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This article analyses the appropriate duty of care under English tort law for social auditors towards third parties at risk of suffering damages from their negligence. After explaining the work of social auditors, the article considers whether the ...

Business operational sustainability must allow creating economic value, building healthy ecosystems and developing strong communities. Hence, there is a need to develop solutions which can safeguard companies' business sustainability. Various ...

Purpose - This paper examines public sector accounting reforms, mainly the adoption and implementation of the Cash Basis International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS) in the central government of Bangladesh. Design/Methodology/Approach - ...

We show that grit, a skill that has been shown to be highly predictive of achievement, is malleable in childhood and can be fostered in the classroom environment. We evaluate a randomized educational intervention implemented in two independent ...

Word production begins with high-Gamma automatic linguistic processing functions followed by speech motor planning and articulation. Phonetic properties are processed in both linguistic and motor stages of word production. Four phonetically ...

Recent advances in neuroscience have paved the way to innovative applications that cognitively augment and enhance humans in a variety of contexts. This paper aims at providing a snapshot of the current state of the art and a motivated forecast of ...

5-Fluorouracil(5-FU)is a cytotoxic drug that is widely used for the treatment of colon cancer. However, 5-FU-resistance is still a common issue which needs to be overcome. Understanding the molecular pathway of 5-FU-induced apoptosis will help ...

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Minimum prices above the competitive level can lead to allocative inefficiencies. We investigate whether this effect is more pronounced when decision makers are influenced by their social environment. Using data of minimum ...

In this paper we present two different techniques for photonic generation of millimeter and THz waves. Each of them tackles the phase noise problem associated with optical sources in a different way. The first one relays on the heterodyne ...

This is a study of the relationship between context, internal corporate governance and firm performance, looking at the case of Turkey, an exemplar of family capitalism. We found more concentrated ownership, often in the hands of families, led to ...