ABSTRACT This study examines the challenges of digital transformation in the food sector, emphasising the strategic role of human resources (HR) as enablers of technological change. Drawing on the concept of organisational rent, it explores how sustainability‐oriented HR practices support digital adoption and enhance both economic and social ...
Vincenzo Pontrelli +3 more
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Clustering-Conditioned Granger Causality Between GDP Growth and Private Financing. [PDF]
Flores-Nava R, Roman-Rangel E.
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Profitability in South Africa: An Industry‐Level Analysis
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility and profit on assets in South Africa using a panel dataset comprising 79 industries observed annually between 2017 and 2024. The study uses an industry‐level dataset which, unlike firm‐level inquiries, purges firm‐level noise and acknowledges the empirical regularity ...
Brian Tavonga Mazorodze
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Systemic Importance and Risk Characteristics of Banks Based on a Multi-Layer Financial Network Analysis. [PDF]
Gao Q, Fan H, Yu C.
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ABSTRACT Why do firms subject to identical ESG reporting requirements nevertheless ‘speak’ the Social pillar in different ways? Some foreground numerical indicators; others rely on narrative accounts of policies, systems and stakeholder engagement. This variation in disclosure form, rather than in disclosure coverage, motivates this exploratory study ...
Laurence L. Delina, Leslie Anne L. Yasis
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Promoter or inhibitor? The role played by housing prices on entrepreneurial vitality in China. [PDF]
Guan Y, Su C, Wang Y.
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Responsible Banking Under Twin Transition: FinTech M&As, ESG Strategy, and Bank Performance
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how banking innovation strategies, namely FinTech M&As and ESG practices, affect bank performance under rising competitive pressures and regulatory complexity. Using a unique dataset of 543 listed banks across 49 countries from 2000 to 2023, we analyse whether these strategic investments enhance banks' profitability ...
G. B. Ferilli, Y. Altunbas, E. Palmieri
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Mechanism of lipid-dependent cold sensitivity in a model ion channel. [PDF]
Li CC, Nimigean CM.
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ESG And Market Power: Evidence From a Concentrated Financial Sector
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors on market power in the Kuwait financial sector for the period 2018–2023. Market power is measured using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA), and the System Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) is employed as the main method.
Abdullah Aldousari
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Converting donor dependence to domestic ownership: The realignment of tuberculosis financing for sustainability. [PDF]
Wells WA +5 more
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