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The association of corporate social responsibility and sustainable consumption and production patterns: The mediating role of green supply chain management

Sustainable consumption and production pattern (SCPP) in the food supply chain is the key agenda of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, the entire globe may be falling short of its goals for the 2030 agenda as expected. The role of each member country, local businesses, and several supply chain stakeholders is crucial to the feasibility of achieving SCPP. Despite this, emerging countries and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in evolving industries still encounter significant challenges in realizing this objective. Therefore, the goal of this study is to close that gap by investigating how SCPP can be fulfilled. This research examined how corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices affect various stakeholders as well as green supply chain management (GSCM) in driving SCPP. It takes a quantitative approach, collecting the main information through a questionnaire-based survey. Respondents are individuals who have managerial roles in selected companies. In total, 466 valid response sheets were collected. SmartPLS (version 3.3.2) has been used to investigate the hypothesized relations. This research revealed that CSR (both internal & external) had a significant and beneficial influence on GSCM and SCPP. Besides, the findings indicate that GSCM is positively and significantly related to SCPP. This research contributes to the existing literature on SCPP by presenting a combined framework that has been empirically operationalized via the lenses of social cognitive theory, stakeholder theory, and resource-based view (RBV) theory. Additionally, it proposes a novel method for gaining SCPP using SMEs in the food supply chain in evolving markets as an experimental field of study that has not been sufficiently investigated in recent literature. It also suggests theoretical and managerial implications for different groups of stakeholders, making an important contribution not only to the firms’ sustainability, entities engaged in the supply chain, and society at large, but also to the application of SDGs.

Domain theory aspects of extensions of integral domains

Let S be an integral domain which is not a field, let F be its field of fractions, and let A be an F-algebra. An S-subalgebra R of A is called S-nice if R is lying over S and the localization of R with respect to S∖{0} is A. Let S be the set of all S-nice subalgebras of A. In [14] we showed that S can be given the structure of a T0 Alexandroff topological space. In this paper we show that under the specialization order S becomes a dcpo, and we study it from the additional point of view of domain theory. We prove that sup▪supD whenever D is a directed subset of S such that ▪. We also present equivalent conditions for S to be a continuous dcpo. Assuming A is finitely generated as an algebra over F, we prove that the compact elements of S are precisely the S-nice subalgebras of A that are finitely generated as an algebra over S. We then prove that S is an algebraic domain, and discuss the notion of immediate neighbors in S. Under the additional assumption that A contains an S-stable basis, we show that there exists an infinite strictly decreasing chain of infinite ideals of S. At the end, we present two insightful constructions in which A is not finitely generated as an algebra over F, and S does not have a basis.

JFTR's venues and voices for family theorizing and critical review

Journal of Family Theory & ReviewEarly View EDITORIAL JFTR's venues and voices for family theorizing and critical review Katherine R. Allen, Corresponding Author Katherine R. Allen [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-9920-0333 Department of Human Development and Family Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA Correspondence Katherine R. Allen, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Katherine R. Allen, Corresponding Author Katherine R. Allen [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-9920-0333 Department of Human Development and Family Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA Correspondence Katherine R. Allen, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 15 May 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12513Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation

The Productive Status of Laurentian French Liaison: Variation across Words and Grammar

There are competing views in contemporary phonological theory about how to best represent processes that are pervasive, frequent, and phonologically motivated, yet still lexically sensitive. To what extent can – or should – a process that applies idiosyncratically to different morphemes, words, and even phrases, be represented in a way that allows it to generalize to novel forms? We examine this question by looking at prenominal liaison as it is used in contemporary Laurentian French, spoken in Canada. We present the results of an online production study that compares application of liaison in real vs. nonce nouns, and that considers the effect of nonce nouns’ phonological properties and morphosyntactic context on the process. We interpret our results as evidence that liaison behaviour is driven jointly by lexical representations and an abstract grammar, with properties of the real-word lexicon affecting liaison rates in nonce words. We further show that there is considerable variation in the population in the extent to which speakers produce liaison with real h-aspiré words, but that all speakers nonetheless share an understanding of what types of words are more vs. less likely to undergo liaison.

