ESG Messaging on Social Media and Cost of Capital: A Canadian Perspective
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine whether environmental, social and governance (ESG) communications on social media decrease firms' cost of equity. Our results show that ESG messaging on social media does not appear to influence investors, which leads us to examine why.
Dhruv Baswal, Sean Cleary
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The long-term and short-term effects of interest rate volatility on corporate bankruptcy risk: An industry and supply chain perspective. [PDF]
PLoS OneChen L, Zhang K, Yang X.
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Framing Modern Slavery: Do Stakeholders Talk Past Each Other?
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Modern slavery literature has thus far mostly adopted a downstream perspective, in the sense that researchers investigated corporate actors' responses after the enactment of transparency legislation. The common finding is that corporate disclosure is poor and ineffective, contributing to a failure to eradicate modern slavery.
Sylvain Durocher +2 more
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Research on the digital transaction model of the sports industry chain based on blockchain technology. [PDF]
Sci RepWei H, Zhang Y.
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Thermal degradation of impact‐modified PMMA in mechanical and chemical recycling
The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.Abstract Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a thermoplastic with outstanding tensile strength, UV resistance, and a high level of transparency that has been used widely for optical applications such as glazing in the automobile industry. Mechanical recycling, the most widespread method, degrades the physical properties and prevents reusing PMMA in ...
Tien Dat Nguyen +6 more
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Board Structure and ESG Performance: The Moderating Role of Country‐Level Gender Parity
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the moderating role of country‐level gender parity on the association between board gender diversity, board sub‐committees, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. Using a sample of European sustainable companies listed on the Euronext Vigeo Europe 120 Index from 2014 to 2023, panel data and a one‐step ...
Alfredo Grau Grau +2 more
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Financing drug development via adaptive platform trials. [PDF]
PLoS OneCho J +12 more
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Losing Ground? Attitudes Toward Responsible Investment Among Young Koreans and Korean Women
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Western research finds younger individuals and women are more inclined toward responsible investing due to heightened concerns about corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. Our original survey and focus group discussions challenge these findings in South Korea, where younger Koreans are less supportive of responsible
Hyo Won Lee, Dong‐Hun Kim, Sijeong Lim
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Does financial asset allocation term structure affect audit fees? Evidence from China. [PDF]
PLoS OneZhang C, Nie H.
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Necessity Social Enterprises: Community Resilience Strategies of “Kitchen Rebellions”
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship out of economic necessity—sometimes combined with addressing social and environmental challenges—is attracting growing attention. However, welfare states show a phenomenon unaccounted for in both necessity and social entrepreneurship literatures, conceptualized here as necessity social enterprise.
Sonia Vidal, Arno Kourula, Ans Kolk
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