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Greening the Bottom Line: Public Funding for Circular Economy Initiatives and Financial Stability
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public funding for circular economy (CE) initiatives plays a crucial role in shaping corporate financial performance, yet its effects remain underexplored. Grounded in the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm, this study investigates the financial impact of CE funding on private firms, using Portugal as a case study. It analyses the financial
Rui Cruz +3 more
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Does Climate Risk Affect Employment Decisions? International Evidence
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of climate risk on corporate employment decisions. Using a large sample from 41 countries, we find a positive association between climate risk and underinvestment in labor, notably manifesting as excessive employee layoffs.
Claude Francoeur +3 more
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Target Firm's ESG Engagement and Post–M&A Performance: The Mediating Role of Acquirer's CSR Strategy
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper examines whether the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of target firms influences both accounting‐based and market‐based corporate financial performance (CFP) within the merger and acquisition (M&A) context and whether this relationship is mediated by the acquirer's corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy.
Francesco Gangi +4 more
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The Fast, the Steady and the Tenacious: Funding Pathways for Circular Start‐Ups
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular start‐ups (CSUs) are critical for unlocking the circular economy, yet they face persistent barriers in accessing finance. Despite growing interest from policymakers and financing institutions, little empirical evidence explains how these ventures pursue and secure funding.
Pilar Mejía‐Vélez +4 more
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Adjustment of the WACC with Subsidized Debt in the Presence of Corporate Taxes: the N-Period Case [PDF]
In the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) applied to the free cash flow (FCF), we assume that the cost of debt is the market, unsubsidized rate. With debt at the market rate and perfect capital markets, debt only creates value in the presence of ...
Ignacio Velez-Pareja +2 more
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Market Timing and Corporate Debt Issuance [PDF]
, 2008 This thesis comprehensively examInes the relationship between corporate debt issuance and market timing. The focus is on the different issues of debt market timing across the different stages of corporate debt issuance from pre-issue considerations, to ...
Zhou, Bilei, Zhou, Bilei
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, 2019 The amount of central government debt has doubled since the financial crisis, at a time when there has also been a doubling of the government’s contingent financial liabilities.
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CONDITIONAL CONSERVATISM AND THE COST OF DEBT: EVIDENCE FROM CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Croatian Operational Research Review, 2012 This study attempts to link the cost of debt to observed levels of accounting conservatism. Namely, conservative earnings reflect bad news more quickly than good news.
Slavko Šodan
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Small enterprises (SEs) constitute a major component of economic systems, and their socio‐environmental commitment is critical for promoting societal well‐being. This paper examines the direct effect of sound financial practices on socio‐environmental commitment and evaluates the mediating role of financial constraints—specifically debt and ...
Marcos Álvarez‐Espiño +2 more
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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 +4 more
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