Curve counting and S-duality

We work on a projective threefold $X$ which satisfies the Bogomolov-Gieseker conjecture of Bayer-Macr\`i-Toda, such as $\mathbb P^3$ or the quintic threefold. We prove certain moduli spaces of 2-dimensional torsion sheaves on $X$ are smooth bundles over Hilbert schemes of ideal sheaves of curves and points in $X$. When $X$ is Calabi-Yau this gives a simple wall crossing formula expressing curve counts (and so ultimately Gromov-Witten invariants) in terms of counts of D4-D2-D0 branes. These latter invariants are predicted to have modular properties which we discuss from the point of view of S-duality and Noether-Lefschetz theory.

Examining the cultural differences in disseminating green supply chain in global subsidiaries

Multinational corporations (MNCs) are composed of subsidiaries with different cultures, and such culture differences between headquarters and subsidiaries have been conceptually proposed to negatively affect headquarters disseminating green initiatives to their subsidiaries. Despite MNCs vast size and cross-national-border influence on green innovation, very few empirical efforts have been devoted to examine the culture distance challenge. Drawing on Cultural Contingency Theory (CCT) and Natural Resource-Based View (NRBV), this research collected data from 141 senior managers in charge of green initiatives from subsidiaries in 39 countries of an MNC. We empirically investigate how national cultural distance influences subsidiaries’ green supply chain (GSCM) adoption levels, and how headquarters can alleviate such cultural influence. Our results show that, though cultural distance has a negative influence on headquarters-subsidiary green compatibility, we empirically validate that headquarters can overcome this cultural-distance problem by strategically using cultural similarity in response to each distinctive culture embedded in subsidiaries to strengthen a shared vision. Specifically, four cultural characteristics can strengthen the shared vision, including low individualism, low uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, and a long-term orientation. MNCs can eventually benefit from the cross-culture cooperation in disseminating GSCM if headquarters can choose a cultural mechanism that best suits local subsidiary.

Pulling together: Participatory modes and Indigenous roads to enact anticolonial responsibility in social studies research

ABSTRACT Researchers and practitioners in social studies education have not often taken up responsibilities to Indigenous communities on whose Lands they work and live. Drawing on Indigenous research methodologies, along with specific Indigenous stories and artwork, four authors of varied positionalities, contexts, and regions offer conceptual and methodological insight into disrupting settler colonial research habits and sustaining commitments with Indigenous Communities. Through vignettes describing our own research practices, we propose three attributes of anticolonial participatory research responsibility in social studies. We emphasize the need for Indigenous leaders to drive research processes and planning; integrated, relational views of theory, practice, research, and policy to transcend binary understandings and colonial outcomes of social studies education; and long-term, reciprocal partnerships with community members, to center Indigenous community practices and Knowledges in order to expand possibilities for social studies education. The article explores these features, their demands, and implications for all readers as educators on Indigenous Lands.

Practitioner Application of Ethics in Ethical Decision-Making Within Projects: A Process Theory View

This study examines the approach and range of thinking project management practitioners apply when dealing with issues that have ethical considerations. This article presents a nuanced view of processual engagement with ethics rather than a narrower decision model-based approach based on responses to various ethically challenging scenarios that may confront project managers. Based on qualitative data from a more extensive study we find that practitioner considerations regarding specific ethical decisions range from precursors to the development of a situation as a problem through particular actions and decisions, to potential ways that adverse outcomes can be remediated, and positive ones enhanced. We find that these concerns arise in addition to ethical decision-making considering all three core ethical views collectively, though not necessarily by each individual. The findings suggest broadening the investigation of ethical behavior from making better judgments to structuring the environment where such choices are made, laying solid foundations for ensuring positive choices, and working with even poor choices when they are still the best available to mitigate and control consequences.

