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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how climate change exposure affects corporate financing behaviour through the lens of managerial leverage distortion (MLD), defined as the absolute deviation of observed leverage from a benchmark implied by firm fundamentals.
Post Raj Pokharel
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African Twist of Circular Economy: Insights, Policies and Recommendations
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While the circular economy (CE) has gained traction, this paper argues that mainstream CE approaches risk being misaligned in the African context. Drawing on a mixed‐methods synthesis of empirical studies, policy documents and cross‐country examples, the study shows that Africa's CE transition is fragmented and uneven, leaving the continent at
Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie +4 more
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CEO Overconfidence and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Micro‐CSR Perspective
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although research on micro‐level CSR has increasingly emphasized individual‐level antecedents, the role of CEO overconfidence has not been systematically integrated into the literature. To address this gap, a systematic literature review was undertaken of 62 studies on CEO overconfidence and CSR, revealing a mixed picture of positive, negative,
Jannis Kreinhop
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Determinants of Dividend Policy of Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria
, 2021 The study set out to identify the determinants of dividend policy of firms in Nigeria from 1984 to 2020. Using the modified Lintner model as the theoretical framework, we analyze data on listed Nigerian manufacturing firms for 1,101 firm-years from ...
Adejuwon, Joshua +3 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether occupational pension funds (OPFs) apply a strategic and long‐term logic when assessing ESG practices in their investee firms. Using discourse analysis of semi‐structured interviews with asset managers and workers' representatives, we examine whether Spanish OPFs look beyond compliance‐driven CSR and consider the ...
Manuel Moreno‐García +3 more
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Dividend cuts, firm profitability and financial characteristics
, 2004 This paper investigates the dividend decisions of firms in the UK reporting losses after sustained periods of profitability. It is found that loss-making firms are more likely to reduce dividends compared to firms that remain profitable, although a loss ...
ap Gwilym, Owain +2 more
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The dividend strategy of Indian companies: An empirical assessment [PDF]
The paper uses firms across different ownership categories to examine the factors influencing dividend policy. The results suggest that bigger, mature and low-leveraged firms tend to pay more dividends.
Ghosh, Saibal
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Firms are experiencing mounting pressure to report their environmental impact. Rather than disclosing their actual performance, however, some are engaging in unethical business (i.e., greenwashing) practices. Prior studies have contributed significantly to the greenwashing literature from varied perspectives, but a comprehensive understanding ...
Sher Jahan Khan +4 more
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Artificial Intelligence and Corporate Social Irresponsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether and how firms' adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is associated with corporate social irresponsibility (CSI). Ex ante, theories provide conflicting predictions regarding this association, making it an important empirical question.
Tobias Steindl
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Rent Extraction by Large Shareholders: Evidence Using Dividend Policy in the Czech Republic [PDF]
Using cross-sectional analysis of corporate dividend policy we show that large shareholders extract rents from firms and expropriate minority shareholders in the weak corporate governance environment of an emerging economy.
Jan Hanousek, Jan Bena
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