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Cultivating Circularity: Harnessing Industry 4.0 and Stakeholder Engagement for a Sustainable Agrifood Future in Brazil

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology applications in agribusiness and the role of strategic stakeholders, engagement methods, and other critical aspects data sharing, confidentiality, integrity, decision‐making, and sector‐specific requirements in promoting circularity.
Simone Sehnem, Lucila M. S. Campos, Tais Provensi, Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do sovereign wealth funds pay their portfolio companies’ executives? Evidence from Kuwait [PDF]

, 2018
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are major players in the global markets. This paper examines the possible value SWFs bring to their domestic holdings by examining the impact of SWF ownership on firms’ executive compensation.
Albader, Sulaiman H., Alhashel, Bader
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Does Managerial Ability Improve Environmental Performance and Overall ESG Ratings? The Impact of the European Sustainability Reporting Mandate

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of managerial ability in driving environmental performance and overall environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings in the context of the European Union sustainability reporting regulations. Using a sample of 7242 firm‐year observations over the period 2015–2023, our results indicate a structural change in ...
Mihaela Ionașcu, Ion Ionașcu, Elena Turuianu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financing constraints and firms’ cash policy in the euro area [PDF]

This paper investigates the financing conditions of non-financial corporations in the euro area. We develop a new firm classification based on micro data by distinguishing between three groups of firms: unconstrained, relatively and absolutely ...
Ferrando, Annalisa, Pál, Rozália
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Independent Female Directors and Green Innovation in China: The Moderating Roles of Ownership Structure and Market Competition

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of independent female directors (IFDs) on green innovation (GI) among Chinese‐listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Additionally, we investigate the moderating effects of ownership structure and market competition on the relationship between IFD and GI.
Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Jameel Hussain, Isaac Nana Akuffo, Ifeoma Rita Ezedebego, Ernest Ezeani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Determinants and Implications of Financial Asset Holdings of Non-Financial Firms in Turkey : An Emprical Investigation [PDF]

This paper investigates the determinants and financial crowding out consequences of nonfinancial firms’ holdings of financial assets (FA) including government bonds and securities (GS) in Turkey using the firm level data compiled by the Central Bank of ...
Cafer Kaplan, Cihan Yalcin, Erdal Ozmen
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Large Shareholder Diversification and Corporate Cash Holding

European Financial Management
ABSTRACT Using data for almost 360,000 European firms covered in Orbis Historical, I reconstruct the portfolios of shareholders who hold equity stakes in private and publicly traded firms between 2007 and 2020. I document a novel link between large shareholders' diversification and firms' cash holdings.
openaire   +2 more sources

Green Talk, Costly Walk: The Financial Cost of Greenwashing

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial consequences of greenwashing, operationalized as the misalignment between ESG disclosure and actual ESG performance. While prior research has explored the reputational and ethical dimensions of greenwashing, its impact on firms' cost of debt remains underexamined.
S. Taddeo, A. Regoli, O. Weber, R. Carè
wiley   +1 more source

Cash holding, economic uncertainty and investment: Evidence from ASEAN countries

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis
This research observes the effect of uncertainty on corporate cash holding. Uncertainty drives up asymmetric information problems, increasing companies' external capital costs.
Rita Juliana, Sidik Budiono
doaj   +1 more source

Takeover Vulnerability and the Discipline of ESG Overinvestment

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While takeovers serve a disciplinary role by replacing inefficient managers, the threat of takeovers may compel firms to divert attention from Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts as a strategic response to external pressure, especially when such firms are already overinvesting in ESG.
Abongeh Tunyi, Ruth O. Sagay, Reon Matemane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source