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Quantifying resilience potentials in construction: pilot evaluation of the resilience assessment grid. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Public Health
Tierra-Arévalo JM   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Topic: Smallholder Farmers' Adaptation Practices to the Effects of Land Degradation on Livelihoods in Semi‐Arid Ghana

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although several environmental challenges exist globally, land degradation is the greatest threat and risk factor wedging human livelihoods. Despite widespread awareness of climate change, little empirical evidence exists on land degradation and its impacts on livelihoods in semi‐arid agroecological systems.
Philip Aniah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Corporate Greenwashing on Firm Value in China

open access: yesManagerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to rising public expectations for corporate environmental sustainability, instances of greenwashing have emerged as firms seek to alleviate regulatory pressure and mitigate reputational risks. This study examines the nonlinear economic consequences of corporate greenwashing by analyzing panel data from A‐share listed firms in China
Run Kong, Byungkwon Lim, Hyang Mi Choi
wiley   +1 more source

Are Start‐Up Acquisitions by Dominant Firms Driving Innovation or Killing Competition?

open access: yesManagerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper develops a sequential model to examine start‐up acquisitions in markets with network externalities, incorporating a pre‐entry strategic buyout option that allows the incumbent to integrate the start‐up's innovation, followed by post‐entry expenditure on coordination advertising, and defensive pricing strategies.
Adele Whelan, Kate Hynes
wiley   +1 more source

Audit Firm Tenure, Non‐Audit Services, and Internal Assessments of Audit Quality

Journal of Accounting Research, 2015
ABSTRACTWe use data from internal assessments of audit quality in a Big 4 firm to investigate the impact of audit firm tenure and auditor‐provided non‐audit services (NAS) on audit quality. We find that first‐year audits receive lower assessments of audit quality and that quality improves shortly thereafter and then declines as tenure becomes very long.
Robert Knechel, Timothy Bell
exaly   +3 more sources

Audit Firm Tenure and Audit Quality in a Constrained Market

The International Journal of Accounting, 2018
We examine the relation between audit quality and audit firm tenure in the Iranian audit market, which is constrained by government policies that create intense competition for clients among many small audit firms. We develop arguments that these circumstances create cost pressures that entrench low audit quality and render auditors' plans more ...
Greg Shailer, Masoud Azizkhani
exaly   +2 more sources

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