The classes and class struggles contents of the Bangsamoro question

PurposeThere is a noticeable dearth of literature offering Marxist perspectives and analyses on the Bangsamoro struggles for self-determination, ethnic and religious identities and social justice. A reason for this may lie in the general derision of bourgeois academics and conventional commentators on the supposed paucity of Marxist theories on nationalism, ethnicity and religion. This may have influenced, ironically, Filipino Marxist thinkers into being indifferent to this research topic. Far from the truth, however, that Marxism is essentially an economic determinist social conflict theory, its historical materialism offers a rich treasury of analyses and perspectives on nationalism, self-determination, religion and ethnic identity within the context of class struggles as the acme of the theory of scientific socialism. The paper, therefore, offers a scientific analysis of the Bangsamoro Question from a Marxist standpoint beyond the perspectives of psychologism, naturalism and ethno-racialism, which are usually deployed by traditional and uninformed commentators in analyzing ethnicity questions and quests for separatism.Design/methodology/approachThe paper employs the historical and class analysis of the dynamics, relationships and struggles of classes in the history of the Bangsamoro struggles against colonialism and the subsequent postcolonial regimes up to the present time.FindingsAs a scientific paradigm, historical materialism presents itself as a general scientific social conflict theory. Using this framework through historical and class analyses, the paper proves the improbability of the Moros’ quest for separatism or genuine autonomy at this historical point. It, therefore, asserts the linking of the Moro struggles to the more immense struggles of the Filipinos for national and social liberation from imperialism.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper is limited to the historical and class analyses of classes’ dynamics and struggles. It is, therefore, far from an exhaustive analysis of the Moro struggles using different non-Marxist social conflict theories.Practical implicationsThe research can be considered a practical guide in analyzing and predicting the trajectories of the Moro struggles in Mindanao and Sulu.Social implicationsThe work addresses the question from radical and Marxist premises.Originality/valueThis is a highly original and valuable work from the point of view of Marxist social conflict theory.

Views and Suppositions About Malarial Infections in Cancer Development and Progression

Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is an aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The prevalence of BL is ten-fold higher in areas with stable transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, where it is the most common childhood cancer, and is referred to as endemic BL (eBL). In addition to its association with exposure to P. falciparum infection, eBL is strongly associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection (>90%). This is in contrast to BL as it occurs outside P. falciparum-endemic areas (sporadic BL), where only a minority of the tumors are EBV-positive. Although the striking geographical overlap in the distribution of eBL and P. falciparum was noted shortly after the first detailed description of eBL in 1958, the molecular details of the interaction between malaria and eBL remain unresolved. It is furthermore unexplained why exposure to P. falciparum appears to be essentially a prerequisite to the development of eBL, whereas other types of malaria parasites that infect humans have no impact. 1 Researchers have found that the damage to DNA caused by malaria parasite in cells increases the risk of those cells turning into cancerous cells. Burkitt's lymphoma – a B cell cancer – has previously been epidemiologically linked with malaria endemic areas. Burkitt lymphoma (BL) was first described by Denis Burkitt in the 1950s. While working in Uganda, he observed numerous children with large jaw tumors (usually observed in endemic BL), subsequently noting that the geographical distribution of these tumors tended to correspond to that of malaria. BL has been associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection; however, given that EBV is found ubiquitously, EBV infection alone does not explain the burden of BL in Africa but rather, is hypothesized to act as a co-factor for BL along with malaria infection. 2 In our article we try to find the correlation between plasmodium falciparum infection and rising rate of endemic Burkitt lymphoma in African countries from the point of view of karyogamic theory. On the basis of experimental data and information in the literature, one possible basis for the initial tumor cell is a hybrid originated by means of the fusion of two normal somatic cells, there can be created perforations of the plasma membrane. Pores of some definite sizes can lead to the fusion of cells. In the first stage of carcinogenesis(initiation), as a result of a fusion of nuclei, a so-called precancerous sinkaryons with a tetraploid set of chromosomes may be created. Such types of cells can exist in the tissue for a long time. At the stage of promotion they can be transformed into full tumor cells under any perfect carcinogens or promoters. 3

Assessing Institutional Capacity of Business Associations in Tanzania

ABSTRACT This article explores the institutional characteristics and capacity of the BAs to effectively perform the representative and service delivery functions for their members. Based on a qualitative study of BAs in Tanzania, it is evident that they were inclined to deliver the influence function and compromised the service function. The main institutional capacity gaps found in BAs were inadequate governance and accountability, inadequate management and staff, weak membership base, lack of membership and communication strategy, and inadequate office facilities and information technology platforms. Although they had partnerships and networks with the government, development partners and other associations, their sustainability was not guaranteed mainly because of overdependence on donor funding and insufficient membership subscriptions. The article advances the collective action theory and corporatism view by proposing a strategic bundling approach that advocates integrating the service, influence and strategy logics to enhance sustainability of BAs.

