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ESG Performance, Debt Financing, and R&D Output: Evidence From the Healthcare Sector
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid growing calls for sustainability in the healthcare sector, this study examines how and under what conditions environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance influences research and development (R&D) output. Although existing studies suggest that ESG performance enhances R&D output, the financial mechanisms that enable or constrain
Sarmad Ali +2 more
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Does the Market Value Corporate ESG Ratings? A Complex System Driven by Institutional Investors
SystemsAgainst the backdrop of China’s dual-carbon goals and the growing emphasis on sustainable development, ESG information has become an important non-financial signal in capital markets; yet whether and how it is priced by investors remains unclear. Using a
Changjiang Zhang +3 more
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ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
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EnergiesThere is a lack of comprehensive evaluation on the impact of ESG rating differences on the green transformation of energy enterprises in the transition era. This study leverages data from companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in China, applying
Jun Wan, Yuejia Wang, Yuan Wang
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As firms increasingly incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns into their strategic agendas, stakeholder legitimacy—an audience‐conferred judgment of organizational appropriateness—has become pivotal. We theorize legitimacy as expanding a hybrid response portfolio in which firms may pursue substantive change (business ...
Min‐Jae Lee +3 more
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ESG Rates Divergence on the Emerging Markets in the European Union
Studies in Business and EconomicsThe growing emphasis on sustainability has led to a rise of ESG rating providers, but this expansion has brought challenges. ESG ratings are complex and can vary significantly between agencies, due to different scoring methods and non-standardized ...
Vasiu Diana Elena
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The transformation of steering and governance in Higher Education: funding and evaluation as policy instruments. [PDF]
This paper focuses on policy implementation in higher education (HE) to be analysed through the evolution and transformation of the policy instruments, namely those related to the Government funding and evaluation.
Emanuela Reale, Marco Seeber
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ESG Disagreement: Determining Factors and Impact on Stock Performance [PDF]
, 2021 Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Finance/(Financial Economics) - Handelshøyskolen BI,2021Using a sample of S&P 500 firms in the period 2010-2020.
Ellingsen, Teodor Hjelde +1 more
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A Business Framework for Product Take‐Back—A Structured Multiple‐Case Analysis
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The potential of take‐back systems remains largely unrealized as initiatives have proven difficult to implement in practice. The question is why we do not see more take‐back systems given the substantial environmental benefits. We try to understand the challenges and stumbling blocks in setting up take‐back from a business perspective.
Rasmus Jørgensen, Torben Pedersen
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Sovereigns as Shareholders [PDF]
, 2008 Reprinted with permission from the North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 87, pp. 83-150 (2008)
Rose, Paul
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