Purpose - This paper expounds three theoretical contributions of Das Kapital from a new perspective. Design/methodology/approach - First, Karl Marx's scientific labor theory of value encompasses both abstract and concrete forms; second, the dialectics in Das Kapital serves not only as a...

This book explores the environmental competitiveness of 133 countries around the world, presenting an index evaluation system to facilitate a comparative analysis of environmental competitiveness on a global scale. This is a new way to measure competitiveness in the light of the contradiction...

This book explores the environmental competitiveness of 133 countries around the world, presenting an index evaluation system to facilitate a comparative analysis of environmental competitiveness on a global scale. This is a new way to measure competitiveness in the light of the contradiction...

This book explores the environmental competitiveness of 133 countries around the world, presenting an index evaluation system to facilitate a comparative analysis of environmental competitiveness on a global scale. This is a new way to measure competitiveness in the light of the contradiction...

Methanol-to-olefin (MTO) is a typical example of the new coal chemical industry. Due to the large volume of generated wastewater, complex composition, and heavy environmental hazard, wastewater recycling is critical for sustainable industrial development and ecological protection. Herein, a...

Effective risk allocation is crucial for the success of transport infrastructure public-private partnership (PPP) projects. However, the inherent features of multiple entities, multiple tasks, and dynamicity make it highly challenging to obtain a risk allocation solution. This study aims to...

This paper explores the impact of risk preference as well as interlinked credit and insurance contract on peasants' new technology adoption. The results show that (1) risk preference has a significant impact on peasants' adoption of innovative seeds, and the influence of exact probabilistic risk...

Background: Copper is an essential micronutrient and plasma copper plays an important role in the development of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-specific mortality. However, nationwide data on the plasma copper concentrations and determinants in Chinese adults with...

Operational risk events have severely impacted the development of third-party payment (TPP) platforms, and have even led to a discussion on the operational risk capital charge settlement by relevant international regulators. However, prior studies have mostly focused on qualitative mechanism...