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Equity Crowdfunding in the United States: Evolution, Determinants and Performance [PDF]

, 2020
In recent years, equity crowdfunding has developed into an alternative form of early stage financing for startup firms. The main purpose of this dissertation is to understand the evolution, process and regulation of equity crowdfunding in the United ...
Ozuna, Kenny
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Environmental Regulation at the Crossroads: A Review of Catalysts and Barriers in Circular Economy Transitions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing resource pressures, environmental regulation plays a critical role in enabling the transition to a circular economy (CE). This study conducts a systematic literature review to synthesize how different regulatory approaches—command‐and‐control, market‐based, voluntary, and reflexive—affect CE transitions across economic and ...
Li Yuan
wiley   +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

Fascia, Eh. What Is It? What Is It Good for?

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Opinions on the meaning of the term fascia appear to have been diverging for the past quarter century. In 1998, the definition of fascia in the international standard anatomical nomenclature was narrowed by removing the term fascia superficialis.
Paul E. Neumann, Heba Labib, Martin Lhuaire, Noel T. Boaz, Geoffroy P. J. C. Noel, Carlos Suárez‐Quian, Chernet Tessema, Peter J. Ward, Anthony J. Weinhaus, Mahindra K. Anand, Alan J. Detton   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

CROWDFUNDING AS A KIND OF SOCIAL SUPPORT OF BUSINESS VENTURES [PDF]

, 2016
In recent years crowdfunding has become an important instrument of capital raising. Its importance, popularity and impact are still growing thanks to the development of ICT technologies and new ways of thinking about investments. Both individuals as well
Jacek Binda
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The Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility Internationally—History, Systems and the Future

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background In most countries, a criminal conviction requires evidence that the individual committed the act and that they had the mental capacity to understand what they were doing and that it was wrong. Youth, as an indicator of brain development, is one factor affecting criminal capacity.
Enys Delmage, Philip Anderson, Aileen Blower, Aaron Brown, Mary Davoren, Sofia Enell, Ross Gibson, Ann Karina Henriksen, Diana Johns, Riittakerttu Kaltiala, Maria João Leote de Carvalho, Thimo Martijn van der Pol, Eva Mulder, Sanne Oostermeijer, Mirian S. Orlando, Fleur Souverein, Pamela Taylor, Florence Thibaut, Heidi Hales   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ability of territorial communities to financially provide investment development of the region [PDF]

, 2020
У статті розглянуто питання спроможності територіальні громади фінансового забезпечення інвестиційного розвитку регіону в умовах децентралізації та фінансової свободи. Визначено важливість інвестиційного іміджу території для залучення фінансових ресурсів
Petrenko, L., Петренко, Л. М.
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Playing with fire? A mean‐field game analysis of fire sales and systemic risk under regulatory capital constraints

Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract We analyze the effect of regulatory capital constraints on financial stability in a large homogeneous banking system using a mean‐field game (MFG) model. Each bank holds cash and a tradable risky asset. Banks choose absolutely continuous trading rates in order to maximize expected terminal equity, with trades subject to transaction costs ...
Rüdiger Frey, Theresa Traxler
wiley   +1 more source

ESG Divergence and Ownership Imbalance: Rethinking Sustainability Value Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how mergers and acquisitions (M&As) affect post‐deal sustainability outcomes by introducing the novel construct of ESG divergence, defined as the distance between acquirer and target firms' pre‐deal ESG profiles. While M&As are increasingly used to accelerate sustainability integration, their ESG impact remains ambiguous ...
Ilaria Galavotti, Donatella Depperu
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunities and Potential for the Development of Crowd Investing in Russia

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Contemporary Problems in the Development of Economic, Financial and Credit Systems (DEFCS 2020), 2020
Denis Evdokimov, Natalya Bykanova, Julia Solovey   +2 more
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