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To What Extent Does ESG Performance Influence Board Engagement in Acquisition Activity?
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between boards and corporate acquisition activity. Specifically, we posit that boards with directors who have been politicians positively influence the propensity to pursue acquisitions and that ESG performance (divided into environmental, social, and governance scores) moderates this relationship.
Leticia Pérez‐Calero +4 more
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Viewpoint: Environmental Slogans: Memes with Diverging Interpretations
Environmental slogans can be seen as memes, i.e. cultural constructs that, not unlike genes, replicate themselves from one generation to the next. Memes may, however, be divergently interpreted and some memes can even have unwanted side-effects.
Christo Fabricius, Samantha McCulloch
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NGO provision of basic education: alternative or complementary service delivery to support access to the excluded? [PDF]
While access to state schooling has grown in many countries in recent years, a hardcore of marginalised children continue to be excluded from this. Some of these children are able to gain access to education through non-state provision. The focus of this
Rose, Pauline M
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ABSTRACT This study investigates how proactive environmental strategy, operationalized through company environmental strategy (CES) and green marketing strategy (GMS), shapes green brand competitiveness (GBC) and new green product success (NGPS) via green brand positioning (GBP).
Haozhe Ma, Arnaldo Coelho, Célia Santos
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ABSTRACT This paper investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance for European firms, and the moderating roles of industry and country‐specific factors in this relationship. Studying a sample of 2340 companies across 18 countries, we find Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scores to ...
Veda Fatmy, Venla Haavisto, Janne Äijö
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Civil Society and Conflict Transformation in Abkhazia, Israel/Palestine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria and Western Sahara [PDF]
The paper describes and analyses the role of civil society in five conflict cases – Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Western Sahara and Israel/ Palestine. It evaluates the relative effectiveness of civil society organisations (CSOs) and assesses
Nicoletta Pirozzi, Nona Mikhelidze
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ABSTRACT Global challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity and ecological degradation demand that companies rethink how they create, deliver and capture value. Sustainable business model innovations (SBMIs) offer a promising pathway, yet empirical insights into how different SBMI archetypes affect consumer adoption behavior are scarce.
Lennard Stutz +3 more
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ABSTRACT Tourism is under growing pressure to adopt sustainable practices due to the negative impacts of mass tourism on destinations. Sustainability certification schemes (SCS) have emerged as voluntary governance tools that signal responsible practices and reduce information asymmetry.
Patricia Martínez García de Leaniz +2 more
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Market Perceptions of ESG Reputational Risk in the US Pharmaceutical Industry
ABSTRACT Negative ESG‐related reputational events generate significant corporate risks, particularly within sensitive sectors such as the pharmaceutical industry. Using novel reputational data, this research investigates investor perceptions of the consequences of experienced ESG breaches among US pharmaceutical firms.
Erdinc Akyildirim +3 more
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