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2025
Carmen Isensee, Frank Teuteberg, Kai-...
Digital platforms and the SDGs: A socio-eco-technical framework for SM...
Managing the complex relationship between digitalization and sustainable development is a key challenge for many small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). To unders...
2025
Carmen Isensee, Frank Teuteberg, Kai-...
How can corporate culture contribute to emission reduction in the cons...
In the race against climate change, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a fundamental role. To clarify the contribution of corporate culture to SMEs' emis...
2025
Carmen Isensee, Frank Teuteberg, Ka...
The relationship between organizational culture, sustainability, and d...
Organizational culture, environmental sustainability, and digitalization have an impact on the business development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME). Dime...
2025
Stefan Tönnissen, Frank Teuteberg
Analysing the impact of blockchain-technology for operations and suppl...
Blockchain technology is said to have a high disruptive potential and can do without an intermediary. Numerous contributions deal with its impact on and possibilitie...
2025
Erwin Lefoll, Antoinette van der Merw...
Does Responsible Gold Certification Enhance Transparency?: The Knowled...
The fine jewellery industry has faced increased scrutiny since the ‘blood diamond’ scandal in the 1990s, which exposed severe human rights abuses and the funding...
2025
Antoinette van der Merwe, Livia Caber...
Urban mining: The relevance of information, transaction costs and exte...
Mobile phones are one of the most commonly owned personal electronic devices and they contain about 15 different metals, mostly extracted with severe negative enviro...
2025
Antoinette van der Merwe, Désirée R...
Protective behaviour on artisanal gold mines: the relevance of knowled...
Many artisanal miners use mercury, a toxic metal, to extract gold from ore, without protecting themselves. In this study, we analyse the role of knowledge, risk perc...
2025
Antoinette van der Merwe, Fritz Brugg...
Rising Gold Prices but Lower Incomes for Gold Miners: Evidence on Mark...
Although artisanal gold mining is known for human rights violations and environmental degradation, it is an increasingly important economic activity in many African ...
2025
Selina Bezzola, Fritz Brugger, Isabel...
Do Social Investments by Mining Companies Harm Citizen-State Relations...
Do mining companies investing in public infrastructure in their host communities harm citizen-state relations? This study presents results from a survey-based field ...
2025
Selina Bezzola, Isabel Günther, Frit...
CSR and local conflicts in African mining communities...
Recent research finds that the opening of mines in Africa increases the risk of local protests and conflict. However, few empirical studies have analysed the effect ...
