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ABSTRACT This research investigates how sustainability‐oriented initiatives aimed at innovating a firm's business model can lead to different economic, social and environmental performance configurations, with the objective of identifying the determinants that explain these differences. We carried out a multiple case study, selecting firms based on the
Paolo Di Toma +3 more
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Does ESG Performance Reduce Default Risk in Insurance Firms? Evidence From Life and Non‐Life Sectors
ABSTRACT This study examines whether environmental, social, and governance performance is associated with lower default risk in European insurance firms, and whether the strength of this association differs between life and non‐life business models.
S. Miani, M. Mantovani, E. Palmieri
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Ethical Behaviour and Corporate Financing. The Case of ‘Legality Rating’
ABSTRACT The financial crisis has heightened awareness of ethical and legal issues in the business context. Corporate ethical behaviour is increasingly measured through sustainability ratings. Since 2012, in Italy, the introduction of a sustainability rating, namely the legality rating (LR), has served as an innovative ‘label’ for socially responsible ...
Federica Doni +3 more
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Liability for the Payment of Public School Fees
The author highlights some legal issues regarding the liability of parents and other individuals to pay public school fees in the light of recent judicial precedent, specifically Fish Hoek Primary School v GW 2009 JOL 24624 (SCA).
M Carnelley
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ABSTRACT This study investigates how internal governance design supports credible ESG performance by distinguishing between Incentive and Oversight Architectures. Using 13,993 firm‐year observations of US nonfinancial firms from 2018 to 2024, we estimate fixed effects and two‐step system GMM models.
Beyza Gürel +2 more
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ABSTRACT This study explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and operating profitability in the agri‐food manufacturing industry of Southern Europe, focusing on Extremadura (Spain). From an initial pool of 284 firms, the final sample comprised 185 companies after excluding inactive or non‐reporting cases.
Ángel Sabino Mirón Sanguino +3 more
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Dopad vybraných ustanovení nového občanského zákoníku v úpravě veřejných zakázek
The Act on Public Contracts represents primarily a specific area of contractual procedure; however it also includes e.g. guidelines related to change in liability in public contract.
Tereza Firichová
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The effect of trait choice on hybrid species distribution model projections under climate change
Species distribution models (SDMs) have been increasingly combined with thermal performance data to enhance their transferability and to provide a physiological explanation for the predicted geographic patterns. Yet, while it is widely acknowledged that thermal sensitivities may vary among biological traits, it remains largely unexplored to what extent
Soria Delva +7 more
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Using a top‐down defect engineering approach, controllable vacancy concentrations are introduced into V‐based MXenes by rationally designing the precursor MAX phase, aiming to investigate the effect of vacancy concentration on the electrochemical performance.
Leiqiang Qin +7 more
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