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Beyond Profit: Do Mergers and Acquisitions and the Board of Directors Increase the Environmental, Social, and Governance?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between mergers and acquisitions (M&A), board characteristics, and ESG performance in BRICS companies, considering the moderating role of sectoral sensitivity. The study analyzes 11,402 observations from 2293 BRICS companies, employing Two‐Stage Least Squares (2SLS) to address endogeneity and logistic ...
Geovane Camilo dos Santos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Group versus Individual Liability: Long Term Evidence from Philippine Microcredit Lending Groups [PDF]

open access: yes
Group liability in microcredit purports to improve repayment rates through peer screening, monitoring, and enforcement. However, it may create excessive pressure, and discourage reliable clients from borrowing.
Dean Karlan, Xavier Giné
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The advent of corporate limited liability in Prussia 1843 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Corporate limited liability has a long and contentious history, stretching back to the mid-19th century and beyond. Initially being hailed as one of the decisive legal invention of our age, recently scholars have highlighted the negative effects of ...
Ilgmann, Cordelius
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Internalization of Management Systems and Eco‐Product Innovation: The More the Better?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental challenges demand urgent and strategic responses from firms. Eco‐product innovation (EPI) is a key approach to reducing environmental impact while preserving competitiveness. This research analyses the relationship between EPI and the internalization of management system (MS) certifications, focusing on ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ...
Alfonso Hernandez‐Vivanco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technology Replaces Culture in Microcredit Markets: the Case of Italian MAGs [PDF]

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Poor local information networks and weak social sanctions in urban settings make joint liability unable to guarantee high repayment rates to microlenders.
Calidoni-Lundberg, Federica   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Investigating How Firms in Emerging Economies Integrate AI‐Driven Systems and ESG Metrics Into Biodiversity Conservation and Circular Economy Strategies

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how firms in emerging economies integrate artificial intelligence (AI) with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices to enhance biodiversity conservation and circular economy outcomes. It examines the mediating role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) governance and the moderating effect of ...
Suleman Bawa, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source

Joint-liability borrowing decisions under risk: Empirical evidence from rural microfinance in Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates borrowing decisions of rural households from a microfinance in Tigray, Ethiopia using household panel data on 5 years and a dynamic panel probit model.
Berhane Tesfay, G., Gardebroek, Cornelis
core   +1 more source

Does Managerial Ability Improve Environmental Performance and Overall ESG Ratings? The Impact of the European Sustainability Reporting Mandate

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of managerial ability in driving environmental performance and overall environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings in the context of the European Union sustainability reporting regulations. Using a sample of 7242 firm‐year observations over the period 2015–2023, our results indicate a structural change in ...
Mihaela Ionașcu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Limited liability and shares’ pricing: sufficient but not necessary [PDF]

open access: yes
Limited liability has been seen as crucial for the development of capital markets. In this paper I use the CAPM to analyze how a company is priced differently under different liability regimes.
Paolo Maggioni
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Drivers of Nature‐Related Investment Strategies Among Institutional Investors

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Institutional investors are increasingly responding to biodiversity loss through nature‐related investment strategies. Using survey data from 557 institutional investors, this study examines the drivers of strategy selection and how biodiversity risk is integrated across investor types, sizes, and regions.
Emma Olofsson
wiley   +1 more source

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