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Measuring the Effect of Bankruptcy Laws on Entrepreneurship Across Countries

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 2012
Two recent papers examine the impact of corporate bankruptcy laws on new business start-ups in 29 countries over 1990 - 2008 (Peng et al., 2010; Lee et al., 2010).
Douglas J. Cumming
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Does Climate Risk Affect Employment Decisions? International Evidence

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of climate risk on corporate employment decisions. Using a large sample from 41 countries, we find a positive association between climate risk and underinvestment in labor, notably manifesting as excessive employee layoffs.
Claude Francoeur, Faten Lakhal, Hamza Nizar, Zvi Singer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of COVID-19 on Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law

İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası, 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak, which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March, has significantly damaged economic activities in Turkey and worldwide. Most economic activities have stopped or slowed down because of this pandemic.
Murat Atalı, Ersin Erdoğan
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Beyond Compliance: The Role of Climate Policy Stringency and Financial Institutions in Cleantech Startup Entry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how environmental regulations can drive technological change, drawing on the innovation systems perspective and the strong Porter hypothesis (SPH). The SPH suggests that well‐designed stringent regulations can foster innovation and enhance firm competitiveness, performance, and survival, yet prior research remains largely ...
Muhammad Zubair Khan, Affan Hameed, Naimat U. Khan, Zafir Ullah Khan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Private Equity Deliver on Its Societal Ambitions? What We Know and Don't Know About Environmental, Social, and Governance Factor Integration in Private Equity

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Private equity (PE) firms increasingly integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions and raise impact funds to address sustainability challenges. We review and integrate the growing body of literature on why, when, and how PE fund managers incorporate ESG factors into their investment strategies and ...
Tjarda Molenaar, Christopher Wickert, Svetlana Khapova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Assessment of Various Theoretical Approaches to Bankruptcy Law

Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2018
A broad diversity of interests could be affected by the bankruptcy of companies. If a company is bankrupt, aquestion on whether the main goal of bankruptcy rules should be to protect the interests of creditors or it should create a balance between the ...
Saleh Al-Barashdi, Horace Yeung
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From Breach to Repair: Integrity‐Consistent Board Connections and Firm Value After Corporate Misconduct

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how different types of board ties affect firm value after revelations of serious corporate misconduct. Prior work has implicitly assumed that board tie benefits are uniform, without examining the alignment between tie‐changing behaviors and the dimension of violated expectations.
Chuljin Park, Yeonji Seo, Taewoo Roh
wiley   +1 more source

Informality and the Business Environment as Drivers of Carbon Emissions: The Moderating Role of Environmental Regulatory Quality

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A low‐carbon transition cannot succeed while a substantial share of business activity remains beyond the effective reach of regulation. This study examines how informality and the business environment shape carbon emissions and whether regulatory quality conditions the environmental consequences of informal production.
Teng Ma, Yongxiang Wang, Kingsley Imandojemu, Felix Orole   +3 more
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Monitoring Carbon Risk: Auditor Pricing of Stranded Asset Exposure in U.S. Energy Firms

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether external auditors incorporate carbon asset risk disclosures (CARD) when assessing a client's exposure to stranded asset risks and how these disclosures influence audit pricing decisions. Using data from Ceres' Sustainability Disclosure Search Tool, we assess a firm's CARD specificity by analyzing the proportion of ...
Sabrine Ayed, Walid Ben‐Amar, Yang Stephanie Liu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Common Provisions between Preventive Measures and Bankruptcy Declaration in Kuwaiti Law (71/2020): A Comparative Study with Islamic Jurisprudence

مجلة كلية الشريعة والدراسات الإسلامية
Objectives: This study examines the key provisions common to preventive measures against bankruptcy (preventive settlement and restructuring) and the declaration of bankruptcy in the Kuwaiti Bankruptcy Law (71/2020), comparing them with Islamic ...
Abdulhadi M. A. Alajmi, Mohammad Khalid Mansour   +1 more
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