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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper critically analyses how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explores how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
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Beneficios tributarios de los aportes a fondos de pensiones voluntarios y ahorro para el fomento de la construcción [PDF]
, 2018 Con la expedición de la ley 1819 de 2016, el gobierno colombiano modificó el régimen tributario y como consecuencia se redujeron significativamente los beneficios tributarios para alivianar la carga fiscal, sobre todo para aquellas personas naturales ...
Álvarez Ramírez, Laura Constanza +1 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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Do High School Exit Exams Influence Educational Attainment or Labor Market Performance? [PDF]
State requirements that high school graduates pass exit exams were the leading edge of the movement towards standards-based reform and continue to be adopted and refined by states today.
Thomas S. Dee, Brian A. Jacob
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Firms' continuous pursuit of making a profit in the competitive market may ignore the actions related to environmental responsibilities. This set of actions for financial gains constitutes environmental misconduct, which not only harms ecosystems and communities but also brings reputational damage. Negative press and social media amplification
Ashutosh Singh +3 more
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, 2016 The Treasury Department just issued new rules against a tax maneuver called an “inversion” — where a US company turns itself into a foreign one to get out of taxes. That’s already scuttled one multi-billion dollar merger — but is it enough? Plus: a look
Baradaran, Mehrsa
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Investor Perception of ESG in Earnings Calls
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how the communicator's role and the framing of ESG statements affect investor capital allocation in the context of earnings calls. Based on a virtual asset market experiment, the analysis identifies that the assurance and reinforcement of ESG messages have a positive effect of up to 8% on capital allocation, with especially
Felix Bachner
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, 2018 Strict property tax caps are statutory measures that limit municipalities from raising property taxes by more than a certain percentage each fiscal year.
Brown, Trevor J.
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Climate Change Risks and Customer Concentration: Evidence From US‐Listed Firms
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While prior studies have investigated climate risks in supply chains, customer ESG pressures, and shared climate exposure, this paper is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to provide direct empirical evidence on the relationship between climate change risks and firms' customer concentration.
Thi Thuy Trang Nguyen +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite the growing interest in ESG performance, limited research explores the mediating role of government policy in the relationship between Fintech, green finance and ESG outcomes. We address this gap by examining how Fintech and green finance influence ESG performance through government policies.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu +4 more
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