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The Integration of Waqf and Islamic Microfinance in Malaysia: Prospects and Challenges

open access: yes, 2022
Islamic Microfinance has been proven scientifically on its capability to empower the poor and rural population. However, the operational costs are relatively expensive as it involves vast fieldworks that often concentrate on rural areas.
Muhamad Firdaus Ab Rahman   +1 more
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Back to Nature or Technology to the Rescue? Climate Managers' Preferences for Investment in Carbon Dioxide Removal

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms are increasingly looking into carbon dioxide removal (CDR), a set of options to take past emissions of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. Often two basic categories of CDR are distinguished: nature‐based solutions, such as planting trees or restoring wetlands, and technology‐based solutions, such as various forms of carbon capture ...
Sabrina Mili   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Board Gender Diversity and Environmental Credit Risk in Banking: A Global Study of Bank Governance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between board gender diversity and environmental credit risk in the global banking sector. Using a panel dataset of 345 publicly listed banks from 75 countries over the period 2018–2022, we find that greater female representation on bank boards is significantly associated with lower environmental credit
Kenza Mouti   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Contribution of Islamic Banking to Economic Development (The Case of The Islamic Republic of Iran) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Islamic banking is a new industry which has attracted the attention of many economists in the world regarding its ability to operate successfully and its instruments for mobilising and allocating monetary resources (Deposits). Usually, in the majority of
RAJAEI-BAGHSIYAEI, MOHAMMAD
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When the Remedy Is Worse Than the Illness: Carbon Performance and Growth Opportunities Under the EU ETS

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how the European Union Emissions Trading System allowance prices reshape the link between corporate environmental performance (CEP) and firms' growth expectations, measured by Tobin's Q. Using a panel of 1370 listed firms across 15 European countries from 2005 to 2024 and high‐dimensional fixed‐effects models, we first ...
Adrián Ferreras
wiley   +1 more source

Do Islamic banks have greater market power? [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of this paper is to investigate whether Islamic banks have greater market power than con-ventional banks. An Islamic bank, for example, might enjoy enhanced market power if a captive clientele adhering to religious principles permits it to charge
Weill, Laurent
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Addressing the Energy Trilemma: The Role of Entrepreneurship, Regulation, and Climate Finance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Balancing energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability has become increasingly challenging as economies pursue low‐carbon growth amid climate risk and persistent disparities in access to modern energy. Although entrepreneurship is widely recognized as a driver of innovation, its role in addressing the energy trilemma ...
Kingsley Imandojemu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovation Pathways to Carbon Efficiency: Disentangling the Effects of AI, R&D, and Clean Energy Blessings on U.S. Environmental Sustainability

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United States (U.S.) faces challenges in achieving its ambitious net‐zero carbon emissions target by 2050, with current emissions having fallen by less than 1% in 2024. Despite an investment of $500 billion in low‐carbon resources while holding the second‐largest green technology patent portfolio globally, it is further imperative to ...
Md Zubair Ahmad   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tensions of Sustainability Logics: Performance of a Company Utilizing a Sustainable Business Model

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, companies have used sustainable business models to gain a competitive advantage. However, there are tensions due to the inconsistency between social, environmental, and economic logic in sustainable business models, making it difficult for companies to change. To understand the existing tensions and interactions between logics,
Ann‐Kristin Thienemann
wiley   +1 more source

Islamic private equity: what is new? [PDF]

open access: yes
The current paper analyzes similarities and differences between conventional and Islamic private equity (PE). Despite the financial subprime crisis and the lack of liquidities in financial markets, PE still play an important role in financing growing ...
Yousfi, Ouidad
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