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Powerful transformations: The experiences of higher education teaching staff who were first‐generation university students

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, a university education has been seen primarily as a route for the middle classes to achieve professional qualifications while structural barriers have served to restrict entry to individuals from particular demographics. First‐generation students (FGS), often with low socio‐economic backgrounds, face multiple barriers to Higher ...
Helen Williams, Ellen‐Alyssa Gambles
wiley   +1 more source

A normative argument towards the independence of public debt management

Review of Economic Analysis, 2023
We explore the links between credit expansion, inflation, and inflation expectations, and show that active public debt management can trigger a non-interest rate channel of credit expansion.
Panagiotis Tsintzos, Tilemahos Efthimiadis, Stephanos Papadamou, Eleftherios Spyromitros   +3 more
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Widening participation and the changing risks of higher education: Working‐class women's pathways via access courses across two decades

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Widening participation (WP) in higher education (HE) remains a central concern within UK educational and social policy. It seeks to address the underrepresentation of specific social groups by tailoring university access to their distinct needs.
Sarah McLaughlin, Richard Waller
wiley   +1 more source

Capital market liberalization and corporate debt maturity structure: evidence from the Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock connect

China Accounting and Finance Review
This paper takes the Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect as a quasi-natural experiment and investigates the impact of capital market liberalization on the corporate debt maturity structure.
Jun Huang, Haijie Mo, Tianshu Zhang
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From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capital structure: optimal leverage and maturity choice in a dynamic model [PDF]

, 2004
We introduce a dynamic model of optimal capital structure. Analytic solutions for the value of debt and equity are provided when the firm has the opportunity to issue new debt optimally at maturity of current debt.
Forte, Santiago
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From Board Governance to SDGs Integration: ESG Performance and Controversies in the MENA Region

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how board characteristics influence firms' integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on the mediating role of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and the moderating effect of ESG controversies.
Waleed M. Alahdal, Ines Kateb, Said Elbanna   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

INTERACTION OF ASSET TANGIBILITY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEVERAGE STRUCTURE AND FINANCIAL DISTRESS IN AGRICULTURE-LINKED NON-FINANCIAL FIRMS [PDF]

Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2020
This study aims at investigating, from a perspective of agriculture linked firms, the impact of leverage structure on the probability of corporate financial distress with the moderating role of asset tangibility.
Wen XUEZHOU, Rana Yassir HUSSAIN, Haroon HUSSAIN, Muhammad SAAD, Rehan Sohail BUTT   +4 more
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ESG Decoupling Phenomenon: A Systematic and Bibliometric Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ESG decoupling, defined as the gap between a firm's ESG disclosures and its actual practices, poses a critical challenge to corporate sustainability. Using the PRISMA protocol, 451 articles were selected for a comprehensive bibliometric and systematic literature review to map the intellectual structure and thematic evolution of the research on
Maryam Laeeq, Farida Akhtar, Han Lin Shang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Disclosure Under Mandatory Regulation in EU Listed Companies: An Institutional Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines corporate environmental reporting practices among listed companies in the European Union during the period 2018–2022, within the context of the Non‐Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). To this end, an Environmental Disclosure Index (EDI) is constructed based on qualitative reporting items, and panel‐data models are ...
Rosalva Pinto‐Braga, Pedro Lorca Fernández, Javier de Andrés Suárez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source