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The Role of Different Types of Creditors on Zombie Firm Creation

Notas Económicas, 2022
Despite the key role of trade creditors as sources of finance, the literature on their impact on the proliferation of zombie firms is rare. This study examines whether suppliers, such as banks, engage in “evergreen” lending to zombie firms and whether ...
Carlos Carreira, Joana Lopes
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All of Us Are Dead. The Figure of the Zombie as a Metaphor for Social Vulnerability During Pandemics [PDF]

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In the media landscape, the figure of the zombie is widely pervasive, influencing films, television series, and various paratexts. Some epidemiological studies consider the zombie apocalypse as the quintessential epidemic, suggesting that this figure can
Allegra Sonego, Greta Iapalucci
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Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse: A Population Dynamics Based Approach [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física, 2020
Living-dead creatures are recurrent in various folk myths and recently became an icon of popular culture. The “zombie-ism” is usually caused by an infectious-like disease that has no cure and ultimately inflicts most of the human population, leading to a
L. H. Miranda Filho, Bruno V. Ribeiro, Paulo M.M. Rocha, Daniel D.A. Santos, Natália C. de Sena   +4 more
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Weak Corporate Insolvency Rules: The Missing Driver of Zombie Lending

, 2022
"Zombie lending"—lending to less-productive firms at subsidized rates—can help banks with misaligned incentives in the short run, but it prolongs economic downturns.
Ivashina, Victoria,, Becker, Bo,
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Lo zombie, l’umano e l’AI. Semiotica della voce e del sintomo [PDF]

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L'apparato figurale (Eco 1964) dello Zombie aiuta a mettere a tema la relazione semiotica tra voce, corpo e sintomo. Nessuno zombie ha una voce, eppure produce suoni inquietanti.
Nicolò Fazioni
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Are zombie firms more incentivized to financialize?

China Journal of Accounting Research, 2021
This paper investigates whether zombie firms demonstrate a tendency to invest in the financial sector, a practice we term financialization strategy.
Haomin Wu, Meng Yang, Jun Gu
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Why Phenomenal Zombies Are Conceivable Whereas Anti-Zombies Are not

Актуальні проблеми духовності, 2019
In this article, I discuss Keith Frankish’s attempt to neutralize the zombie argument against materialism with a closely parallel argument for physicalism, the anti-zombie argument, and develop David Chalmers’ reply to this species of arguments.
Dmytro Sepetyi
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L’isola degli zombi. Haiti e il passato che non passa da White Zombie di Victor Halperin a Zombi Child di Bertrand Bonello [PDF]

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The zombie is the quintessential political figure of horror, not only in cinema but across various forms of media. Originating from the folkloric traditions of Haiti, it firmly established itself in the collective imagination through the horror films of ...
Lorenzo Rossi
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El zombi en tres ucronías de lengua española

ILCEA, 2022
Three Spanish-language works take over the figure of the zombie to tell uchronias: the Conquest in Argentina zombie. Historia oculta de la patria (2013), by Argentine author Luciano Saracino, the Mexican war against the narco traffic in the 2000s in ...
Laurence Pagacz
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Zombie-Themes Outbreak Films and World War Z (2013)

CINEJ Cinema Journal, 2022
There are many subgenres and a diverse range of creatures in horror cinema. One of these creatures is the Zombie. The Zombie character in cinema has evolved through eras.
Barış Tolga Ekinci
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