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ESG Disclosure Practices in Europe
The increased focus on environmental (E), social (S), and governance (G) (ESG) disclosure has become a necessary step toward the integration of sustainability practices into firms’ culture to meet the expectations of stakeholders. Both board CSR orientation and strategy and the GRI have positively and significantly affected the overall disclosure of ESG practices within Europe.
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  • 27 Feb 2024
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Brazilian Agribusiness in the Beef Sector
The current international commercial structure places Brazilian Agribusiness in constant conflict to protect its interests before other nations in the global market. Technological innovations are used in all stages from the simplest production tasks, up to the design of negotiation tactics at high-level affairs.
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  • 08 Oct 2022
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Digital Technology’s Impact on Green Transformation of Enterprises
With the rapid development of the digital economy and the continuous improvement of the digital capabilities of enterprises, relying on digital technology (DT) to achieve green transformation (GT) has become the future development direction of enterprises.
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  • 07 Nov 2023
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Environmental Regulation on Enterprises’ Green Innovation Performance
Environmental regulation has a positive impact on energy-intensive enterprises’ environmental innovation prospective, stakeholder pressure, and innovation capability, respectively. In turn, this has a significant impact on enterprises’ green innovation performance. Stakeholder pressure and green innovation capability to play an important role between environmental regulation and green innovation performance. It is better to promote enterprises’ green innovation prospective and innovation ability through environmental regulation to promote stakeholder pressure, in turn, that improve enterprises’ innovation performance. It is important to leverage these influencing factors to promote green innovation performance to achieve a carbon turning point.
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  • 13 Jul 2023
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Stablecoins
A stablecoin is a digital currency issued by a private company or financial institution, with its value pegged to a fiat currency, basket of fiat currencies, or commodity, such as gold. Because this paper considers only stablecoins pegged to fiat currencies, such as the U.S. dollar or euro, we use “fsCOIN,” as our abbreviation for a “fiat-currency-denominated stablecoin”.
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  • 20 Mar 2024
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Competency Mapping
Competency mapping is a strategic HR approach for monitoring the effectiveness and growth of an organisation’s human resources. It is widely seen that the HR system may use this paradigm to connect human resources with subordinate goals and the larger vision and purpose of the firm.
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  • 22 Nov 2023
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Canadian Consumers’ Perceptions of Sustainability of Food Innovations
Educated consumer food choices not only enhance personal health but can also contribute to environmental, economic, and social well-being, as well as food sustainability. Consumers refer mostly to the ecological aspect of food sustainability in their perceptions and food-buying behavior. Web-based information was a widely consulted source of information about food-related sustainability and innovation, although it ranked low among consumers in terms of trust level. 
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  • 20 Oct 2023
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Nexus between Sustainability Reporting and Firm Performance
The relationship between Sustainability Reporting and corporate financial performance is overlapping and multifaceted and it has been an interesting issue for both academics and professionals since the beginning of the millennium. 
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  • 01 Feb 2024
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Unlocking the Green Economy in African Countries
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, marked by transformative technological advancements, has ushered in a promising avenue for green economic growth. This transition towards a low-carbon, environmentally sustainable economy has gained momentum across both developed and developing nations, driven by the urgent need to address impending climate change and its far-reaching consequences. Amid this context, the synergy between financial technology (FinTech) and the green economy emerges as a potential solution to the ecological challenge.
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  • 14 Aug 2023
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Economies of Scale and Sustainability in Local Government
Local governments may seek efficient public service delivery through scaling up production, and the quest for the optimal local government size has attracted extensive attention of scholars and policy makers. Indeed, if scale matters for local government efficiency, increasing size may be a key factor in achieving more value for money for citizens. As such, getting scale right may contribute significantly to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as set out in the 2030 Agenda. Nonetheless, there is considerable uncertainty with regard to how scale shapes the average cost of local government service delivery. These uncertainties may have contributed to policy makers and public organizations disregarding the often inconclusive and sometimes contradictory empirical evidence in stimulating and allowing mergers and consolidation in many Western countries.  This Special Issue is concerned with economies of scale in local government. Interesting issues to be addressed relate to the existence of general and service specific economies of scale and the implications of both for local government policy regarding various types of scaling (amalgamation, cooperation, and outsourcing). Based on a brief literature review, we inventory a number of issues which warrant further research. One of the conclusions is that the relationship between scale and sustainability is a complex issue with many aspects. Examples include the relation between economies of scale and outsourcing and cooperation, issues concerned with multi-level aspects of scale, and the trade-off that may exist between achieving economies of scale and cost efficiency (e.g., transition cost of mergers). Another conclusion is that no such thing as “one size fits all” exists. Different perspectives may play a role and should be born in mind when suggesting solutions and providing recommendations to achieve sustainable goals.
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