What limits financial advisors to provide sustainability related information to potential clients?

To facilitate the growth of socially responsible investing (SRI), financial advisors play a critical role in educating their clients about the risk and opportunities relating to the different...

06 July 2014 6,134 3 View

What are the challenges in implementing sustainability in the construction industry sector?

The construction industry sector has been identified as a slow adopter of sustainability. What are some of the challenges specific to the construction industry that is hampering its progress? Are...

04 May 2014 4,011 8 View

What is the future direction of sustainability-themed research?

Where are we heading in terms of sustainability-themed research? Would love to hear about ongoing research projects that inspire

04 May 2014 1,274 8 View

Is integrated reporting a passing fad?

We have seen many versions of sustainability reporting -GRI v2, v3, 3.1 ,v4. Is integrated reporting just another passing fad or does it have real substantial value?

03 April 2014 4,370 2 View

Are current public policies sufficient to encourage and facilitate the implementation of sustainability?

Would like to hear from the public if current public policies are adequate in facilitating the implementation of sustainability. If they are defective, how so and what can be done about it?

03 April 2014 6,443 4 View

How well do climate change bonds perform?

There is recently a lot of hype on the importance of creating a low carbon economy. One of the 'bright spots' is through the development of climate change bonds. Has anyone come across substantial...

03 April 2014 6,136 3 View

What is the extent of interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary/transdisciplinary studies in an area such as sustainability?

The concept of sustainability has become a buzzword among many research practitioners. Are there any examples of studies that depict collaboration between two areas of discipline to address...

03 April 2014 9,128 3 View

Are journals being selectively biased when they publish only papers with positive results?

From what I have heard from other researchers, many good journals have a tendency to turn down papers that report negative results. Are they being 'selectively'-biased?

03 April 2014 3,007 7 View

How important is the role of the CEO in ensuring that sustainability objectives of corporations are met?

I would love to hear case studies/ success stories of influential leaders and what role they play in ensuring that sustainability objectives are met.

03 April 2014 5,751 5 View

What are some of the barriers towards achieving sustainability?

Sustainability or the concept of sustainable development has been discussed at large. Yet, are we truly making progress towards achieving sustainability? What are the recurring problems/barriers...

03 April 2014 7,038 27 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

What does Servant Leadership mean today and in the future? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

In current time of many changes in business and world of work, a lot is said and reported about the importance, skills and benefits of leadership. Are soft skills becoming more and more important?...

02 March 2021 8,149 3 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

Is stone a sustainable material? Is it a sustainable approach to use natural stone waste in architecture?

I'm designing a zero-waste restaurant and considering using marble waste to make some tables and a bar countertop. My clients think it's not "sustainable enough" and I would like to have more...

01 March 2021 4,326 7 View

Why might my GFP tag be dissociating from my plasmid after transfection?

I have a set of stably transfected cell lines all transfected with plasmids containing GFP tags on the C terminus. During a western blot using anti-GFP antibody, one of my plasmids has dissociated...

01 March 2021 9,310 4 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

What are possible instrumental variables for business dynamics (firm entry/exit)?

Dear All, For my paper, I use business dynamics (firm entry/exit rates) as an independent variable in the econometric part. Due to endogeneity I follow a 2SLS approach, for which I need a...

28 February 2021 5,322 3 View

Why am I not able to use all VEP programs for the in silico analysis of avpr1b SNP's?

Good day researchers I am busy analysing the predicted effects of certain SNP's in AVPR1b. When using the VEP prediction programs (SIFT, Polyphen, FATHMM, LRT, Provean, Mutation Assessor, and...

28 February 2021 5,197 1 View

The reason that the culture of white fungi Contamination with green mold(Trichoderma), the culture autoclave at121 for 15 min. What is it?

Is the period to autoclave not enough? The inoculation in a hood and flame and UV and alcohol.

27 February 2021 9,356 3 View

What are the important topics in the field of Artificial Intelligence in Business world?

Dear All, I am doing my MS in Electronic Businesses. And I am interested in the AI field and its applications for businesses, its benefits, impacts, etc. What kind of scientific research dominate...

26 February 2021 8,816 6 View