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Do ESG Leaders Achieve Higher Firm Financial Performance? The Influence of Women Directors and Controversial Industries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Does Managerial Ability Improve Environmental Performance and Overall ESG Ratings? The Impact of the European Sustainability Reporting Mandate

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The External Debt-Servicing Constraint and Public Expenditure Composition: Evidence from African Economies [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper explores the impact of a binding external debt-servicing constraint on the sectoral composition of government expenditures in the economies of Africa, where this constraint has traditionally been most prevalent.
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi
core  

External Debt, Investment, and Economic Growth: A Seemingly Unrelated Regression Model for Low-Income Countries

open access: yes, 2019
This study analyzes whether external debt is a driving factor for investment and economic growth in low-income countries. Using data over the period 2000~2017, we performed an analysis using the 23 countries in the sample and a split-sample analysis ...
Hakimi Abdelaziz   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Independent Female Directors and Green Innovation in China: The Moderating Roles of Ownership Structure and Market Competition

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Degradation of Access‐Based Business Models: Customer Misbehavior and Shared Mobility

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Does Military Spending Explode External Debt in Pakistan?

open access: yes
This paper explores the effect of military expenditures on external debt in case of Pakistan over the period of 1973-2009. For this purpose, ARDL bounds testing approach is used to examine cointegration between the variables.
Butt, Muhammad Sabihuddin   +2 more
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Nudging ESG Investments via Digital Financial Advising: Evidence From an Investment Game Experiment

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The influence of financial advisors on retail investors' sustainable investment choices remains surprisingly underexplored, despite their potential to shape investment behavior. This study uses an experimental design to examine how sustainability‐related information provided by a digital (simulated) financial advisor affects individual demand ...
Caterina Lucarelli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green Talk, Costly Walk: The Financial Cost of Greenwashing

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial consequences of greenwashing, operationalized as the misalignment between ESG disclosure and actual ESG performance. While prior research has explored the reputational and ethical dimensions of greenwashing, its impact on firms' cost of debt remains underexamined.
S. Taddeo, A. Regoli, O. Weber, R. Carè
wiley   +1 more source

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