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The use of unfair contractual terms as an unfair commercial practice [PDF]

, 2011
The purpose of the present article is to propose a coordination between the provisions of directive 93/13/EEC (the Unfair Terms Directive, ‘UTD’) and those of the ‘framework’ directive 2005/29/EC (the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive ‘UCPD’), and in
Salvatore Orlando, ORLANDO, Salvatore
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Managing Biodiversity Disclosure in Global Firms: How Culture, Institutions and Risk Shape Corporate Reporting

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the drivers of biodiversity disclosure and the interplay between firm strategies and national institutions in shaping transparency. Using a global panel of 4703 firms across 40 economies from 2013 to 2022, we integrate differentiation, signalling and institutional perspectives to explain variation in reporting behaviour ...
Chi Chen, Yaman O. Erzurumlu, Giray Gozgor   +2 more
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Dark Patterns and Addictive Designs

Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society
The proliferation of digital platforms has given rise to manipulative design practices known as “dark patterns,” which exploit users’ vulnerabilities to influence behavior, leading them to make decisions against their own interests.
Xin Ye
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THE PROTECTION OF THE CONSUMERS’ RIGHTS REGARDING ONLINE MISLEADING AND COMPARATIVE ADVERTISING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION STRATEGY [PDF]

Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2014
The development of the Internet as a new communication medium between companies and consumers has outlined in time a number of unique benefits for the marketing promotional strategy, but it also outlined several disadvantages often related to the ...
GHEORGHE ORZAN , OTILIA -ELENA PLATON, IRINA IOSUB , VALENTINA-DANIELA CONSTANTIN   +3 more
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UNFAIR COMMERCIAL PRACTICE IN CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS CONDITIONS

, 2018
After enactment of EU Directive on unfair commercial practices, different forms of unfair and unconscious behaviors of traders have come in the centre of interest of modern legal theory.
Mihajlović, Borko
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Measuring Consumer Aversion Toward AI in Marketing Communication and Assessing Its Relationship to Brand Perceptions and Purchase Intention

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some consumers exhibit aversion toward artificial intelligence (AI), particularly when it is embedded in persuasive marketing communication (MarCom). Here, we developed and validated a measure of consumer aversion to AI in MarCom and examined its downstream consequences for brand perceptions and purchase intention.
Louvins Pierre, Viviana Carolina Zambrano Rodriguez, Jiayi (Joy) Wang   +2 more
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Infinite Functional Versatility, Formidable Limits: Evaluating Gallium‐Based Liquid Metals in Rechargeable Batteries

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
Beyond the hype surrounding the self‐healing properties of gallium‐based liquid metals (Ga‐LMs), this perspective critically examines their functional roles in metal‐ion batteries, highlighting both their underlying merits and the often‐overlooked challenges, including non‐representative design and testing configurations, performance overestimations ...
Turly P. P. Sumanasekara, Petar Jovanović, Ali Zavabeti, Dan Yang, Mainak Majumder, Anthony F. Hollenkamp, Torben Daeneke, Mahdokht Shaibani   +7 more
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Artificial Intelligence as a Catalyst for Environmental and Social Sustainability Practices in SMEs: The Moderating Role of Sustainability, Digitalization, and Innovation Barriers

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between artificial intelligence and both environmental and social sustainability practices in small and medium‐sized enterprises, with a specific focus on the moderating effects of implementation barriers relating to sustainability, digitalization, and innovation.
Gülçinay Mumcu, Steven A. Brieger
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Back to the Future-Proof: Four Reforms for the Better Regulation of Dark Patterns Under the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and Article 25 of the Digital Services Act

European Journal of Risk Regulation
The efficacy of the “future-proof” Unfair Commercial Practices Directive against dark patterns is undermined by the fragmented regulatory landscape introduced by the Digital Services Act. Article 25 DSA creates four weaknesses: a general prohibition that
Fabrizio Esposito, Cecilia Isola, Cristiana Santos, Martim Farinha   +3 more
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Unfair Commercial Practices and Italian Private Law

, 2015
This contribution contains a deep and critical analysis of the impact of the introduction of the implementing provisions of directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices in business-to-consumer relations on italian private law, with specific regard
DE CRISTOFARO, Giovanni
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