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Beyond Profit: Do Mergers and Acquisitions and the Board of Directors Increase the Environmental, Social, and Governance?

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, Camila Lima Bazani, Pablo Zambra   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of ESG Controversies on Financing Costs for European Companies: Does Culture Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies and corporate financing costs, focusing on the moderating effect of national culture. It analyzes European companies listed on the STOXX 600 Index from 2016 to 2023.
Souad Brinette, Marie‐Josèphe Rigobert, Slimane ED‐Dafali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Suzanne Kieviet   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic factors explaining anthocyanin pigmentation differences

BMC Plant Biology
Background 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
doaj   +1 more source

Innovation Pathways to Carbon Efficiency: Disentangling the Effects of AI, R&D, and Clean Energy Blessings on U.S. Environmental Sustainability

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United States (U.S.) faces challenges in achieving its ambitious net‐zero carbon emissions target by 2050, with current emissions having fallen by less than 1% in 2024. Despite an investment of $500 billion in low‐carbon resources while holding the second‐largest green technology patent portfolio globally, it is further imperative to ...
Md Zubair Ahmad, Jewel Rana, Mohammad Fakhrul Islam, Md Nazmul Islam Jihad, Md. Rashed, Md. Kamal Uddin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Eco‐Innovation, Economic Complexity, and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Systematic Literature Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study systematizes the literature on eco‐innovation and economic complexity, aiming to understand how the sophistication of productive structures shapes countries' capacity to develop environmentally responsible innovations, and how eco‐innovation may, in turn, influence productive sophistication.
Gregory Matheus Pereira de Moraes, Diogo Ferraz   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shikonin-loaded porous graphdiyne nanofilm on titanium surface for enhanced antibacterial activity and osseointegration

Bioactive Materials
Bacterial 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, Kexin Li, Yingqi Liu, Yi Han, Kun Xu, Xi Rao, Selvakumar Murugesan, Valentim A.R. Barão, En-Tang Kang, Liqun Xu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Declarative position of the BRICS on environmental and sustainable development issues [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
In recent years environmental and sustainable development issues have grown in urgency and importance to the public. Policy makers, legislators and researchers actively address these problems.
Astakhova Marina
doaj   +1 more source

Fiscal policy in the BRICs [PDF]

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, 2013
Abstract This paper assesses the macroeconomic impact of fiscal policy shocks for four key emerging market economies – Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) – using a fully simultaneous system of equations. We also estimate fiscal policy rules and analyze the importance of nonlinearity using a smooth transition (STR) model.
Fredj Jawadi, Sushanta K. Mallick, Ricardo M. Sousa   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources