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Investor Perception of ESG in Earnings Calls

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the communicator's role and the framing of ESG statements affect investor capital allocation in the context of earnings calls. Based on a virtual asset market experiment, the analysis identifies that the assurance and reinforcement of ESG messages have a positive effect of up to 8% on capital allocation, with especially
Felix Bachner
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of CEO characteristics and audit committee on financial performance: Evidence from Iraq

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity
The study aims to identify the effect of the CEO and audit committee characteristics on financial performance. To achieve the study's goal, panel data was adopted for 43 private Iraqi banks from 2018 to 2022 with 215 observations.
Omar Turki Hazzaa, Dewi Fariha Abdullah, Abdullah Mohammed Sadaa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do industry training reforms meet the needs of a medium sized electrical manufacturer? A case study [PDF]

, 1998
The Industry Training Act 1992 introduced significant changes to vocational education and training in New Zealand. Based on a case study of a Waikato firm, this paper investigates whether the changes resulting from the Industry Training Act 1992 have ...
Piercy, Gemma Louise
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Impact Measuring in Sustainable Ventures: A Process Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Impact measurement is crucial for sustainable ventures to quantify their contribution to sustainable development. Although research has highly focused on impact measurement as a static activity, we conduct a qualitative study to explore how impact measuring as a process unfolds over time.
Jan Moellmann, Esther Salvi, Frank‐Martin Belz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ahead of the Curve: Insights for the International NGO of the Future [PDF]

, 2013
International NGOs have a unique and important role to play in addressing today's complex global challenges. But few of them are living up to their full potential. With support from the Hewlett Foundation, FSG researched how the most innovative INGOs are
Adeeb Mahmud, Kyle Peterson, Rebecca Weissburg   +2 more
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Does Sustainability Auditing Lead to Enhanced Corporate Governance, Environmental Performance, and Financial Outcomes? Empirical Evidence From High‐Impact Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu, Ying Wang, Grace Eghe‐Ikhurhe, Katie Hyslop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovation at the nexus of technology and sustainability: CEO leadership and digital transformation in China

Sustainable Futures
In response to escalating environmental issues, firms are urgently pursuing advanced technologies for sustainability and green innovation (greenovation).
Muhammad Kaleem Khan, Phool Hussain, Muhammad Jameel Hussain, Kathy Michael   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Educational Background Affect CEO Compensation And Firm Performance?

Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR), 2011
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This paper examines the educational background of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) from large U.S.
Terrance Jalbert, Kimberly Furumo, Mercedes Jalbert   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

What can we learn from privately held firms about executive compensation? [PDF]

This study examines the determinants of CEO compensation using data from a nationally representative sample of privately held U.S. corporations. We find that: (i) the pay-size elasticity is much larger for privately held firms than for the publicly ...
Cole, Rebel, Mehran, Hamid
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