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Contextualizing Sustainable Development Metric Standards : Imagining New Entrepreneurial Possibilities
Fisher, William P. <Jr.> - 2021
Imagination is more important than knowledge, but if intellect does not provide the needed logical structures, capacities for envisioning new possibilities are overly constrained. The sustainability problems we face today cannot be solved with the same kind of thinking that created them, but...
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Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We analyze the joint dynamics of religious beliefs, scientific progress and coalitional politics along both religious and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as part of the paper’s motivating evidence we also...
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The Response of Local Corporate Sustainability to Environmental Disasters : Evidence from Wildfires
Branikas, Ioannis; Buchbinder, Gabriel; Ding, Yugang; … - 2021
Environmental disasters are thought to increase the focus on corporate sustainability in the communities where they occur. Extracting data on wildfires (a frequent type of disaster in the U.S.) and using ESG ratings and EPA air enforcement actions to construct measures of local corporate...
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Drivers of the change in social welfare
Luptácik, Mikulas; Nežinský, Eduard; Lábaj, Martin - 2015
Recent developments in the political, scientific and economic debate on the topic of the project proposal in Area 2: "The impact of ecological sustainability on growth and employment is investigated, as it will have important repercussions on econonmic policy and welfare, many of them not...
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Drivers of the change in social welfare
Luptáčik, Mikuláš; Nežinský, Eduard; Lábaj, Martin - 2015
Recent developments in the political, scientific and economic debate on the topic of the project proposal in Area 2: "The impact of ecological sustainability on growth and employment is investigated, as it will have important repercussions on econonmic policy and welfare, many of them not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011341227
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Measuring progress
O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022
Societal progress is characterized primarily as an improvement in the distribution of wellbeing; however, a small set of additional variables are also necessary. Social indicators based on objective measures are inherently limited by the subjective assessments necessary of "experts" to select...
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Corporate Innovation Generates Shareholder Confidence
Bouwer, Louis - 2019
This article will illustrate how a Strategic Corporate Innovation Management™ system can generate shareholder … illustrate there is also a direct correlation between the introduction of new inventions in the market (as corporate innovation … corporate innovation and shareholder confidence.Tesla Motors’ historic share price was analyzed in comparison with product …
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Sustainable Development Goals in Europe and Their Intersection with the Business & Human Rights Framework
Farah, Paolo Davide - 2020
The state of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the European Union (EU) in the context of the EU framework governing business and human rights (B&HR) is worthy of consideration. This chapter follows the top-down approach: it explores the relevant EU legal and policy...
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The Development of Global Justice and Sustainable Development Principles in the WTO Multilateral Trading System Through the Lens of Non-Trade Concerns : An Appraisal on China's Pro...
Farah, Paolo Davide - 2016
The ongoing economic instability in several countries and regions throughout the world, along with the volatility of the market and job losses, has lead to an increase in protests that are currently reaching the highest possible levels of conflict against the so-called establishment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014123758
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The Development of Global Justice and Sustainable Development Principles in the WTO Multilateral Trading System Through the Lens of Non-Trade Concerns : An Appraisal on China's Pro...
Farah, Paolo Davide - 2016
The ongoing economic instability in several countries and regions throughout the world, along with the volatility of the market and job losses, has lead to an increase in protests that are currently reaching the highest possible levels of conflict against the so-called establishment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014123865