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Ownership structure, board characteristics, and tax aggressiveness
Tax aggressiveness, as commonly proxied by the effective tax rate (ETR), measures a firm’s effort spent on minimizing its tax payments. It is suggested that more tax aggressive firms have greater incentives to allocate resources to minimize taxes and ...
ZHOU, Ying
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Changes in corporate governance structures in Polish privatised companies [PDF]
The paper presents early results of the survey of 84 Polish privatised industrial companies, sampled from a list of the 500 biggest firms. Three aspects of corporate governance were analysed: ownership structure, management of the companies, and ...
Kozarzewski, P.
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Too Old to Bother: CEO Age and Corporate Stakeholder Engagement
ABSTRACT We examine how CEO age, a key demographic attribute, affects corporate stakeholder engagement. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that older CEOs are less responsive to stakeholder concerns because of heightened conservatism, shorter time horizons, and greater risk aversion.
Mehwish Yousaf, Pascal Nguyen
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Moral Systems in the Regulations of Nonprofits: How Value Commitments Matter [PDF]
This essay explores how three behavior-shaping systems - legal, market, and moral - influence the fundamental tasks of both for-profit and nonprofit organizations, including organizational goal-setting; motivation of participants; and deterring and ...
Robert C. Clark
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ABSTRACT Corporate sustainability efforts increasingly emphasize Scope 3 emissions due to their substantial share of total corporate carbon footprints. However, reporting these emissions remains inconsistent, limiting transparency and comparability across firms.
Nuri C. Onat +4 more
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Shareholders' Control in Complex Corporate Structures
In this global world, many firms present a complex shareholding structure with indirect participation, such that it may become difficult to assess a firm’s controllers. Furthermore, if there are numerous dominant shareholders, the control can be shared between them. Determining who has the most influence is often a difficult task.
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ABSTRACT This study investigates the relations among firm political ideology, state political ideology, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure. It is the first study to simultaneously explore both individual‐ and state‐level influences on ESG disclosure.
Gianluca Moretti +2 more
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Mandatory TCFD Disclosure and Corporate Financial Performance: Evidence From UK Non‐Financial Firms
ABSTRACT The escalating urgency of climate change has intensified calls for transparent corporate reporting on climate‐related risks and opportunities. This study examines the causal impact of the United Kingdom's mandatory Task Force on Climate‐Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework on the financial performance of non‐financial firms.
Prashant Gupta
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ABSTRACT The application of firm sustainability practices (FSP) in ethnic minority–owned small and medium–sized enterprises (ESMEs) has received significantly less scholarly focus, making ESME FSP an emerging academic field. This study aims to explore the factors influencing ethnic minority–owned SMEs involved in FSP and identify the factors hindering ...
Nurul Islam +2 more
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From Ecosystem Threats to Balance Sheets: Biodiversity Risks Exposure and Corporate Cash Policies
ABSTRACT This study investigates how firms strategically respond to biodiversity risk by examining their cash holding decisions. Using firm‐level data from China, we find that firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure significantly increases corporate cash holdings.
Jing Hao +4 more
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