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Unlocking Value Co‐Creation in IoT Platforms: Insights From a Collaborative Manufacturing Case

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines value co‐creation in IoT platform ecosystems through a case study of the collaborative manufacturing platform E‐LINK. We explore the evolution of platform data capabilities, user interactions, value creation, and the mechanisms that connect them.
Huayao Zhang, Junjie Wu, George Lodorfos, Mingyao Sun, Mickaël Naulleau   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Median Effective Volume of 0.2% Ropivacaine for Ultrasound‐Guided Axillary Brachial Plexus Block in Children Aged 6–10 Years: A Prospective Dose‐Finding Study Using Up‐and‐Down Sequential Allocation

Pediatric Discovery, EarlyView.
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the median effective volume (EV50) of 0.2% ropivacaine for ultrasound‐guided axillary brachial plexus block (ABPB) in children aged 6–10 years, using the Dixon up‐and‐down method. The EV50 was 0.350 mL/kg (95% CI: 0.197–0.362 mL/kg), calculated by isotonic regression and bootstrapping.
Tauseef Ahmad, Fei Yang, Yao Xu, Ying Yang, Huanjie Yun, Fei Xu, Yulin Xue, Yu Zhou, Zongke Shi, Yuan Shi, Shangyingying Li, Shengfen Tu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fair Markets and Resilient Supply Chains: Designing Sustainable Intermediation for Rural Communities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture in Ecuador's communes faces significant economic, social, and environmental challenges, intensified by supply chains dominated by traditional intermediaries. The lack of context‐specific sustainability studies further increases the vulnerability of smallholders.
Jacqueline del Rocío Bacilio Bejeguen, Verónica Ramírez Cortés, Larissa Paola Gabriel Macedo Castro, Raquel Santiago Romo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water, Sanitation and Health: The World Bank's Financing of Sustainable Development Goal 6

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The World Bank has an explicit commitment to financing projects aimed at ensuring access to drinking water and sanitation (SDG 6), given their implications for countries' development. The objective of this study is to analyse its performance over the past decades, in order to understand the evolution of the allocated amount and the ...
Cristina Martínez‐Gómez, Leticia Gallego‐Valero, Encarnación Moral‐Pajares   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Establishing the legal nature of unilateral acts of states

, 2018
There is a well established proposition that an intent of a State to be bound is a primary criterion for establishing the legal character of a unilateral act. However, this proposition does not solve the problem of interpretation of a State’s intent to be legally bound and of determining whether a certain act is subject to unilateral acts of States ...
openaire   +1 more source

Central Bank Digital Currencies, Financial Inclusion, and Privacy: A Normative Perspective

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a digital form of a nation's money, issued by its central bank. As opposed to other forms of digital money, such as electronic bank balances or cryptocurrencies, they are centrally managed legal tender.
Andrew Allison, Alexander William Salter
wiley   +1 more source

Do Sovereign‐Environmental, Social and Governance (S‐ESG) Commitments Promote Financial Inclusion?

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the need to respect humanity, the environment, and society, and the progressive development of social responsibility, environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments and the need for ethical and sustainable finance, this paper aims to examine the impact of sovereign ESG on financial inclusion (FI).
Inès Gharbi, Simplice A. Asongu, Aïda Kammoun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Complexities of Digitalization: The Evolutionary Dynamics of Relational Tensions in Supply Chain Planning Partnerships

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Digitalization in supply chain planning presents significant relational challenges in supplier–customer partnerships, particularly for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). This study explores the unexpected relational tensions that emerge as firms adopt digital technologies in supply chain planning contexts.
Jianwen Zheng, Justin Zuopeng Zhang, Nripendra P. Rana, Muhammad Mustafa Kamal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

German Coalition Politics: Between Pluralist Stagnation and Crisis‐Driven Welfare Retrenchment

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The current German coalition government of the centre‐right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the centre‐left Social Democrats (SPD) has spent its first year in office preparing for a major round of welfare state retrenchment. However, the coalition lacks a coherent political project.
Jörg Michael Dostal
wiley   +1 more source

‘Childish’ and ‘Minors’? Deconstructing Prejudice and Identity Transformation Among Spanish Women Religious During the Long Sixties1

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the identity formation process undertaken by Spanish women's religious following the aggiornamento promoted by the Second Vatican Council. Specifically, it seeks to examine the context in which these women lived and acted, analysing the construction of their identities, their capacity for agency and transgression within ...
Verónica García‐Martín
wiley   +1 more source