The photocarrier dynamics in polycrystalline CdTe films is closely related to device performance. However, the test results obtained at different illumination intensity may be different, and even significantly deviate from the ones in practical application environments. Here, the photocarrier...

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich in erster Linie mit den Konflikten zwischen dem Tropenwaldschutz und der Wirtschaftsentwicklung in der Provinz Hainan, Südchina. Das Hauptziel der Arbeit ist, Lösungsansätze herauszufinden, um eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in der genannten Provinz zu ermöglichen.

This paper examines whether mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting affects corporate environmental degradation (or pollution) levels in China. Starting in 2008, Chinese stock exchange listing requirements mandated that certain firms issue CSR reports. These mandated firms are...

The development of trust, a fundamental, complex aspect of human interaction, requires a combination of both controlled and automatic mental processes. Most trust models suggest that individuals' cognitive consciousness assess whether to trust. Nonconscious cognitive processes, however, can also...

Workplace equality is an important and integral component of firms’ corporate social responsibility. We argue that firms need to expend substantial resources to mitigate potential LGBT litigation risk or accommodate actual litigation costs, and absorb labor adjustment costs associated with...

Aiming at the outstanding housing problems of the high vacancy rate in our country, on the basis of analyzing the reasons for existing vacant housing, we used the smart growth theory as a guide to solve the problem of vacant housing, and to reduce resource waste caused by vacant housing from...

Because the choice to trust is inherently risky, people naturally assess others’ trustworthiness as a necessary precondition for trusting behavior. This conscious process depends on a type of relational schema - what we call a ‘trust schema’ - that provides an explicit cognitive starting...

This study examines foreign R&D in Shanghai and reveals that Shanghai has become one of the most concentrated centers of foreign R&D in China. Through interviews of 18 foreign R&D facilities in Shanghai, the study confirms the findings from previous studies that the majority of foreign R&D in...

We investigate how marginal corporate tax rate affects corporate policy changes in response to a regulatory credit crunch. With a surge in debt due to a fiscal stimulus after 2008, the Chinese government rolled out the “deleveraging” program in 2015 which, through tightening monetary...

Spontaneous urban plants (SUPs) constitute an important component of urban vegetation, but they have received less attention in urban biodiversity and ecological research, especially at the regional scale. We comprehensively reviewed the occurrence records of SUPs in 59 major cities across...