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Renewable Energy Source Installations in EU Countries
A significant link exists between a strong degree of societal development and the integration of renewable energy sources. In less prosperous EU nations, economic growth plays a pivotal role in renewable energy development. Barriers of an administrative nature exert a notable influence on renewable energy development, especially in less affluent EU countries, while grid-related obstacles are prevalent in Southern–Central Europe. In nations where the proportion of renewable energy sources in electricity consumption is substantial, an excess of capacity in the renewable energy market significantly affects its growth.
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  • 17 Nov 2023
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Garments’ Production Countries of Origin
For legislative and managerial purposes, brands are increasingly transparent in disclosing more information on the countries of origin (COOs) involved in their products’ production to their consumers. This could encourage consumers to adopt more environmentally and socially responsible consumption behaviors, particularly considering the negative externalities associated with the fashion industry.
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  • 20 Oct 2023
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Sustainable Development in Peri-Urban Regions
The recent tendency towards overpopulated cities has created an increased demand for the expansion of borders towards rural areas. This has modified the city–countryside relationship, giving rise to the concept of peri-urbanity. Based on these assumptions, this entry aims to highlight the role and importance of sustainable development for the sustained progress of peri-urban regions, particularly by looking at international standards proposed by the United Nations.
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  • 20 Oct 2023
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Mega Infrastructure Projects in China
The “trillion-dollar era” of megaprojects has increased the demand for the scope of mega infrastructure. To address the requirement for high-quality “investment, construction, and operation” integration, the EPC and PPP models must be combined.
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  • 09 Nov 2023
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Some Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Technical Efficiency
Technical efficiency is, apart from allocative efficiency, a component of economic efficiency in the assessment of the activity of each enterprise or project. In the most general sense, it means the ratio of the output achieved to the inputs incurred to achieve it, and in the case of a multidimensional sum of outputs, to the sum of inputs. It describes how inputs are transformed into outputs or inputs into a sum of outputs.
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  • 14 Sep 2023
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Wine Hotels and Intangible Heritage
International legislation related to the protection and preservation of cultural heritage has defined intangible heritage as a non-material cultural resource that can be identified in various forms of personal, spiritual, and non-material creation that can be communicated and carried forward by word of mouth and other different means. It includes - language, dialects, speeches and toponymy, as well as oral literature of all kinds, - folklore creativity in the field of music, dance, traditions, games, rituals, customs, as well as other traditional folk values, - traditional arts and crafts.
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  • 24 Jan 2024
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Administrative Regulation Institutional Factors and Business Efficiency
Different business environments may have differential impacts. The improvement in the institutional environment and increased certainty about the future greatly impact entrepreneurial activity and business results. The research aimed to investigate administrative barriers to business in (1) subdivisions of the Russian Federation on the example of monitoring and supervision activities of state bodies, and (2) the provision of public services. 
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  • 03 Jan 2024
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Behavioral Biases and Investment Decisions of SMEs Managers
Optimistic managers tend to make investment decisions more frequently, while those who are more risk-averse adopt a more cautious approach. Mimicry was also identified as an influential factor in investment decisions, with executives likely to be influenced by the choices of their peers. Furthermore, intuition bias was also identified as a positive factor in the investment decision-making process, enabling managers to capitalize on their experience and tacit knowledge for more appropriate and timely choices.
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  • 13 Oct 2023
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Factors Influencing International Infrastructure Investment
International economic cooperation accelerates the flow of capital, technology, labor, and other factors between different countries, which promotes global sustainable development. Building infrastructure construction is an important way to strengthen social development, and absorbing foreign capital is an effective way for developing countries to improve their infrastructure and to promote economic development.
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  • 31 Jul 2023
Topic Review
The Advantages of Coaching
The definition of coaching has been applied in several fields, such as sport, life, and business. Even though coaching was first used in sport as a discipline that helps athletes maximize their performances, there is an increasing number of coaches who work for every kind of company as executive, team, or business coaches. Career coaching has become an important method of helping people expand their self-awareness, facilitate personal development, and increase their performance in the school-to-work transition.
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  • 03 Aug 2023
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