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Elaborating the Motivations and Attitudes Driving Interest in Voluntary Biodiversity Credits
ABSTRACT Global biodiversity loss has prompted the search for new sources of conservation finance, such as voluntary biodiversity credits (VBCs). However, despite optimistic market projections, current uptake of VBCs is limited. Adopting an interpretive approach, we analyse 21 semistructured interviews with early market actors (buyers, sellers ...
Gamze Yakar‐Pritchard +5 more
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Borrower Empowerment and Savings: A Two-stage Micro-finance Scheme [PDF]
We consider group-lending with joint liability where the provision of loans is conditional on prior savings. In a dynamic model with moral hazard and endogenous group-formation, we examine the effect of such schemes on the allocation of loans between ...
Roy Chowdhury, Prabal
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ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang +2 more
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Bağlı Tüketici Kredilerinde Kredi Verenlerin Sorumluluğu Bakımından Kredi Miktarı Sınırlaması
Çalışmamızda, 6502 sayılı Tüketicinin Korunması Hakkında Kanun kapsamında düzenlenen bağlı tüketici kredisi sözleşmelerinde mal veya hizmetin hiç ya da gereği gibi teslim veya ifa edilmemesi halinde kredi verenin, satıcı ve sağlayıcı ile olan müteselsil ...
Davut Gürses, Ecem Deveci
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ABSTRACT The agri‐food sector is vital to economic development, but it exerts significant environmental and social pressures. This study draws on the natural resource‐based view. It investigates the strategic sustainability‐performance nexus in the global food and beverage industry using a longitudinal dataset (2013–2023) of 633 firms across the EU ...
Alessandro Bernardo +5 more
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Group versus Individual Liability: A Field Experiment in the Philippines [PDF]
Group liability is often portrayed as the key innovation that led to the explosion of the microcredit movement, which started with the Grameen Bank in the 1970s and continues on today with hundreds of institutions around the world.
Dean Karlan, Xavier Gine
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ABSTRACT In a business environment characterized by technological turbulence and an increasing societal demand for greater sustainability, companies seeking to enhance their growth are compelled to foster organizational cultures that promote continuous innovation.
José Bocoya‐Maline +2 more
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On extended liability in a model of adverse selection [PDF]
We consider a model where a judgment-proof firm needs finance to realize a project. This project might cause an environmental hazard with a probability that is the private knowledge of the firm.
Dieter Balkenborg
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Addressing the Energy Trilemma: The Role of Entrepreneurship, Regulation, and Climate Finance
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
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Determinants of Moral Hazard in Microfinance: Empirical Evidence from Joint Liability Lending Programs in Malawi [PDF]
Moral hazard is widely reported as a problem in credit and insurance markets, mainly arising from information asymmetry. Although theorists have attempted to explain how group lending with joint liability can be an important tool for mitigating moral ...
Simtowe, Franklin, Zeller, Manfred
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