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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

Non-Contact Multiscale Analysis of a DPP 3D-Printed Injection Die for Investment Casting. [PDF]

open access: yesMaterials (Basel), 2021
Kroma A   +4 more
europepmc   +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

Present state of investment casting technology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The Bachelor’s thesis deals with the latest trends in investment casting technology, from wax pattern manufacture, ceramic shell manufacture, de-waxing, shell heat treatment up to metal pouring and finishing operation.
Soukupová, Lucie
core   +2 more sources

Optimization of the investment casting process

open access: yesMetalurgija, 2012
Rapid prototyping is an important technique for manufacturing. This work refers to the manufacture of hollow patterns made of polymeric materials by rapid prototyping technologies for its use in the preparation of ceramic molds in the investment casting ...
M. Martinez-Hernandez   +4 more
doaj  

Green Ambiguity Shapes Sustainable Investing

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Green Exchange‐Traded Funds (ETFs) have experienced strong growth in recent years, reflecting increasing investor attention toward sustainability. However, these funds rely on a wide range of environmental metrics that are often weakly aligned, raising concerns about the meaning of greenness in sustainable investing.
Rita Laura D'Ecclesia   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crack formation in investment casting ceramic shells [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This thesis is a collection of papers that discuss shell cracking in investment casting during pattern removal. The application of rigid polymeric foam for large investment casting patterns with complex geometries can improve the dimensional tolerances ...
Everhart, W. A.
core   +1 more source

Gypsum bonded investment for micro-structure casting of ZnAl4 [PDF]

open access: yesChina Foundry, 2010
The effects of sintering temperature on the surface roughness of gypsum bonded investments were investigated to find the appropriate sintering temperature applied for micro-investment casting.
Yang Chuang, Li Bangsheng, Ren Mingxing
doaj  

The Perils of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Controversies: Implications for a Firm's Financial and Nonfinancial Performance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although ESG controversies are on the rise, research investigating them yields contradictory findings. The paper provides resolutions to the debate through investigating (a) how ESG controversies influence firms' short‐term and long‐term financial performance; (b) how firms navigate ESG controversies' effect; and (c) how ESG controversies ...
Amalesh Sharma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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