Responsible Banking Under Twin Transition: FinTech M&As, ESG Strategy, and Bank Performance
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how banking innovation strategies, namely FinTech M&As and ESG practices, affect bank performance under rising competitive pressures and regulatory complexity. Using a unique dataset of 543 listed banks across 49 countries from 2000 to 2023, we analyse whether these strategic investments enhance banks' profitability ...
G. B. Ferilli, Y. Altunbas, E. Palmieri
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The Role of Smart Governance in Mitigating Financial Risks in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Evidence from Iraqi Banks. [PDF]
Abdo SMS +3 more
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Climate Risks and Firm Value: Evidence From the Agribusiness Industry
ABSTRACT This study investigates how climate risks influence the firm value of agribusiness companies worldwide relative to firms operating in other sectors, emphasizing investors' responses to corporate climate risk management and exposure to climate‐related risks.
Elise Soerger Zaro +2 more
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Point-of-sale sugar-sweetened beverage warning posters <i>v</i>. control posters were associated with reductions in school store sugar-sweetened beverage purchases made by Guatemalan adolescents. [PDF]
Chacón V +11 more
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ABSTRACT Amid the growing prominence of sustainability considerations in financial decision‐making, the question of how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance translates into measurable financial outcomes has become particularly salient for industries exposed to intense regulatory pressure and environmental scrutiny, such as the energy
Fatih Akdeniz +2 more
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A landscape analysis of enablers and barriers to digital payments to health workers during large-scale immunisation campaigns in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review and in-depth interviews. [PDF]
Kiberu VM +23 more
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Nested Carbon Governance in Southeast Asia: Towards Just Nature‐Based Solutions?
ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NbS) have gained prominence as an integrated approach to addressing climate change and biodiversity loss while supporting sustainable development. Yet, their implementation across Southeast Asia remains fragmented and often contested.
Helena Varkkey +2 more
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The effect of supporting districts to operationalise digital payments for vaccination campaign workers: a cluster randomised controlled trial during the 2022 polio vaccination campaign in Uganda. [PDF]
Waiswa P +7 more
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Abstract Research Summary Combining institutional polycentrism and resource dependence perspectives, we theorize that small‐and‐medium‐sized enterprises' (SMEs) outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) depends on the types and levels of home institutional ties, and this relationship is moderated by technological resources.
Zibang Chen +3 more
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The <i>in vivo</i> CAR-T paradigm shift-Reflections from Boston and the rise of programmable immunity. [PDF]
Giangrande PH.
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