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Analysis of influencing factors of indebtedness in Chinese private hospitals. [PDF]
Kong F, Xu J, Ma K.
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ABSTRACT This study theorises and empirically tests performative purpose alignment theory (PPAT), which conceptualises corporate purpose as a performative artefact materialised through discursive and multimodal signals. To operationalise this, we introduced the SDG–Purpose Alignment Index (SPAI), a computational construct that quantifies the thematic ...
Augustine Okeke, Ifeanyi Ugbebor
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High costs of capital shape the mitigation effects of renewable energy deployment globally. [PDF]
Hatton L +4 more
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ABSTRACT While signalling theory predicts that ESG disclosure reduces information asymmetry and supports forward‐looking firm valuation, this relationship remains contested in emerging markets with concentrated ownership. Using a panel of 84 Turkish listed firms over 2014–2024 (924 firm‐years) and two‐step system GMM, we examine whether business groups,
Ajab Khan +2 more
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Market competition in banking and asset-liability maturity mismatch of non-financial firms: Evidence from Vietnam. [PDF]
Phan TMH, Huynh J.
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Do Corporate ESG Disclosures Drive Consumer Demand (Sales)? The Role of Environmental Sensitivity
ABSTRACT The question of whether strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure largely benefits high‐demand customers or if it generates value across all sales levels is yet to be empirically verified. This study, therefore, examines how ESG performance influences consumer demand (sales outcomes) among listed firms across African ...
Idorenyin J. Okon +2 more
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Supply Chain Sustainability and Human Capital: A Multilevel Analysis
ABSTRACT This study examines how corporate sustainability practices diffuse across global supply chains and how national contextual capacity shapes this process. Drawing on stakeholder and institutional perspectives, we conceptualize ESG transmission as relational and potentially asymmetric between customers and suppliers.
Jun Xie +5 more
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Broad Skills, Smaller Footprints? Generalist CEOs and Firm Biodiversity Exposure
ABSTRACT We examine whether CEO generalist skills predict firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure, an emerging strategic and financial concern. Using the biodiversity indicator developed based on textual analysis and the General Ability Index, we find that firms led by generalist CEOs are associated with significantly lower disclosed biodiversity risk ...
Hafiz Hoque +2 more
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Payday Loan Use Among People With Lived and Living Experience of Substance Use. [PDF]
Laing A +4 more
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Do Banks in the Middle East and North Africa Region Price Carbon Exposure?
ABSTRACT This study examines whether carbon exposure is incorporated into corporate borrowing costs within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Using a panel of 771 firm‐year observations from publicly listed non‐financial firms between 2016 and 2023, the analysis investigates the relationship between carbon intensity and firms' cost of debt
Yara Ibrahim +2 more
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