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Do ESG Leaders Achieve Higher Firm Financial Performance? The Influence of Women Directors and Controversial Industries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Green Is the New Gold: Redefining Opulent Lifestyle Through Organic Food Purchases

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior studies based on the Theory of Planned Behavior mostly examined the effects of health and environmental concerns on organic food consumption; however, few addressed the paradoxical relationships in the context of opulent or symbolic decorum.
Neha Sharma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Study of Inlet Section on Flow Hydraulics in Zigzag-Morning Glory Spillways with Physical Modelling

open access: yesعلوم آب و خاک, 2019
Morning glory spillway is one of the spillways that used to passing of flood from high to low level. This spillway is used in the reservoir dams that are placed in narrow valleys and in many locations with high slope in reservoir walls.
J. Rouzegar   +4 more
doaj  

Typical Tennessee-Tombigbee Canal Section Spillways, Spillways A and B: Hydraulic Model Investigation

open access: yes, 1978
Source: https://erdc-library.erdc.dren.mil/jspui/Model investigations were conducted to determine the adequacy of the designs of two gravity spillways (Spillways A and B) to be located on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
Fletcher, Bobby P.
core  

Hydraulic Design of Stepped Spillways and Downstream Energy Dissipators [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Stepped channels and spillways have been used for centuries. Recently, new construction materials, (e.g. RCC, gabions) and design techniques (e.g. embankment overtopping protection) have increased the interest in stepped chutes.
Chanson, Hubert
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of gabion steps on the hydraulic jump characteristics downstream of stepped spillways

open access: yesWater Science
Gabion steps on stepped spillways can be a suitable alternative to solid impermeable steps due to their economic advantages, ease of implementation, stability through water pressure reduction, and energy dissipation.
Rasoul Daneshfaraz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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