ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
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Revolutionizing Hemodialysis Care: How Customer Relationship Management Innovation Enhances Patient-Centered Care and Quality of Life. [PDF]
Aghakhani N +3 more
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ABSTRACT As firms increasingly incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns into their strategic agendas, stakeholder legitimacy—an audience‐conferred judgment of organizational appropriateness—has become pivotal. We theorize legitimacy as expanding a hybrid response portfolio in which firms may pursue substantive change (business ...
Min‐Jae Lee +3 more
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AI Self-Efficacy and Innovative Work Behavior in Hospitality and Tourism: A Job Demands-Resources Perspective on Work Engagement and Schedule I-Deals. [PDF]
Li X, Gong Z, Choi H, Kang SW.
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A Business Framework for Product Take‐Back—A Structured Multiple‐Case Analysis
ABSTRACT The potential of take‐back systems remains largely unrealized as initiatives have proven difficult to implement in practice. The question is why we do not see more take‐back systems given the substantial environmental benefits. We try to understand the challenges and stumbling blocks in setting up take‐back from a business perspective.
Rasmus Jørgensen, Torben Pedersen
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The role of AI-enhanced fast delivery services in strengthening customer retention and loyalty in competitive markets. [PDF]
Kasoju A, Vishwakarma T, Kasoju A.
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ABSTRACT Environmentally oriented ventures pursue a dual mission: to create both environmental and financial value. This dual mission adds complexity and can influence ventures' funding prospects, as investors mostly pursue financial motivations.
David Flore +2 more
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Positive emotional cues at work: how customer empowering behavior promotes proactive customer service via psychological safety. [PDF]
Chen W, Yao K, Fan Z.
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ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to verify whether institutional quality affects the relationship between green innovation and firm efficiency within the high‐tech manufacturing sectors. To estimate jointly the parameters of a stochastic frontier and the coefficients of a model explaining technical inefficiency, we employed the one‐step estimation ...
Mariarosaria Agostino +2 more
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Impact of Natural Language Processing models on diagnosis and decision-making in healthcare, business, education, and sports: a review. [PDF]
Choudhary A +3 more
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