Techniques in Virtual Reality for Human Interaction: A Bibliometric Analysis. [PDF]
Del Bosque A +2 more
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ABSTRACT Technological change and the increasing use of electronic devices have made electronic waste one of the fastest‐growing waste streams worldwide, posing significant environmental and social challenges. Thus, understanding consumer behaviour regarding the purchase, use and disposal of electronic products is key to developing effective circular ...
Idiano D'Adamo +4 more
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Biomimetics as a Functional Engineering Framework for Mechanical Systems: A PRISMA-Guided Systematic Mapping of Sensing, Inspection, Access Robotics, and Condition Monitoring (2016-2026). [PDF]
Ketterer CG, Ortega NN, Valín JL.
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Asset Redeployability and Biodiversity Risk
ABSTRACT We examine how asset redeployability influences a firm's exposure to biodiversity risk. Our empirical analysis provides robust evidence that firms possessing greater levels of redeployable assets exhibit significantly lower biodiversity risk.
Mostafa Monzur Hasan +2 more
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TBAid: A domain-restricted diagnostic assistant for tuberculosis awareness and patient support using OpenRouter API Integration. [PDF]
Meka LRT +5 more
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Policy and Market Mechanisms for Sustainable Finance: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
ABSTRACT Sustainable finance has emerged as a critical instrument for addressing the dual challenges of climate change and sustainable development. Nonetheless, a substantial financing gap persists, while the concept remains under‐theorized without a universally accepted definition, and empirical evidence of its effectiveness remains inconsistent and ...
Jihyung Joo, Byounguk Keum, Taewoo Roh
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Spatial GWAS Atlas: a knowledgebase for decoding the genetic architecture of complex traits in spatial resolution. [PDF]
Kang H +6 more
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