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From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Implications of Mandatory ESG Assurance and Its Impact on Competitive Advantage: Evidence From European Market Reactions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The EU has recently introduced, for the first time, a market‐wide mandatory assurance requirement for sustainability reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The directive mandates that affected firms obtain independent third‐party assurance for their ESG reports. This study examines the equity market's reaction
Zelalem Abay
wiley   +1 more source

Audit market structure, fees and choice in a period of structural change: evidence from the UK – 1998–2003 [PDF]

, 2010
This paper presents evidence on audit market concentration and auditor fee levels in the UK market in the crucial period of structural change following the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) merger and encompassing Andersen’s demise (1998–2003).
Abidin, S., Goodacre, Alan, Beattie, Vivien A., Goodacre, A., Abidin, Shamharir, Beattie, Vivien, Beattie, V.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Breadth at the Helm: Generalist CEOs and Corporate ESG Performance‐Evidence From China

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on the Upper Echelons Theory and the Imprinting Theory, this study conjectures that generalist CEOs may have a stronger tendency to pursue environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. We perform multiple regression analyses with observations of Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share listed companies from 2010 to 2023 in order to explore ...
Shanmei Luo, Chaofan Jin, Hongling Han, You Zhang, Yuqi Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Greenwashing in the Spotlight: Synthesising Evidence on Unethical Environmental Claims and Future Pathways

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms are experiencing mounting pressure to report their environmental impact. Rather than disclosing their actual performance, however, some are engaging in unethical business (i.e., greenwashing) practices. Prior studies have contributed significantly to the greenwashing literature from varied perspectives, but a comprehensive understanding ...
Sher Jahan Khan, Norah Albishri, Bhumika Gupta, Piera Centobelli, Manlio Del Giudice   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Transparency Through Digital Transformation: Evidence on Carbon Disclosure Quality From China's Heavy‐Polluting Firms

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rise of digital transformation (DT) has become an important driver of transparency in corporate environmental disclosure. Whether and how DT is related to the improvement of carbon information disclosure quality, particularly in heavily polluting firms that may have both information and symbolic roles, is still controversial.
Ruixiang Xue, Tze San Ong, Assunta Di Vaio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Facilitating the timely diagnosis of Lennox–Gastaut syndrome: A checklist to support clinical practice

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To develop and evaluate a simple‐to‐use checklist to support physicians with the timely diagnosis of Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS). Methods A panel of 10 pediatric and adult epileptologists used the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) criteria for LGS classification and definition to develop seven questions for the checklist,
Nicola Specchio, Alexis Arzimanoglou, Stéphane Auvin, Antonio Gil‐Nagel, Lieven Lagae, Rima Nabbout, Susanne Schubert‐Bast, Adam Strzelczyk, Eugen Trinka, J. Helen Cross   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial intelligence in preclinical epilepsy research: Current state, potential, and challenges

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Preclinical translational epilepsy research uses animal models to better understand the mechanisms underlying epilepsy and its comorbidities, as well as to analyze and develop potential treatments that may mitigate this neurological disorder and its associated conditions. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool across
Jesús Servando Medel‐Matus, Cesar Santana‐Gomez, Ruby G. Escalante, Dominique Duncan, Pedro F. Viana, Giulia Sofia Cereda, Naoto Kuroda, Aristea S. Galanopoulou   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Audit Committee Chair’s Financial Accounting Expertise and Oversight Effectiveness [PDF]

Pizhūhish/hā-yi ḥisābdārī-i mālī
Within the framework of corporate governance, audit committees play a vital and undeniable role in overseeing financial reporting and auditing. Despite extensive research on the financial expertise of audit committee members, the pivotal role of the ...
Mohammad Amin Harizavi, Seyed Ali Vaez, Amir Hossein Montazer Hojat, Mohammad Hossein Ghalambor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineering mRNA‐LNP Medicines for the Ageing Brain: Opportunities and Challenges for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Exploration, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in engineering messenger RNA (mRNA)‐lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to cross the ageing blood–brain barrier and target neurodegenerative diseases. It outlines design principles, delivery routes, and translational challenges, charting a roadmap towards clinical application of mRNA‐LNP therapeutics for neurodegenerative ...
Abdel Ali Belaidi, Denzil L. Furtado, Francesca Alves, Rebecca M. Nisbet, Scott Ayton, Ashley I. Bush   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source