A Dynamic Business Modeling Approach to Port Sustainability: The Western Sicily Port Authority Case
ABSTRACT Ports are critical nodes in global trade and economic development, yet they generate substantial environmental and social externalities—including greenhouse gas emissions, air, noise, and water pollution, and adverse impacts on host communities—that demand integrated and forward‐looking governance.
Martina Vivoli +3 more
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Equity in health financing in China: a national financing and benefit incidence analysis, 2013-2023. [PDF]
Chen T, Zhan P, Fu H.
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ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate tax avoidance (CTA) in the European Union, exploiting institutional variation arising from CSR disclosure regimes and the introduction of the Anti‐Tax Avoidance Directives (ATAD).
Alessandro Migliavacca
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Securing Somalia's health: leveraging sin tax revenues to drive universal health coverage and financial protection for lifesaving care in Somalia's health system-scoping review. [PDF]
Hussein SA +22 more
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Harmonizing Social Impact Assessment in the Bioeconomy: A Cross‐Regional Fuzzy‐Delphi Approach
ABSTRACT The bioeconomy transition risks underrepresenting social sustainability, while existing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S‐LCA) applications remain insufficient for comparison and decision support due to heterogeneous and non‐standardized selection of social impact categories. This study proposes a cross‐regional baseline set of impact categories
Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino +2 more
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Political arguments for and against tobacco tax increases in the Swiss Parliament (2010-2025). [PDF]
Martin J, Sénac N, Zürcher K, Lebon L.
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Symbolic Versus Substantive ESG Practices: A Systematic Review and Integrative Framework
ABSTRACT ESG reporting is widespread, but symbolic commitments do not always reflect substantive practices. This study conducts a systematic literature review of 62 empirical articles published between 2021 and 2025 to synthesize the main determinants and consequences of this disclosure–performance misalignment in ESG reporting (commonly referred to as
Cristina Alexandrina Ştefănescu +1 more
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Age friendly states as a linchpin of age friendly ecosystems. [PDF]
Wickersham C, Coyle C.
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ABSTRACT The Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)‐performance literature has grown substantially, yet a fundamental question remains underexplored: do ESG investments improve firm performance, or do high‐performing firms simply invest more in ESG? We empirically address this question using panel vector autoregression with Granger causality tests
Jiyeon Kim, Wooyoung Yang
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Modeling Geneva charitable deductions: regular giving and future trends. [PDF]
Pittavino M, Lideikyte-Huber G.
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