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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The intersection of economic conditions and early years education has long been debated, particularly where financial constraints shape educational practice and professional realities. Türkiye, characterised by high inflation and structural vulnerabilities in purchasing power parity, provides a critical context for examining how economic ...
Ebru Aydın, Şerif Yüksel
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Default and the maturity structure in sovereign bonds [PDF]
This paper studies the maturity composition and the term structure of interest rate spreads of government debt in emerging markets. In the data, when interest rate spreads rise, debt maturity shortens and the spread on short-term bonds is higher than on ...
Ananth Ramanarayanan, Cristina Arellano
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From Ecosystem Threats to Balance Sheets: Biodiversity Risks Exposure and Corporate Cash Policies
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how firms strategically respond to biodiversity risk by examining their cash holding decisions. Using firm‐level data from China, we find that firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure significantly increases corporate cash holdings.
Jing Hao +4 more
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Debt Maturity and the Dynamics of Leverage [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006 Abstract This paper shows that short debt maturities commit equityholders to leverage reductions when refinancing expiring debt in low-profitability states. However, shorter maturities lead to higher transaction costs since larger amounts of expiring debt need to be refinanced.
Dangl, Thomas, Zechner, Josef
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Greening Under Pressure: Climate Change Exposure and Eco‐Innovation
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the impact of climate change exposure on corporate eco‐innovation. Recognizing the urgent need to address climate change, we examine how firms directly respond to climate risks through eco‐innovation. Our findings indicate that climate change exposure is positively associated with corporate eco‐innovation.
Pietro Perotti +2 more
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Debt maturity and corporate R&D investment – the empirical study of US listed firms [PDF]
Banks and Bank Systems, 2018 This study investigates the relationships between debt maturity structure and corporation R&D investment. Using a large sample of US listed firms over the period of 1995 to 2015, it was found that the use of bank debt positively influences R&D ...
Hai-Chin Yu, Thi-Thanh Phan
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What Determines Debt Maturity? [PDF]
Review, 2019 What determines the maturity structure of debt? In this article, I develop a simple model to explore how the optimal maturity of debt issued by a firm (or a country) depends both on the firm?s cyclical state and other features of the economic environment in which it operates.
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Corporate Management of Environmental, Social, and Governance Ratings and Rating Divergence
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings increasingly influence investment and corporate decision‐making, companies face growing pressure to manage their ESG performance strategically. This study examines how firms navigate the fragmented ESG rating landscape marked by significant agency divergence. Based on a multiple‐case study
Selina Hauch
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Artificial Intelligence and Environmental, Social, and Governance: A Hybrid Bibliometric Approach
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study provides a comprehensive overview of research on artificial intelligence (AI) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) by creating a knowledge map of the field. Using a systematic–bibliometric approach, we quantitatively analyzed a total of 129 documents, which collectively were cited 4276 times (2017–2024).
Qiang (John) Wu +3 more
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The Role of Corporate Governance in Enhancing Environmental and Social Performance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how different corporate governance (CG) approaches influence firms' environmental and social performance, specifically focusing on the role of internal vs. external resources and operational vs. strategic approaches. Anchored in stakeholder and resource dependency theory, we develop a conceptual framework grounded in ...
Tommaso Fornasari +2 more
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