The impact of dyadic relationships in supply chain triads

PurposeThis study aims to investigate how relational capital derived by the buyer and supplier from the buyer-LSP and supplier-LSP dyads affects buyer-supplier adaptability and their relational performance.Design/methodology/approachDrawing upon the tenets of Social Capital Theory and Relational View, the authors performed exploratory research using a survey of 350 supply chain triads. Based on these data, the authors used Structural Equation Modeling to estimate the Higher Component Model (HCM) and test the research hypotheses.FindingsThe research results indicate that relational capital derived by the supplier from the supplier-LSP dyad has a strong and positive impact on buyer-supplier adaptability. On the other hand, relational capital derived by the buyer from the buyer-LSP dyad has no significant impact on buyer-supplier adaptability. The results also demonstrate that the effect of buyer-supplier adaptability on buyer-supplier relational performance is strong and positive. The obtained findings also suggest that buyer-supplier adaptability acts as a partial mediator between relational capital derived by buyer/supplier from the links with LSP and relational performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe study has some limitations that guide directions for future research. First, along with relational capital, it might be worthwhile to also investigate the impact of structural and cognitive capital in supply chain triads to test whether and how these two dimensions of social capital contribute to buyer-supplier adaptability. It could be also interesting to include the LSP’s perception of relational capital in the model to shift the analysis from the organizational to the interorganizational level.Originality/valueGiven the increasing interest in complex structures of supply chains, this study investigates how one dyad affects other dyads in supply chain triads. Specifically, the study develops and empirically tests the construct of relational capital derived from the links with LSPs, and views adaptability as the result of two interacting parties.

Practitioner Review: Differential susceptibility theory: might it help in understanding and treating mental health problems in youth?

Diathesis-stress models conceptualise individual differences in propensity for psychopathology as an interaction between environmental risk factors and intra-individual vulnerabilities. In contrast, the differential susceptibility theory and related frameworks view intra-individual differences as variations in sensitivity to the environments rather than merely vulnerability to them. Specifically, they suggest that more sensitive individuals are more affected by the quality of their context, whether positive or negative, than others who are less sensitive. Empirical research over the last two decades has found support for this notion in that greater sensitivity is associated with a greater risk of psychopathology in adverse contexts, but also with lower risk in positive environments. However, despite growing academic and public interest in this field, it is currently unclear to what extent the differential susceptibility model is relevant, or applicable, to clinical practice. The purpose of this review is to focus on the differential susceptibility theory as an alternative explanation of individual differences in mental health and examine its relevance in the treatment of mental health problems in young people. We provide an overview of differential susceptibility and related theories, and current relevant research in the field. We identify potential implications of differential susceptibility models for understanding and treating mental health problems in young people, whilst also highlighting important gaps in research that limit their application at present. Finally, we suggest directions for future research that will assist in the translation of differential susceptibility theories into clinical practice.

Analysis on the Effectiveness and Mechanisms of Public Policies to Promote Innovation of High-Tech Startups in Makerspaces

In the context of digital transformation and the rapid development of artificial intelligence, corporate innovation has become increasingly important in leading industrial development and improving national competitiveness. In 2015, China launched a “mass entrepreneurship and innovation program”; in response to the policy, many makerspaces have been established, resulting in clusters of high-tech startups. High-tech startups are the pioneers in innovation development. However, there is still a lack of empirical evidence for whether these firms’ innovative activities, capabilities, and performance can be effectively stimulated by public policy. Drawing from the institutional theory and resource-based view, this paper develops a model of policy perception on innovation response. Using a sample of 500 startups located in the three representative makerspaces in China, this work verifies the effectiveness of innovation and entrepreneurship incentives on startups’ innovative activities, capabilities, and performance, and successfully identifies the mediating role of policy adaptation in the policy perception-innovative responses’ link and the moderating role of makerspace support.

