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International Journal of Financial Studies, 2020 Oil, also called black gold, is considered as the commodity which has the greatest impact on the world’s economy, and it has been studied in terms of its relationship and effects on macroeconomic variables such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation,
José Antonio Núñez-Mora +1 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between mergers and acquisitions (M&A), board characteristics, and ESG performance in BRICS companies, considering the moderating role of sectoral sensitivity. The study analyzes 11,402 observations from 2293 BRICS companies, employing Two‐Stage Least Squares (2SLS) to address endogeneity and logistic ...
Geovane Camilo dos Santos +2 more
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FDI Implications on BRICS Economy Growth
Procedia Economics and Finance, 2015 AbstractThe BRICS economies group, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are recognized as the most developed economies from the emerging economies. This paper aims to analyze the FDI flows on BRICS economy. The impact of FDI on the host country depends on the size and structure of these flows.
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Exploring the Governance–Disclosure Nexus: Board Structures and ESG Disclosures in South Africa
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how governance structures such as board composition and board functions influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting among listed South African firms. This study examines 90 public listed companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange between 2012 and 2022.
Henriette Elsabe Scholtz +1 more
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Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China [PDF]
Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed more than 50 percent of the world’
Aldo Musacchio +3 more
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(WP 2011-07) Factoring Emerging Markets into the Relationship Between Global Liquidity and Commodities [PDF]
, 2011 What caused the mid-2000s world commodity price “bubble” and the recent commodity price growth during the economic recovery after the 2007-2009 recession?
Chowdhury, Abdur, Landgraf, Steven
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between board composition characteristics and ESG performance in companies from BRICS countries, and to assess how sector sensitivity moderates this relationship. A sample of 2045 BRICS companies was examined using panel data regression with random effects and logistic regression ...
Geovane Camilo dos Santos +2 more
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Beyond BRIC: offshoring in non-BRIC countries: Egypt – a new growth market: an LSE Outsourcing Unit report January 2009 [PDF]
, 2009 This report was commissioned as an independently researched report by Hill & Knowlton, acting for the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) of Egypt.
Griffiths, Catherine +2 more
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Board Governance as a Strategic Mechanism: Carbon Risk and Firm Performance
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Carbon emissions are a major contributor to global warming and pose significant threats to the environment. In response to the urgency of climate change, firms are under increasing pressure to adopt policies that enhance environmental performance while reducing carbon risk.
Sarmad Ali +3 more
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Electron, EarlyView.Theoretically modeling black phosphorus–barium borate–silver multilayer surface plasmon resonance (SPR) configuration for precise detection of pollutants and salinity variations in wastewater. ABSTRACT The increasing global threat of water pollution demands advanced multilayer sensing technologies with efficacy to detect contaminants with high ...
Vishal Chaudhary +3 more
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