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From Demand Stability to Environmental Responsibility: How Ordered Backlogs Shape Firm Behaviour
ABSTRACT Ordered backlogs are the confirmed and yet to be delivered customer orders, which may have multiple advantages to firms. We investigate how ordered backlogs influence firms' future environmental misconduct. Drawing on organisational slack theory, we argue that ordered backlogs as a form of demand‐side slack can reduce environmental misconduct.
Ashutosh Singh +4 more
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Capital structure and public corruption among non-financial firms in the MENA region: The impact of the Arab spring. [PDF]
Abdeljawad I +3 more
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ABSTRACT The circular economy (CE) has become a major focus in energy and environmental (E&E) research, as it helps advance sustainable development, improve resource efficiency and alleviate environmental pressure. Even so, the literature is still fragmented, particularly in the CE themes it explores, the levels of analysis it adopts and the methods ...
Jahira Debbarma +2 more
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A dataset to model Levantine landcover and land-use change connected to climate change, the Arab Spring and COVID-19. [PDF]
Kempf M.
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ABSTRACT The lag in embedding leaders' decarbonization competences into sunset industry businesses (oil, gas, and petroleum), particularly in Middle Eastern hydrocarbon economies, poses an existential environmental and institutional challenge. In many such contexts, leaders' decarbonization competences remain subordinated to resource utilization and ...
John Mendy +3 more
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ABSTRACT This study analyzes the relationship between sustainability reporting quality (SRQ) and earnings management (EM) in an emerging economy and investigates the moderating role of ethical leadership. Analyzing 531 firm‐year observations from mandatory reports (2022–2024), SRQ is measured via a 51‐indicator index, while EM is proxied by the ...
Taghred Mokhtar Sayed Moawad +2 more
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ABSTRACT The growing frequency of global crises has intensified concerns regarding climate vulnerability and the resilience of global production systems. This study examines the heterogeneous effects of supply chain development and supply chain digitalisation on climate vulnerability across countries, while accounting for institutional and investment ...
Ziwei Li +4 more
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Stem cell course in the Middle East: science diplomacy and international collaborations during the Arab spring. [PDF]
Sarkadi B, Schatten G.
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Strategic Approaches to ESG Reporting: Analysing ESG Disclosures of Listed Companies
ABSTRACT This study adopts an exploratory approach to examine how firms communicate strategic orientation through ESG disclosures. Using a validated dictionary of exploration and exploitation language, we analyse 278 ESG reports from all UAE‐listed companies between 2020 and 2023, classifying ESG disclosures as exploration‐dominant, exploitation ...
Cintia Külzer‐Sacilotto +1 more
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ABSTRACT The intersection between corporate entities and political institutions—commonly referred to as corporate political connections (CPCs)—significantly influences firms' strategic conduct and their environmental obligations. Although academic interest in this area has grown, the ethical dimensions of CPCs in relation to environmental ...
Ahmed A. Elamer +2 more
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