Evolving towards military innovation: AI and the Australian Army

ABSTRACT Established theory views military innovation as extraordinarily difficult, resulting in painful if infrequent revolutionary transformations. This article presents a divergent view, in which military innovation occurs progressively in an evolutionary fashion. Drawing on New Institutionalism and the Sociology of Science and Technology, we explore processes of professional debate and consensus-building among military officers, which can lead to evolutionary innovation. Examining the future application of artificial intelligence to command-and-control in the Australian Army, we find that officer attitudes to automation are rooted in shared experience of existing digitisation programmes, creating an emergent consensus over the evolutionary trajectory of future military innovation.

B. Shaw’s play «Pygmalion» in the perspective of interdiscursivity

In the article, discourse of B. Shaws play Pygmalion is studied from the standpoint of view of interdiscursivity theory with the use of methods of critical, linguopragmatic and sociolinguistic analyses. The authors definition of the term interdiscursivity is given. Within the analyzed book, a number of discourses are singled out. Among them are mundane linguistic, philosophical and pedagogical discourses. It is pointed out that in the light of their mundane, non-institutional character, these discursive spheres have not been studied in detail even though the scientific interest to mundane discourses is growing. These considerations determine the importance of the undertaken research. The main discourse of B. Shaws paly Pygmalion is recognized to be mundane pedagogical one. However, the latter is determined by the hero of the play Higginss mundane philosophy who takes on the role of the teacher. His pupil is Eliza Doolittle, a poor flower girl, who speaks a dialect of the English language, viz. cockney. In the process of research, it is found out that if mundane pedagogical discourse is understood broadly, it can include the sayings of other characters of the book Higginss friend Pickering, Higginss mother, etc. The most important linguopragmatic opposition of mundane pedagogical discourse is recognized to be politeness impoliteness which is expressed communicatively as the result of uneven distribution of power between the teacher and the pupil which in the course of everyday mundane interaction may be significantly reviewed, for example be reversed in the pupils favor. The lack of institutional limitations enriches the speech genre specificity of the studied discourse which is hybrid in its essence, i.e., located at the intersection of different discursive practices.

LEXICAL UNITS OF THE SEMANTIC FIELD “MURDER”

The article discusses the structural linguistics and its crucial methods which are implemented in scientific research. The field theory is considered as one of the effective methods to analyze the structural and semantic peculiarities of the language. The structure of the microfield of "murder" in the English language and the semantic features of its constituents are scrutinized in this article. Also, the synonymic, antonymic, hyper-hyponymic and graduonymic relations of the lexical units connected to this field within the field were analyzed based on the views of the field theory. In particular, the article reflects the results of research on the methodical use of lexical units included in the microfield of "murder". The author deeply analyzed the general and specific semantic features of these components.

Simultaneous visibility in the integer lattice

Two lattice points are visible from one another if there is no lattice point on the open line segment joining them. Let S be a finite subset of Zk. The asymptotic density of the set of lattice points, visible from all points of S, was studied by several authors. Our main result is an improved upper bound on the error term. We also find the Schnirelmann density of the set of visible points from some sets S. Finally, we discuss these questions from the point of view of ergodic theory.

Money Politics Crimes in Elections from the Perspective of Dignified Justice

Introduction: The practice of monetary politics in all political events makes it impossible to distinguish the implementation of the mechanism of legal politics from monetary politics.Purposes of the Research: In summary, there is a general assumption that money politics in any political competition is natural, even unavoidable. The detention of monetarism can be done through crime prevention theory from the point of view of proper justice theory. Methods of the Research: The type of research used is legal research. The phenomenological method is a study that aims to determine the nature of a phenomenon experienced by several individuals.Results of the Research: Bawaslu's efforts against money politics in holding legislative elections take two forms, namely prevention efforts and law enforcement efforts as a form of monitoring parliamentary elections.

Context matters: The global adversity of missing family members

Journal of Family Theory & ReviewEarly View INVITED ARTICLE Context matters: The global adversity of missing family members Pauline Boss, Corresponding Author Pauline Boss [email protected] orcid.org/0009-0000-6549-4601 Department of Family Social Science, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Correspondence Pauline Boss, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Pauline Boss, Corresponding Author Pauline Boss [email protected] orcid.org/0009-0000-6549-4601 Department of Family Social Science, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Correspondence Pauline Boss, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 13 April 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12501Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation