Free Trade Zones and Corporate ESG: Evidence From a Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how China's Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) influence corporate ESG performance. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences model on Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2024, we combine coarsened exact matching (CEM) and geography‐based instrumental variables to ensure robust identification.
Wen Li, Yinghan Zhao, Brian Lucey
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Digital transformation, green finance, and pharmaceutical affordability in China: a health economics perspective. [PDF]
Front Public HealthHuang J, Zhang X.
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Digital Technology's Role in Circular Waste Management: A Systematic Review
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Combining circular economy ideas with digital tools offers a game‐changing way to tackle global sustainability problems. This paper focuses on how digital changes and circular economy models link up. A review has been conducted for 112 articles from 2021 to September 2025, using PRISMA‐2020 methodology. This study covered new tech like AI, IoT,
Reza Eslamipoor
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Physical activity for small- and medium-sized enterprises: what features work in real life? A Delphi study. [PDF]
Eur J Public HealthMas-Alòs S +16 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Financial capital is widely recognized as having the potential to provide investments needed for net‐zero transitions. While recent empirical studies reveal that financial digitalization and fintech have changed Chinese banks' loan portfolios and business models, they stem from credit restrictions on heavily polluting enterprises and from ...
Akihisa Mori
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Credit-frequency compliance paradox and dual-track hazard evolution in urban occupational health. [PDF]
Front Public HealthZhu X, Ye J, Sun S, Liu C, Cai W.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how digital strategic orientation (DSO) and environmental practices (EP) interact to shape innovation and performance among Chilean SMEs. Using survey data from 271 firms (February–May 2022), we estimate a generalized structured component analysis (GSCA) model that accommodates a nonrecursive relationship between DSO and EP.
Constanza Caicha‐Caroca +2 more
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Fairness evaluation of collaborative governance of food safety in Jilin Province based on AHP-FCE model: multi-dimensional difference analysis and policy implications research. [PDF]
Front Public HealthQi X, Chen Y, Yu X.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Changing the use of resources and the treatment of waste is an important driver towards sustainable development. While this includes transformation of production processes, it also requires the transition of complete business models towards more circularity.
Patricia Ruffing‐Straube +2 more
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The mediating role of risk perception in the relationship between chemical safety knowledge, GHS awareness and safety behavior. [PDF]
Sci RepEsmaeili SV +6 more
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