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The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

The strategic choice of payment method in takeovers: The role of environmental, social and governance performance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 200-219, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Payment method choice in takeovers is mainly driven by both asymmetric information between the acquirer and the target and the acquirer's financial capability. In this paper, we examine whether increased transparency and better access to finance induced by environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance are associated with the strategic
Mussa Hussaini, Ugo Rigoni, Paolo Perego
wiley   +1 more source

Geotagged tweets to inform a spatial interaction model: a case study of museums [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2014
This paper explores the potential of volunteered geographical information from social media for informing geographical models of behavior, based on a case study of museums in Yorkshire, UK. A spatial interaction model of visitors to 15 museums from 179 administrative zones is constructed to test this potential.
arxiv  

A Conceptual Quality Framework for Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The assessment of the quality of volunteered geographic information VGI is cornerstone to understand the fitness for purpose of datasets in many application domains. While most analyses focus on geometric and positional quality, only sporadic attention has been devoted to the interpretation of the data, i.e., the communication process through which ...
Ballatore, Andrea, Zipf, Alexander
openaire   +3 more sources

THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION APPLICATIONS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018
Abstract. In times of crisis, it is a priority to get help as soon as possible and any kind of help can be accepted. Especially, all kinds of support by volunteers, is a great help in crisis resolution. Crisis locations can be developed or less developed regions. It is sometimes difficult to reach help and support in less developed regions.
Sevinç, Hacer Kübra   +1 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of green innovation and hope in employee retention

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 220-239, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Green innovation is increasingly receiving attention in organisational behaviour and strategic management literature. However, understanding employee's preferences for organisations that have adopted innovative environmental practices have received little attention. This study tests a framework that examines the relationship between employees'
Syed Muhammad Fazal‐e‐Hasan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The making of imperfect indicators for biodiversity: A case study of UK biodiversity performance measurement

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 336-352, January 2023., 2023
Abstract This paper seeks to understand the process by which biodiversity performance indicators can be developed. In doing so, this paper examines how biodiversity performance measurements are inherently imperfect and reflects on the implications of that imperfectness.
Madlen Sobkowiak
wiley   +1 more source

Defacing the map: Cartographic vandalism in the digital commons [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2014
This article addresses the emergent phenomenon of carto-vandalism, the intentional defacement of collaborative cartographic digital artefacts in the context of volunteered geographic information. Through a qualitative analysis of reported incidents in WikiMapia and OpenStreetMap, a typology of this kind of vandalism is outlined, including play ...
arxiv  

City Foundation Models for Learning General Purpose Representations from OpenStreetMap [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
Pre-trained Foundation Models (PFMs) have ushered in a paradigm-shift in Artificial Intelligence, due to their ability to learn general-purpose representations that can be readily employed in a wide range of downstream tasks. While PFMs have been successfully adopted in various fields such as Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision, their ...
arxiv  

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