ABSTRACT ESG practices offer various benefits for family firms; however, there has been limited focus on how these practices can specifically advantage the owning family. To address this gap, we conduct a multiple‐case study of six Italian family firms.
Rafaela Gjergji +4 more
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Social capital and community resilience to socio-natural hazards in informal settlements of Chile's extractive north: city of Copiapó, Atacama region, Chile. [PDF]
Contreras Y, Pérez M.
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ABSTRACT Sustainability assessment advances corporate social responsibility toward inclusive development. Widely recognized approaches prove inadequate for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), resulting in fragmented proliferation that hinders cumulative knowledge.
Luísa Couto Gonçalves de Souza +2 more
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Interdependent urban economies: a network analysis of socio-economic relationships between street vendors and formal businesses in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. [PDF]
Kularathne O +3 more
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Informality as a Stepping Stone: Entrepreneurial Entry in a Developing Economy [PDF]
We model decisions with respect to formality or informality for entrepreneurs in a new industry for a developing economy. We show that informality allows a leader to explore, without significant sunk costs, the potential profitability of the industry ...
John Bennett, Saul Estrin
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ABSTRACT This study examines how supply‐chain dependencies are associated with industry‐level ESG performance trajectories in China, Japan, and the United States over the period 2000–2021. Drawing on stakeholder and institutional theories, we adopt a meso‐level perspective that conceptualizes industries as structural units embedded within national ...
Jun Xie +3 more
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Gamified spatial‑participatory model for urban social cohesion in a post‑conflict city: Bridging accessibility, inclusion, and intergroup trust through co‑design in Kabul. [PDF]
Formolly A, Saraei MH, Siahi E.
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Informality among formal firms : firm-level, cross-country evidence on tax compliance and access to credit [PDF]
The authors use firm-level, cross-county data from Investment Climate surveys in 49 developing countries to investigate an important channel through which informality can affect productivity: access to credit and external finance. Informality is measured
Gatti, Roberta, Honorati, Maddalena
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Exposing Gender Blindness in Business Scholarship on Modern Slavery
ABSTRACT The objective of this review is to analyse the treatment of gender within business scholarship on modern slavery and to propose a framework that supports more gender‐sensitive corporate responses. Modern slavery risk is an escalating concern for business, with the United Nations calling for its eradication by 2030.
Kathyayini Kathy Rao +2 more
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Cyclical movements in unemployment and informality in developing countries [PDF]
This paper analyzes the cyclical properties of worker flows in Brazil and Mexico, two important developing countries with large unregulated or “informal” sectors.
Bosch, Mariano, Maloney, William
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