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A General Approach for Financial Quantification of Climate Change Risk for Enterprises
Climate change is a major risk for the global economy. Increased frequency of climatic events coupled with unsustainable economic development without considering environmental & social aspects has resulted in runaway climatic...
Published by: IGI Global
Political Risk and Foreign Direct Investment in Tunisia
Marwa BenGhoul
Jul 01, 2019
Political risk factors have been considered as important factors which impact the foreign direct investment (FDI). But, the relationship between the political risk and FDI still not highly covered as expected. In this context...
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How Many Shades Are There in Sustainable Finance?
In the last years, sustainable finance emerged as one of the most popular research topics all over the world. Inspired by the need to reconsider the role and contribution of finance for a more sustainable development and...
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Copper Black Coatings for the Absorption of Solar Concentration With an APPJ SiO2 Super-Hydrophobic Protection
Solar thermal energy can be captured on absorbent surfaces, but coatings tend to deteriorate, due to changes in hue, thermal shocks, or detachment of all layers. There is a great challenge in reducing the deterioration because...
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Mining Smart Meter Data
Ayushi Tandon
Jun 27, 2018
Metering side of electricity distribution system has been one of the prime focus of industry and academia both. The most recent advancement in this field is installation of smart meters. The installation of smart meters enables...
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A Conceptual Framework of Value Sharing in the Sharing Economy
The sharing economy is a fast-growing phenomenon that has significantly disrupted traditional businesses. In order to identify the success factor of this new business model, this chapter discusses the unique features of sharing...
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An Analysis of Safety Practices of Farmers in Odisha (India) for Sustainable Agriculture
An in-depth review of literature was done in this study which was further followed by consultation and discussion with experts and farmers in the agricultural sectors of Odisha (India) in view of the adoptability perception and...
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Teaching and Learning for Global Citizenship in the EFL Classroom
This chapter reports on a case study that aimed to understand how global citizenship education (GCE) can be integrated in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum. In order to do that, the authors analyze the practicum...
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