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• Go Green Or Go Bust? The Profitability of Eco-Technology

  Green innovation is often seen as the key to sustainable growth. But, not all eco-technologies deliver the same results.Cheng Qiang from Singapore Management University examines how pollution prevention and pollution control impact firms’ profitability and environmental performance, revealing why prevention strategies offer greater financial and environmental returns.Read the original research: doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2024.101706

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• Building a Unified Platform for Biological Discovery with CRISPR

  Can CRISPR help build a unified platform for biological discovery?Dr Kaivalya Shevade from the Laboratory for Genomics Research (UCSF) is developing new CRISPR-based screening methods to map gene networks, understand drug resistance, and track neuronal activity in disease. The research team’s innovations, including the CAT-ATAC assay and the Plexus machine learning model, show how combining biology with computation could accelerate the search for new treatments.Read the original research: doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.11.637716

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• How Reporting on Segments of Diversified Companies Impacts Equity-Based Pay

  How does financial transparency affect how CEO’s themselves are paid?Young Jun Cho and Hojun Seo investigate how the introduction of SFAS 131, requiring companies to report performance by business segments, impacts equity-based compensation. Their research reveals that more granular disclosure reduces the need for stock-based incentives, especially in firms with weak internal oversight, but strong external scrutiny. The findings show how reporting rules can act as powerful tools of corporate governance, reshaping executive behaviour and investor influence.Read the original research: doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12928

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• Carnival and caricature: Javier Milei and populism in Argentina

  10 years is a long time in politics. In 2015, Javier Milei was a professor of economics making occasional appearances on Argentinian TV programmes. Today, he is more commonly seen wielding prop chainsaws as Argentina's Libertarian president.Dr Sara Garcia Santamaria of the University of Bristol speaks with as again about masculinity, memeability, and Milei's version of and populism through the lens of Carnivale. After all, what's a strongman without a circus?Find more of Dr Santamaria's work on ResearchGateListen to her previous episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/582022/17469780

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• Open Societies and the Political Challenges of the 21st Century

  What makes open societies more resilient in the face of global crises like climate change and artificial intelligence?Stefan Brunnhuber of the World Academy of Art and Science unpacks why open societies—rooted in critical thinking, civic freedom, and institutional balance—hold the key to thriving in the 21st century, while autocracies remain reliant on the very systems they oppose.Visit the World Academy of Art and Science website: worldacademy.orgRead more: amazon.co.uk/Stefan-Brunnhuber

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