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A Universal and Actionable Measure of Corporate Sustainability for Strategic Decision Making
ABSTRACT Managers require a universal, comparable, and decision‐useful measure of corporate sustainability that can reliably inform business strategy, yet such a tool remains absent in the literature and current practice. This paper introduces a comprehensive and operational metric—grounded in Goertz's Basic Framework for developing social science ...
Mariapia Pazienza +2 more
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Between two evils: Investors prefer grand corruption! [PDF]
Recent empirical studies claim that, in addition to levels of corruption, investors are deterred by its unpredictability. I claim instead that it is petty corruption that deters investors.
Graf Lambsdorff, Johann
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ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between industrial robotics adoption and ecological capacity, measured by biocapacity, using panel data from 50 countries over the period 2000–2024. We investigate the transmission mechanisms, non‐linearities, spatial spillovers, and heterogeneity characterizing this relationship.
Brahim Bergougui +1 more
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CORRUPTION AS AN INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION IN THE ‘PRINCIPAL – AGENT’ MODEL
In terms of the ‘principal-agent model’ corruption can be defined as violation of the contract (formal or informal) between the agent and the principal. The resources provided by the principal are then used by the agent for their private needs. From this
N. К. Dyatlova, Ya. A. Tsader
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ABSTRACT This study examines climate change risk disclosure in the global energy sector, where firms face intense stakeholder scrutiny and legitimacy pressures. We develop a novel domain‐specific textual analysis measure to capture climate change risk disclosures, improving on prior approaches based on generic environmental terminology.
Khaldoon Albitar, Ali Meftah Gerged
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Corruption and financial intermediation in a panel of regions: cross-border effects of corruption [PDF]
The importance of financial market reforms in combating corruption has been highlighted in the theoretical literature but has not been systemically tested empirically.
Ronald MacDonald, Muhammad Tariq Majeed
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Addressing the Energy Trilemma: The Role of Entrepreneurship, Regulation, and Climate Finance
ABSTRACT Balancing energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability has become increasingly challenging as economies pursue low‐carbon growth amid climate risk and persistent disparities in access to modern energy. Although entrepreneurship is widely recognized as a driver of innovation, its role in addressing the energy trilemma ...
Kingsley Imandojemu +3 more
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Political Corruption in Contemporary Democracies: Newness, Scale and Varieties [PDF]
A rise in corruption and in the exposure of corruption in recent decades is observable in contemporary democracies, especially on the European continent.
Richard Rousseau
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From Board Governance to SDGs Integration: ESG Performance and Controversies in the MENA Region
ABSTRACT This study examines how board characteristics influence firms' integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on the mediating role of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and the moderating effect of ESG controversies.
Waleed M. Alahdal +2 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines corporate environmental reporting practices among listed companies in the European Union during the period 2018–2022, within the context of the Non‐Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). To this end, an Environmental Disclosure Index (EDI) is constructed based on qualitative reporting items, and panel‐data models are ...
Rosalva Pinto‐Braga +2 more
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