ENTRY OF BANK FOREIGN CAPITAL IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: MEASURING PROFIT & COST EFFICIENCY [PDF]
The paper aims at acknowledging the efficiency effects of bank privatization upon the entry of strategic foreign investor. Thus, a broad experience from the developing countries is reviewed.
Assist. Ph.D c. Marjan Petreski
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid increasing environmental and economic pressures, Africa's transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a vital pathway to inclusive, low‐carbon development. Yet, how digital transformation, informal innovation, and science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy readiness shape CE outcomes remains underexplored.
Emmanuel K. Manu +2 more
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Excess returns on net foreign assets: the exorbitant privilege from a global perspective [PDF]
This paper studies net foreign assets and the differential returns between gross foreign assets and liabilities for a sample of 49 countries between 1981 and 2007.
Habib, Maurizio Michael
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The Influence of ESG Controversies on Financing Costs for European Companies: Does Culture Matter?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies and corporate financing costs, focusing on the moderating effect of national culture. It analyzes European companies listed on the STOXX 600 Index from 2016 to 2023.
Souad Brinette +2 more
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Heterogeneous Investors and their Changing Demand and Supply Schedules for Individual Common Stocks [PDF]
Using 550 million limit orders submitted in the Korea Stock Exchange, we estimate demand and supply elasticities of heterogeneous investor types and their changes around the Asian financial crisis.
Jason Lee +2 more
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Powering Transparency: Global Drivers of Sustainability Reporting in the Electricity Sector
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the drivers of sustainability reporting quality (QSR), conceptualised along two complementary dimensions, relevance and reliability, to assess how firm‐level attributes and institutional conditions jointly shape disclosure practices in the electricity sector.
Alva Marasigan +3 more
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Differences in Governance Practices between U.S. and Foreign Firms: Measurement, Causes, and Consequences [PDF]
Using an index which increases as a firm adopts more governance attributes, we find that 12.7% of foreign firms have a higher index than matching U.S. firms.
Isil Erel +3 more
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Exploring the Governance–Disclosure Nexus: Board Structures and ESG Disclosures in South Africa
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how governance structures such as board composition and board functions influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting among listed South African firms. This study examines 90 public listed companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange between 2012 and 2022.
Henriette Elsabe Scholtz +1 more
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Postprivatization Corporate Governance: the Role of Ownership Structure and Investor Protection [PDF]
We investigate the role of ownership structure and investor protection in postprivatization corporate governance. We find that the government relinquishes control over time, mainly to the benefit of local institutions and foreign investors.
Jean-Claude Cosset +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The ongoing deterioration of environmental quality and depletion of natural resources call for urgent corporate action towards sustainability. This study examines how corporate ethics influence eco‐innovation outcomes among small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Spanish electronic components industry, considering the mediating roles
José Luis Ferreras‐Méndez +1 more
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