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The implications of efficiency differences in sustainable development: An empirical study in the consumer product industry
(The Boston Consulting GroupWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2021-07)
Firms often invest in sustainable development projects to improve their environmental and societal performance. Given the broad spectrum of these projects and limited resources, managers face challenges in determining where ...
Interdisciplinary Theory, Methods, and Approaches for Hazards and Disaster Research: An Introduction to the Special Issue
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Springer‐Verlag, 2021-07)
What is interdisciplinary research? Why is it vital to the advancement of the field of hazards and disaster research? What theory, methods, and approaches are fundamental to interdisciplinary research projects and their ...
Agent‐Based Models as an Integrating Boundary Object for Interdisciplinary Research
(University of South CarolinaWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2021-07)
Many of the most complicated and pressing problems in hazards research require the integration of numerous disciplines. The lack of a common knowledge base, however, often prohibits clear communication and interaction among ...
Cross‐national differences in stakeholder management: Applying institutional theory and comparative capitalism framework
(Oxford University PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2021-07)
Drawing upon the research in institutional theory and comparative capitalism, the present study investigates how cross‐national differences in the political, business, and economic institutional contexts of the United ...
Equilibrium concepts for time‐inconsistent stopping problems in continuous time
(University of British ColumbiaWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2021-01)
A new notion of equilibrium, which we call strong equilibrium, is introduced for time‐inconsistent stopping problems in continuous time. Compared to the existing notions introduced in Huang, Y.‐J., & Nguyen‐Huu, A. (2018, ...
Heterogeneous Effects Of The Aca Medicaid Expansion On Hospital Financial Outcomes
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2020-01)
Large‐scale zone‐based evacuation planning—Part I: Models and algorithms
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021-01)
In zone‐based evacuation planning, the region to evacuate is divided into zones, and each zone must be assigned a path to safety and departure times along the path. Zone‐based evacuations are highly desirable in practice ...
Review and Evaluation of the J100â 10 Risk and Resilience Management Standard for Water and Wastewater Systems
(InformsWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2020-03)
Risk analysis standards are often employed to protect critical infrastructures, which are vital to a nation’s security, economy, and safety of its citizens. We present an analysis framework for evaluating such standards ...
Preparation of planar and hydrophobic benzocyclobutene‐based dielectric material from biorenewable rosin
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020-07-10)
A rosin‐based monomer with thermally crosslinkable benzocyclobutene groups was synthesized in this study. The structure of the monomer was examined using mass spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and ...
Cost minimization of repairable systems subject to availability constraints using efficient cuckoo optimization algorithm
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2020-04)
System availability is a key element for any industry. System designers and operators try to do their best to maintain the required availability of the systems to avoid production stoppages. They set up and undertake ...