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Research about the circular economy is dominated by engineers, architects, and social scientists in fields other than economics. The concepts they study can be useful in economic models of policies – to reduce virgin materials extraction, to encourage green design, and to make better use of...
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Science, EBSCO Host and Sabinet databases. Using the keywords that included e-waste management or recycling or policy in Sub … revealed that lack of policy and limited recycling infrastructure were the main barriers to effective e-waste management. The … SLR revealed that most countries in the region practice informal and rudimentary recycling methods. Based on the common …
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manufacturer invests in a greening effort to produce green products by incorporating environment friendly features. These green …
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From the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), apprehension surrounds its true intentions and objectives. While touted as a US-led strategy to counter China's dominance in the region, IPEF seems to be a very slow-paced initiative and how it will progress, and how to go about it,...
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By holding assets longer and increasingly focusing on growth strategies private equity firms enter the territory of strategic buyers. In one such strategy, a private equity firm buys a company and then builds on that “platform” through add-on acquisitions. We ask whether such serial...
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This study investigates the relationship between the Chairman's characteristics (age, title, tenure, and ownership) and the firm's operating performance (measured by profitability and liquidity), and whether the Chief Executive Officer's (CEO) effectiveness (a combination of non-duality, age,...
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Using a large dataset of firm-bank and ownership information for 23 European countries over 2008-2015, we study the dynamics of bank relationships after corporate acquisitions and the effects of changing banks on firm performance. Foreign acquirers do not rely on internal capital markets but...
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We find that corporate governance characteristics of acquiring firms (board ownership, board size, and block-holder control) have an economically and statistically significant impact on operating performance changes following mergers. We also show that dispersion of intra-board ownership stakes...
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to the environment by a flow of virgin materials into the economy, and by the diffusion of waste into the environment …. Ecoefficiency contributes to reducing material waste in all processes. Recycling can reduce the diffusion of waste by feeding it …. Recycling and human capital formation use productive factors and are rooted therefore, as all other activities, in the material …
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materials extracted from the environment can be used as anindicator of unspecific impact potential. Material intensity analysis …
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