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Internationalization and ESG Controversies: Do Foreign Directors on Corporate Boards Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between internationalization and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies, focusing on whether foreign directors on corporate boards influence this relationship. Drawing on resource dependence theory, we argue that internationalization increases ESG controversies due to the complexity of ...
Mohamed Elsayed, Ali Meftah Gerged, Yousry Ahmed, Ali Uyar, Abdullah S. Karaman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CEO features, foreign ownership, and real earnings manipulation: evidence from Jordan

Cogent Economics & Finance
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, Lian Kee Phua, Magdi Abdoh Al-Rowaidi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investor Perceptions of Climate Policy: Insights From the US Inflation Reduction Act

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper provides the first event study evidence on how the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) dedicated climate provisions reshaped equity valuations in the US carbon‐intensive sectors. Focusing on environmentally sensitive industries (ESI), we analyze cumulative abnormal returns around the four key IRA milestones in 2022–2023.
Laura Ferraro, Arati Kale, Devendra Kale, Franco Ernesto Rubino   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Reports: Cultural Pressures, Unheard Voices and the Climate Accountability Gap in Oil and Gas Sector Governance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental governance in Nigeria's oil and gas sector remains central to global climate justice debates, yet persistent accountability failures continue to undermine meaningful environmental and social outcomes. Despite extensive regulatory frameworks, accountability in resource‐dependent contexts is frequently reduced to formal reporting ...
Hammed Afolabi, Ronita Ram, Adetola Abdulfattah Sogbesan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Board Networks and Corporate Carbon Emissions: A Cross‐Country Analysis of Causal Effects

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether board networks influence corporate carbon emissions and the strategic pathways through which firms decarbonize. Using a sample of 1952 firms across 48 countries from 2003 to 2020, we employ dynamic stacked regressions that exploit exogenous carbon‐regulation shocks affecting firms connected through shared third ...
Katarzyna Burzynska, Sara Jonsson, Lu Liu, Michał Dzieliński   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do CEO Traits Matter? A Machine Learning Analysis Across Emerging and Developed Markets

Administrative Sciences
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, Obumneme Z. Nwafor, Chinonyerem Matilda Omenihu, Madina Abdrakhmanova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supply Chain Network, ESG Scores and Financial Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper provides novel evidence on the role of supply chain networks in influencing firms' environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores and financial performance. Our analysis employs financial, board, ESG and supply chain data, resulting in an unbalanced panel of over 16,000 firm‐year observations from 3028 publicly traded US firms ...
Michail Filippidis, Renatas Kizys, Panagiotis Tzouvanas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

CEO characteristics and water disclosure: Multi-country evidence

Sustainable Futures
This study aimed to examine the effects of gender, foreign Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and impression management on water disclosure, with ownership as a moderating variable.
Arif Santoso, Doddy Setiawan
doaj   +1 more source

CEO Risk Orientation and Environmental Sustainability Disclosure: Managerial Discretion, Institutional Constraints, and Strategic Transparency

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether CEO risk orientation shapes environmental sustainability disclosure (ESD) and how institutional constraints condition this relationship. We argue that environmental disclosure constitutes a strategic exposure decision because greater transparency can increase regulatory scrutiny and stakeholder pressure.
Muhammad Jameel Hussain, R. M. Ammar Zahid, Yang Qian, Noha Alessa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of board characteristics on executive compensation: evidence from Jakarta Islamic Index Company

Jurnal Siasat Bisnis
Purpose – This study aims to examine the effect of board characteristics on CEO compensation. The board characteristics examined in this study include board independence and gender diversity consisting of woman on board and independent woman board on ...
Khodijah Ishak, Arumega Zarefar
doaj   +1 more source