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Participatory research for sustainable agriculture: the case of the Italian agroecological rice network

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Futures Research, 2020
Since the Green Revolution, worldwide agriculture has been characterized by a typical top–down approach. The degree of autonomy, creativity, and responsibility of farmers has been limited by the continuous external inputs of chemicals, machinery, advice,
Elena Pagliarino   +4 more
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Changes in 'ordinary' life. Covid-19's effects on young students' mental and physical well-being

open access: yesAsk, 2022
The present paper builds on the topic of ‘disaster studies’, addressing the most crucial theoretical aspects of them: a) the purpose of studying «meaningful interactions» between the social system and the individuals and their actions; b) the conviction ...
Barbara Sonzogni   +2 more
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Legal environment and corporate finance: evidence from the Italian manufacturing industry

open access: yesJournal of Economic Structures, 2021
Considering the Italian manufacturing industry between 2014 and 2016 (more than 250,000 observations), this technical note analyzes the relation between the courts’ ability to enforce credit rights and the opportunity to finance business activities with ...
Greta Falavigna, Roberto Ippoliti
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The Localization of Pharmaceutical Clinical Research in Europe [PDF]

open access: yesHospital Practices and Research, 2017
Background: Clinical research is a specific phase of the production process in the pharmaceutical industry in which companies test candidate drugs on patients in order to collect clinical evidence about safety and effectiveness.Objective: This paper is ...
Greta Falavigna, Roberto Ippoliti
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Heterogeneous Effect of Uncertainty on Corporate Investment: Evidence from Listed Korean Firms

open access: yesInternational Journal of Empirical Economics, 2023
In this study, we analyse the effect of financial uncertainty on corporate investment using firm-level panel data from the Republic of Korea. We find that financial uncertainty has a significant negative effect on corporate investment, and that the ...
Cheonkoo Kim   +3 more
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The future Scotland wants:Is it really all about sustainable economic growth? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article analyses the legal and practical implications of the Scottish Government's overall stated objective of increasing sustainable economic growth and the further implications that arise now that the term is formalised in legislation. It draws on
Andrea Ross   +3 more
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The impact of institutional performance on payment dynamics: evidence from the Italian manufacturing industry

open access: yesJournal of Business Economics and Management, 2020
This work aims to shed new light on the relation between institutional performance and firm dynamics. Considering the Italian manufacturing industry and a panel of 3 years, the authors investigate the relation between the time needed by courts to enforce
Greta Falavigna, Roberto Ippoliti
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Economic growth and sustainability

open access: yes, 2015
Hardly any other matter is debated as fiercely in sustainability research as the role of economic growth. However, this debate is still somewhat one-sided, as those who do not question the possibility and desirability of further economic growth rarely engage with the critics and sceptics who do.
Christian Kerschner, Daniel W. O’Neill
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Sustainable Employment and Economic Growth

open access: yesPakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023
This study investigates the relationship between economic growth and employment in Pakistan at the aggregate and sectoral levels. It uses different econometric models, such as the Cobb-Douglas production function, the employment demand model, and the ARDL model, to analyze the data and test the hypotheses.
Madiha Kamal   +2 more
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Sustainability and discounted utilitarianism in models of economic growth [PDF]

open access: yesMathematical Social Sciences, 2009
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Geir B. Asheim, Tapan Mitra
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