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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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Modern Development Tendencies in Georgian Construction Law
Studia Prawa Publicznego, 2018 The problems and prospects of development of the modern Georgian Construction Law are reviewed in the article. Negative tendencies of the construction coefficient trading and negative influence of the above practice in the urban construction are ...
Ucha Zakashvili, Koba Kalichava
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NBS) for climate adaptation encompass a range of approaches that work with nature to increase resilience to climate change while providing ecological, economic and social co‐benefits. These solutions have frequently been put forward for application in urban contexts, such as the creation of urban forests, but can ...
Anita Vollmer +2 more
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European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The current research focused on how competing narratives (i.e., dominant and resistance narratives) are endorsed among low‐status group members, through the case of the US military base issue in Okinawa, Japan. Specifically, we explored patterns of Okinawans’ narrative endorsement (i.e., dominant and resistance narratives surrounding the ...
Maho Aikawa, Andrew L. Stewart
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Insider Ownership and Investment Efficiency
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between insider ownership and investment efficiency in Indian publicly listed firms, utilising panel data spanning 2001 to 2015. It explores how agency conflicts contribute to suboptimal capital investment decisions. Our analysis reveals that increased insider ownership is associated with reduced investment
Bibek Bhatta
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Administrative Traditions of the Majority World: A Commentary and Future Research Agenda
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Decolonising public administration is an urgent and necessary endeavour. In this short article we argue that we cannot, however, settle for shallow decolonialisations. We argue that the specific iterations of bureaucracy evidenced in post‐colonial states across the majority world can be conceptualised through the lens of administrative ...
Ibrahim Bornoma +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The drivers of firms' participation in fragile markets have become increasingly complex. Under such conditions, the conventional explanation focusing on incentives within the OLI framework—ownership, location, and internalization advantages—proves insufficient.
Yu Ri Kim, Seo Yun Choi, Taewoo Roh
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Does Corporate Governance Reduce Overinvestment? The Mediating Role of Information Asymmetry [PDF]
Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, 2019 This study investigates the direct and indirect relationship between corporate governance and agency cost using bootstrap analysis. For a sample of 155 firms during 2009-2015, this study finds statistically significant both direct effect of corporate ...
Samya Tahir +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate sustainability in the Global South unfolds under heterogeneous institutional conditions, where firms face simultaneous pressures from global ESG standards and local governance constraints. This study examines the relationship between ESG‐aligned environmental practices and corporate financial performance, considering the moderating ...
Paulo Sérgio Reinert +3 more
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Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Executive Summary Strategic decisions related to ownership participation in cross‐border acquisitions (CBAs) are among the most fundamental choices for African firms to address the unique internationalization challenges related to their home country context.
Dominik Anderhofstadt +2 more
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