ABSTRACT We examine the effect of chief executive officers' (CEOs') career horizons on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and investigate how hard cues influence this performance effect. Our study offers a new perspective of CEO career horizon as a mechanism that enables firms to improve their ESG performance when occupying a ...
Sofia Angelidou +2 more
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On simulation, artificial intelligence, and the spirit of the Shokunin. [PDF]
Symon B.
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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li +3 more
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Machine learning long-term electricity demand forecasting system for strategic energy investments. [PDF]
Haggag M +4 more
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Carbon Footprint of Bank Loans: Opportunities and Risk Implications in the Banking Industry
ABSTRACT This study examines whether the carbon footprint of bank loan portfolios influences bank stability, profitability and cost efficiency and whether regulatory quality moderates these relationships. Using a balanced panel of 33 countries from 2005 to 2018, the analysis combines banking‐sector indicators from the World Bank Global Financial ...
Honglei Wang +5 more
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Gambling and hidden practices in forensic psychiatry: a qualitative study of ambivalence, autonomy, and negotiated care. [PDF]
Hansen RM +6 more
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Shareholder Coordination and Waste Management
ABSTRACT This study examines how shareholder coordination relates to corporate waste management. Drawing on 1059 firm‐year observations from S&P 500 firms between 2010 and 2022, we show that higher levels of coordination among shareholders correspond to reduced waste generation. This effect is more pronounced in firms whose coordinated shareholders are
Mohamed Khalifa
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The mediating effect of access to finance on the relationship between debt management skills and the performance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) owned by Moslem Women in Western Uganda. [PDF]
Nakanwagi B, Manyange M, Andrew N.
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ABSTRACT We are interested in investigating whether firms use political donations as a license to neglect environmental sustainability. We further deepen the examination by exploring the role of executive contracting. Drawing on a wide range of data between 2002 and 2021 and a global sample, our findings confirm that firms use political contributions ...
Habiba Al‐Shaer +3 more
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Interpretable predictive model for listed companies ESG greenwashing based on XGBoost and SHAP. [PDF]
Jianfeng Z, Tiantian Q.
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