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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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Genetic factors explaining anthocyanin pigmentation differences
BMC Plant BiologyBackground Anthocyanins are important contributors to coloration across a wide phylogenetic range of plants. Biological functions of anthocyanins span from reproduction to protection against biotic and abiotic stressors.
Maria F. Marin-Recinos, Boas Pucker
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PROMOTING BRICS COOPERATION FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Revista Tempo do Mundo, 2020 BRICS will serve as a new engine of consumption-driven growth, in a way more dramatic and faster than many analysts expected. With impressive average growth rate in the past two decades, the BRICS became a powerful and prominent force in the global ...
Lan Qingxin, Zhao Zhongxiu
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Private Equity Investment in the BRICs [PDF]
, 2012 This Article investigates the legal and economic environment for private equity investments in Brazil, Russia, India and China (“BRIC”). In contrast with disappointing returns in the 1990s, private equity investment has soared in developing countries ...
Andreas Woeller
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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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Reforming the International Monetary System in the 1970s and 2000s: Would an SDR Substitution Account Have Worked [PDF]
, 2014 This paper analyzes the discussion of a substitution account in the 1970s and how the account might have performed had it been agreed in 1980. The substitution account would have allowed central banks to diversify away from the dollar into the IMF’s ...
McCauley, Robert N. +1 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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Bioactive MaterialsBacterial infection, peri-implant inflammation, and poor osseointegration are primary causes of failure in titanium (Ti)-based implants. Surface functionalization provides a simple and effective strategy to overcome these challenges.
Xiaojing Zhang +9 more
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Space and Culture, India, 2020 The paper explores the conceptual vision of BRICS in the contemporary world. The study focuses on language and images that are used within BRICS-related institutional communication. We argue that the research is important because of the increasing impact
Anastasia Atabekova +2 more
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The impact of the brics’ universities on internationalization of smart cities technologies [PDF]
, 2016 Within the past decade, the increased use of technology in all sectors of society has created a push for cities to integrate the latest and greatest into their city development economically, socially and politically.
Bentsion, V.
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