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Beyond the ESG Facade: Measuring and Addressing Corporate ‘Lip Service’
ABSTRACT Amid growing global attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG), this study examines the misalignment between ESG disclosures and actual practices—termed ‘lip service’—using data from Chinese firms from 2006 to 2022, constructing an index to quantify it.
Jia Xu, Mingwei Liu, Helen X. H. Bao
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CEO features, foreign ownership, and real earnings manipulation: evidence from Jordan
This study investigates the impact of foreign ownership (FOR) on the relationship between CEO features and real earnings management (REM) practices, including abnormal cash flow from operating (ACO), abnormal discretionary expenses (ADIET), abnormal ...
Safia Abdo Ali Al-Begali +2 more
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Determinants of Managerial Pay in the Czech Republic [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of the variation in Czech managers' pay levels. Among the questions we attempt to answer are: Are the managers in state-owned firms compensated differently than those in private owned firms?
Eriksson, Tor +2 more
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Labor Pains: Change in Organizational Models and Employee Turnover in Young, High-Tech Firms [PDF]
[Excerpt] Organizational theories, especially ecological perspectives, emphasize the disruptive effects of change. However, the mechanisms producing these effects are seldom examined explicitly. This article ex-amines one such mechanism-employee turnover.
Baron, James N +2 more
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ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between waste management outcomes and corporate investment efficiency, as well as the moderating role of CSR committees, using a panel of 267 non‐financial French listed firms over the period 2011–2022.
Bilel Bzeouich +2 more
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Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits [PDF]
New York City foundations and nonprofit organizations have racially diverse staffs, according to a new report by Philanthropy New York and the Foundation Center, but this diversity decreases at higher levels of seniority.
Brielle Bryan +2 more
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ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between financial constraints and a firm's sustainability performance. Our empirical analysis utilises a panel of 40,445 observations from 9466 listed non‐financial firms across 44 countries, spanning the period from 2002 to 2019.
Boying Xu +2 more
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ABSTRACT Research on ESG controversies has expanded rapidly, but findings remain fragmented and lack a unifying perspective. This study conducts a PRISMA‐guided, framework‐based systematic review of 68 empirical articles published between 2018 and 2025 (May) to synthesize the main determinants and consequences of ESG controversies.
Cristina Alexandrina Ştefănescu +1 more
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Do CEO Traits Matter? A Machine Learning Analysis Across Emerging and Developed Markets
This study investigates the relationship between CEO characteristics and firm performance across emerging and developed economies using both panel regression and machine learning techniques.
Chioma Ngozi Nwafor +3 more
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CEO and Board Characteristics as Determinants of Private Benefits of Control: Evidence from the Russian Stock Exchange [PDF]
This paper investigates whether and how various characteristics of CEOs and corporate boards are related to the severity of corporate governance problems within firms.
Berezinets, Irina +2 more
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