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No Cocoa Without Deforestation? A Field‐Type Analysis of Forest Frontiers in West Africa

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the interrelations of production systems, class relations and deforestation in a smallholder forest frontier. Using the concept of field types, we provide a plot‐level analysis of deforestation processes in West Africa, where smallholders convert forest into cocoa farms.
Sarah Lena Graf, Christianah Oyenpemi, Christine Bosch, Oyakhilomen Oyinbo, Emmanuel A. Codjoe, Stéphanie Eileen Domptail   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A compact external-rail linear actuation mechanism with a high stroke-to-length ratio for wearable exoskeleton applications. [PDF]

Front Robot AI
Sun T, Stefanovic F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Biodiversity Finance: A Systematic Review and Interpretative Framework for an Emerging Research Frontier

Journal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The accelerating loss of biodiversity and ecosystem degradation are increasingly recognized as economically material phenomena with implications for financial markets and financial stability. Yet biodiversity finance remains fragmented across environmental economics, sustainable finance, corporate disclosure, risk management, and conservation ...
Nicola Del Sarto, Maria Cristina Quirici, Lorenzo Gai   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ASW-YOLO: Lightweight Gear Defect Detection with Improved YOLOv8n. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Luo Z, Zheng B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Bridging Moral Aspirations and the Mundane Reality: A Grounded Study of the Process of Radical Purpose Adaptation in a Business School

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In previous research, scholars have often highlighted the important role of leaders in defending and protecting a historical organizational purpose. However, adopting such a ‘backward‐looking’ perspective, researchers have devoted much less attention to understanding how an organizational purpose can be deliberately changed and leveraged to ...
Luca Manelli, Carlotta Benedetti, Josip Kotlar, Federico Frattini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laser Shock Peening of Gear Steels and Related Metallic Materials: Near-Surface States, Surface Integrity, and Component-Level Applications. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Sheng Y, Hou X, Hou Y, Chen W, Liu Q, Li X, Qu S.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Shaping the System Through Turbulence: Strategic Leadership and the Micro‐Foundations of Ecosystem Orchestration in Times of Disruption

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract While research on ecosystems and their orchestration has grown rapidly, we still know little about how individual strategic leaders may mobilize ecosystemic action in times of disruption. This article addresses this gap by drawing on an in‐depth case study of the Antwerp Square Mile, the world’s oldest and most renowned diamond trading ...
Bart De Keyser, Koen Vandenbempt
wiley   +1 more source

A Case Study of Applying Generative Design to Gear Wheels. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Virostko M, Maláková S, Kopas M, Mantič M, Kuľka J, Krenicky T, Lopot F, Petr K.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Role of Rivals in Resource Picking from Factor Markets

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract While we know that rivals' activities in product markets are an important source of information, we know little about how firms set expectations and react to information emerging from competitors in strategic factor markets. Our theoretical framework examines this question and explains how rivals' actions in factor markets shape a firm's own ...
Jason T. Sigler, Thomas Klueter, Jaideep Anand   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic modelling and experimental validation of involute gears based on multi-damage evolution mechanisms. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mao H, Ding Y, Li X, Chen Y, Zhang B.
europepmc   +1 more source