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ABSTRACT The critical role of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in driving economic growth through employment generation and innovation cannot go unseen, especially the efforts of small firms in promoting sustainable entrepreneurship. With more market and consumer focus on sustainability and the shift toward eco‐friendly products, SMEs can ...
Nasser Hadi Alajmi
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The Debt Overhang Hypothesis: Evidence from Pakistan
This study investigates the debt overhang hypothesis for Pakistan in the period 1960-2007. The study examines empirically the dynamic behaviour of GDP, debt services, the employed labour force and investment using the time series concepts of unit roots ...
Shah Muhammad Imran +3 more
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ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
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Political Economy of Fiscal Reforms in the 1990s [PDF]
Throughout the decade of the 1990s, major emphasis in Pakistan remained on fiscal reform as a part of the reform programmes undertaken by the various governments of Pakistan.
Mahnaz Fatima, Qazi Masood Ahmed
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ABSTRACT This study examines the role of managerial ability in driving environmental performance and overall environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings in the context of the European Union sustainability reporting regulations. Using a sample of 7242 firm‐year observations over the period 2015–2023, our results indicate a structural change in ...
Mihaela Ionașcu +2 more
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The Fragile Fiscal Pulse of Canada's Industrial Heartland: Ontario 2011 Budget [PDF]
The author argues unless the Ontario provincial government takes aggressive steps to bring its budget to balance, debt service costs could rise sharply, and Ontarians could find themselves contributing a much larger share of their incomes to servicing ...
Colin Busby
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ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of independent female directors (IFDs) on green innovation (GI) among Chinese‐listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Additionally, we investigate the moderating effects of ownership structure and market competition on the relationship between IFD and GI.
Muhammad Usman +4 more
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"Quantitative Easing, Functional Finance, and the "Neutral" Interest Rate" [PDF]
The main purpose of this study is to explore the potential expansionary effect stemming from the monetization of debt. We develop a simple macroeconomic model with Keynesian features and four sectors: creditor households, debtor households, businesses ...
Alfonso Palacio-Vera
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Debt reduction for poverty eradication in the least developed countries: Analysis and recommendations on LDC debt [PDF]
This paper reviews the main obstacles to human and social development posed by the current external debt burdens of the least development countries.
European Network on Debt and Development
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The Degradation of Access‐Based Business Models: Customer Misbehavior and Shared Mobility
ABSTRACT Access‐based services are considered one of the strategies to embed sustainability in business models. Yet, because the evolution of these business models has been overlooked, we do not know whether their promise to create triple value is sustained.
Andres Camacho, Carmen Valor
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