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Do High Temperatures Affect Firm Demography? Evidence From Italy
ABSTRACT This study analyses the impact of high temperatures and heat stress on Italian firm demography during 2009–2022. Combining provincial‐firm‐level data with a high‐resolution multidecadal meteorological dataset, we investigate whether high temperatures—absolute and anomalous—affect firm entry and exit rates.
Concetta Carnevale +3 more
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Climate Risk and Real Estate Markets in the EU: Institutional Control Through Regulation
ABSTRACT Climate change is increasingly reshaping the economic foundations of asset markets, yet its implications for the estate sector remain unevenly understood, particularly when institutional and financial mechanisms mediate risk transmission. While a growing body of evidence links climate vulnerability to property valuation and market behaviour ...
Qiulin Yang +4 more
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ABSTRACT Firms increasingly face political and societal pressures to pursue green strategies and sustainable innovation amid escalating climate change disruptions. Drawing upon contingency theory, institutional theory, and the natural resource‐based view, this article examines external (stakeholder pressures) and internal (environmental culture ...
Maria Vincenza Ciasullo +2 more
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The Dynamics‐of‐Value‐in‐Consumption of Recycled Textile Materials
ABSTRACT We investigate how the perceived value of recycled textile materials evolves across the consumption cycle, a key issue for recycling‐based strategies seeking to close the loop in the fashion industry. We employ a qualitative design combining an exploratory study and a longitudinal study with three interview waves, in which participants ...
Edith de Lamballerie, Valérie Guillard
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The Heat Is On: Climate Change–Related Challenges and SMEs' R&D Activities
ABSTRACT Investing in R&D is a key way for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) to develop capabilities that are required to respond to climate change–related challenges. However, the extent to which such challenges affect SMEs' R&D activities remains a critical gap in the literature.
Gráinne Gibson +3 more
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ABSTRACT Measuring sustainability performance is crucial for small and medium‐sized manufacturing enterprises and sustainability indicators must be incorporated into decision‐making. However, companies tend to measure only the aspects that interest them, disregarding those considered less strategic or relevant.
Alessandra Neri +3 more
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US Army Corps of Engineers The National Study of Water Management During Drought A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS’ RESERVOIRS, THEIR PURPOSES AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DROUGHT September 1991 IWR Report 91-NDS-2 National Study of Water ...
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Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel +2 more
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ABSTRACT This study investigates the moderating role of Hofstede's cultural dimensions on the relationship between board gender diversity and corporate environmental performance, including its components (resource use, emissions management, environmental innovations), across publicly listed companies headquartered in 32 developed economies.
Filip Hampl +1 more
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African Twist of Circular Economy: Insights, Policies and Recommendations
ABSTRACT While the circular economy (CE) has gained traction, this paper argues that mainstream CE approaches risk being misaligned in the African context. Drawing on a mixed‐methods synthesis of empirical studies, policy documents and cross‐country examples, the study shows that Africa's CE transition is fragmented and uneven, leaving the continent at
Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie +4 more
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