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Target Firm's ESG Engagement and Post–M&A Performance: The Mediating Role of Acquirer's CSR Strategy

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines whether the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of target firms influences both accounting‐based and market‐based corporate financial performance (CFP) within the merger and acquisition (M&A) context and whether this relationship is mediated by the acquirer's corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy.
Francesco Gangi, Nicola Varrone, Mario Ossorio, Lucia Michela Daniele, Maria Coscia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Approaches for Streamlining Performance Control by Monte Carlo Modeling

Mathematics
For decades, cancer has remained a persistent health challenge; this project represents a significant stride towards refining treatment approaches and prognostic insights. Proton beam therapy, a radiation therapy modality employing high-energy protons to
Elena Corina Cipu, Ruxandra Ioana Cipu, Ştefania Maria Michnea   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Fast, the Steady and the Tenacious: Funding Pathways for Circular Start‐Ups

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular start‐ups (CSUs) are critical for unlocking the circular economy, yet they face persistent barriers in accessing finance. Despite growing interest from policymakers and financing institutions, little empirical evidence explains how these ventures pursue and secure funding.
Pilar Mejía‐Vélez, Wim Van Opstal, Christina Bidmon, Saskia Manshoven, Julian Kirchherr   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equitable utilization of non-communicable disease services in low- and middle-income countries; associated factors and intervention effects: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Health Services Research
Background With aging populations, a double burden of disease, and post-COVID-19 economic strain, managing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has become a major challenge in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While most studies examine inequities in
Yadanar, Myint Si Thu, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Internationalization and ESG Controversies: Do Foreign Directors on Corporate Boards Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between internationalization and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies, focusing on whether foreign directors on corporate boards influence this relationship. Drawing on resource dependence theory, we argue that internationalization increases ESG controversies due to the complexity of ...
Mohamed Elsayed, Ali Meftah Gerged, Yousry Ahmed, Ali Uyar, Abdullah S. Karaman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the Development of a Sustainable Enterprise in an Emerging Economy: Black Cacau and the Bean‐to‐Bar Philosophy

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines sustainable entrepreneurship (SE) in emerging economies through the case of Black Cacau, a Brazilian bean‐to‐bar enterprise integrating agroforestry, direct trade, and Afro‐Brazilian cultural empowerment. Adapting the Patagonia‐based framework of Allal‐Chérif et al., the study explores how SE operates under conditions of ...
Marcelo Dionisio
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Exclusion and Depressive Symptoms among Older People: Findings from Five Aging Cohort Studies across 24 Countries

Health Data Science
Background: Digital exclusion is a global issue that disproportionately affects older individuals especially in low- and middle-income nations. However, there is a wide gap in current research regarding the impact of digital exclusion on the mental ...
Jingjing Wang, Xinran Lu, Sing Bik Cindy Ngai, Lili Xie, Xiaoyun Liu, Yao Yao, Yinzi Jin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Board Networks and Corporate Carbon Emissions: A Cross‐Country Analysis of Causal Effects

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether board networks influence corporate carbon emissions and the strategic pathways through which firms decarbonize. Using a sample of 1952 firms across 48 countries from 2003 to 2020, we employ dynamic stacked regressions that exploit exogenous carbon‐regulation shocks affecting firms connected through shared third ...
Katarzyna Burzynska, Sara Jonsson, Lu Liu, Michał Dzieliński   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Inequality in the Wealth of Older Canadians [PDF]

Beyond income, wealth is an important measure of economic well-being, because while income captures the current state of inequality, wealth has the potential for examining accumulated and historically structured inequality.
Linda Boos, Margaret Denton
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Beyond Broke: Why Closing the Racial Wealth Gap is a Priority for National Economic Security [PDF]

, 2014
Despite overwhelming evidence that the racial wealth gap persists in the U.S., it remains a taboo topic in mainstream policy circles and most officials studiously avoid offering targeted solutions to help close this gap. However, this issue is ignored at
Avis Jones-DeWeever, Darrick Hamilton, Maya Rockeymoore, Rebecca Tippett, William Darity, Jr.   +4 more
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