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Greening the Bottom Line: Public Funding for Circular Economy Initiatives and Financial Stability

open access: yesBusiness 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
wiley   +1 more source

The determinants of corporate debt maturity structure: evidence from Czech firms [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates the determinants of the corporate debt maturity structure of Czech firms. The theoretical section provides an overview of contemporary theories on corporate debt maturity structure.
Pavel Körner
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The Fast, the Steady and the Tenacious: Funding Pathways for Circular Start‐Ups

open access: yesBusiness 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
wiley   +1 more source

Internationalization and ESG Controversies: Do Foreign Directors on Corporate Boards Matter?

open access: yesBusiness 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
wiley   +1 more source

ESG disagreement and corporate debt maturity: evidence from China

open access: yesFinancial Innovation
This study explores the relationship between corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disagreements and corporate debt maturity. By examining panel samples from Chinese non-financial listed companies covering 2007 to 2020, we find that ESG ...
Kangqi Jiang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Cost of Equity Capital: A Meta‐Analytical Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on the relationship between corporate environmental responsibility (CER) and cost of equity capital (COEC), empirical evidence remains inconsistent. This study addresses these inconsistencies through a comprehensive meta‐analysis of 1139 effect sizes from 75 studies.
Robert Witte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Debt maturity in Spanish small business startups

open access: yesRevista de Contabilidad: Spanish Accounting Review
This article studies debt maturity in startup firms. Specifically, it analyzes whether the maturity of the debt of these firms is different from that of older firms.
José Enrique Blasco Leante   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Granularity of corporate debt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We study to what extent firms spread out their debt maturity dates across time, which we call granularity of corporate debt. We consider the role of debt granularity using a simple model in which a firm's inability to roll over expiring debt causes ...
Choi, Jaewon   +2 more
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ESG Uncertainty in Supply Chains: How Rating Divergence Shapes Buyer–Supplier Trade Credit

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Uncertainty in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings has raised concerns about the reliability of sustainability evaluations and their consequences for interfirm relationships. Although prior research has highlighted firm‐level financial outcomes of ESG rating divergence, little is known about its implications for buyer–supplier ...
Liukai Wang, Na A., Yu Gong, Steve Brown
wiley   +1 more source

International Reserves, External Debt Maturity, and the Reinforcement Effect for Financial Stability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper studies how the maturity structure of external debt is affected by internationalreserves and how they reinforce financial stability through a more crisis-resilientmaturity structure.
Qian, Xingwang, Steiner, Andreas
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