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Carbon Footprint of Bank Loans: Opportunities and Risk Implications in the Banking Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether the carbon footprint of bank loan portfolios influences bank stability, profitability and cost efficiency and whether regulatory quality moderates these relationships. Using a balanced panel of 33 countries from 2005 to 2018, the analysis combines banking‐sector indicators from the World Bank Global Financial ...
Honglei Wang, Chen Lin, Kingsley Imandojemu, Omozele Lynda Showunmi, Romanus Osabohien, Felix Orole   +5 more
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Automating Sustainability: How Climate Action Unlocks the ESG Potential of Industrial Robotics

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The convergence of Industry 4.0 and global sustainability goals presents a critical paradox: while automation drives efficiency, its net impact on comprehensive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance remains contested. This study investigates the relationship between industrial robot and country‐level ESG performance across 63
Brahim Bergougui
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Paying for Privilege: How Political Contributions Undermine Environmental Sustainability—And How Executive Contracting Can Restore Balance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We are interested in investigating whether firms use political donations as a license to neglect environmental sustainability. We further deepen the examination by exploring the role of executive contracting. Drawing on a wide range of data between 2002 and 2021 and a global sample, our findings confirm that firms use political contributions ...
Habiba Al‐Shaer, Ali Uyar, Cemil Kuzey, Abdullah S. Karaman   +3 more
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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

Board Gender Diversity and Circular Business Performance: A Novel Moderated Mediation Framework in Emerging Economies

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the influence of female directors on circular business performance (CBP), incorporating the mediating role of environmental orientation and the moderating roles of institutional pressure and stakeholder engagement. Drawing on Behavioral Agency Theory and the Natural Resource Based View, we argue that board gender diversity ...
Wu Ning, Ummar Faruk Saeed, Hela Borgi, Maxwell Kongkuah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Switching Efficiency with a Step-Up/Step-Down Hybrid Buck-Boost Converter using fuzzy logic control

Bánki Közlemények
This paper presents an investigation into hybrid buck-boost DC to DC converter topologies and their control strategies, focusing on enhancing switching efficiency through the use of dual circuits with different switching capacities.
Amgad Naji Ali Ahmed, Edit Laufer, Judit Lukács, György Györök   +3 more
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Unlocking Circular Economy Potentials: Testing the Moderating and Mediating Roles of Cultural Diversity, Technological Innovation, and Digitalization

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Green finance (GF) has emerged as a key policy instrument for advancing the circular economy (CE), yet its impact varies considerably across OECD countries. Existing research has not sufficiently examined how institutional, technological, and cultural contexts shape this relationship.
Mohammed Ibrahim Gariba, Solomon Gyamfi, Viktor Prokop, Jan Stejskal, Vikas Kumar, Cali Nuur   +5 more
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When Do CEO Temporal Focus and Board Interlocks Lead to Eco‐Innovation? A Configurational Approach

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, we examine how different corporate governance profiles—combinations of CEOs' temporal focus profiles and board interlocks—shape corporate eco‐innovation. Integrating insights from the upper echelon perspective and the attention‐based view, we argue that board interlocks serve as conduits for new knowledge and capabilities that ...
Paula Villalba‐Ríos, Tine Buyl
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A new transformerless buck‐boost converter with improved voltage gain and continuous input current

IET Power Electronics
This paper proposes a new transformerless buck‐boost converter with an extended voltage conversion ratio. This converter has semi‐quadratic voltage gain, which provides more gain with lower duty cycles.
Majid Hosseinpour, Mahsa Ahmadi, Ali Seifi, Seyed Hossein Hosseini   +3 more
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Green Communication and Satisfaction of Employees and Customers in Vietnam Hospitality Outlets: Mediating and Moderating Roles of Resource Use and Training

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how green communication influences customer and employee satisfaction in Vietnamese food and beverage outlets through the mediating role of perceived green resource use and the moderating role of green training. Data were collected from 399 respondents, including 161 employees and 238 customers across 60 outlets in Vietnam,
Trang Le‐Thu, Jung Woo Han, Seng Kiat Kok   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source