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

Business 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, Camila Lima Bazani, Pablo Zambra   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
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, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lexical decisions in adults with low and high susceptibility to pattern-related visual stress: a preliminary investigation.

Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
Pattern-related visual stress (PRVS) is a form of sensory hypersensitivity that some people experience when viewing high contrast repeating patterns, notably alternating dark and light stripes.
James M Gilchrist, Peter M Allen
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of age-of-acquisition and frequency-of-occurrence in visual word recognition: Further evidence from the Dutch language [PDF]

, 2000
It has been claimed that the frequency eOEect in visual word naming is an artefact of age-of-acquisition: Words are named faster not because they are encountered more often in texts, but because they have been acquired earlier. In a series of experiments
Brysbaert, Marc, Lange, Marielle, van Wijnendaele, Ilse   +2 more
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Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei, José Carlos Marques   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Missing Link between Morphemic Assemblies and Behavioral Responses:a Bayesian Information-Theoretical model of lexical processing [PDF]

, 2006
We present the Bayesian Information-Theoretical (BIT) model of lexical processing: A mathematical model illustrating a novel approach to the modelling of language processes. The model shows how a neurophysiological theory of lexical processing relying on
Filipovic-Djurdjevic, Dusica, Kostic, Prof Aleksandar, Moscoso del Prado Martin, Dr Fermin   +2 more
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Bridging Academic Research and Business Practices at the Crossroad of Circular Economy and the SDGs

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global shift toward sustainability has amplified interest in the Circular Economy, which aims to optimize resource use and minimize waste. In parallel, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a universal framework for addressing social, environmental, and economic challenges.
Corentin Juin, Andrea Nicolodi
wiley   +1 more source

Aging and Language: Maintenance of Morphological Representations in Older Adults

Frontiers in Communication, 2019
Studies employing primed lexical decision tasks have revealed morphological facilitation effects in children and young adults. It is unknown if this effect is preserved or diminished in older adults.
Phaedra Royle, Phaedra Royle, Karsten Steinhauer, Karsten Steinhauer, Émie Dessureault, Alexandre C. Herbay, Alexandre C. Herbay, Simona M. Brambati   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automatic vigilance for negative words in lexical decision and naming : comment on Larsen, Mercer, and Balota (2006) [PDF]

, 2008
An automatic vigilance hypothesis states that humans preferentially attend to negative stimuli, and this attention to negative valence disrupts the processing of other stimulus properties.
Adelman, James S., Estes, Zachary
core   +1 more source

When Collaboration Bridges or Breaks: A Systematic Review of Emerging Trends in Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Widespread digital adoption has challenged our understanding of how these tools reshape collaboration, trust and sustainability outcomes across different institutional and network contexts. As networks now pursue resilience and sustainable development in parallel, we map emerging research directions and identify how collaboration and ...
Ari Carisza Graha Prasetia, Luca Urciuoli   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source