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Measuring Fiscal Effects Based on Changes in Deepwater Off-Shore Drilling Activities [PDF]

This paper accomplishes two objectives. First, this paper estimates a model for oil wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico using specific time series models. In the second objective, the number of wells drilled are applied to the COMPAS model for Louisiana.
Adhikari, Arun, Boen, Caroline, Fannin, James Matthew, Keithly, Walter R., Jr.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Does Sustainability Auditing Lead to Enhanced Corporate Governance, Environmental Performance, and Financial Outcomes? Empirical Evidence From High‐Impact Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu, Ying Wang, Grace Eghe‐Ikhurhe, Katie Hyslop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing oil revenues for sustainable development: evaluating Brazil's "royalties' law" and its impact on healthcare. [PDF]

Health Econ Rev
de A Rodrigues RE, de Farias Souza WPS, de Araújo JM.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Navigating the ESG Paradox: Strategic Pathways Between Innovation and Washing Under Stakeholder Scrutiny

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As firms increasingly incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns into their strategic agendas, stakeholder legitimacy—an audience‐conferred judgment of organizational appropriateness—has become pivotal. We theorize legitimacy as expanding a hybrid response portfolio in which firms may pursue substantive change (business ...
Min‐Jae Lee, Anna Pak, Donghwi (Josh) Seo, Taewoo Roh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correction: From chocolate to palm oil: The future of Indonesia's cocoa plantations. [PDF]

Ambio
Dröge S, Bemelmans J, Depoorter C, Jusrin MJM, Marx A, Verbist B, Prasetyo LB, Maertens M, Muys B.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Natural resources, export structure and investment [PDF]

We present cross-country empirical evidence on the role of natural resources in explaining long-run differences in private investment as a share of GDP in a sample of 72 developing countries.
Adeel Malik, Stephen R. Bond
core  

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

Pyrolysis behavior of <i>Sterculia guttata</i> shell biomass: kinetics, thermodynamics, techno-economic and life cycle assessment of industrial-scale biochar production. [PDF]

RSC Adv
Sivaraman S, Selvasembian R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Digital Transformation and Informal Innovation in Africa: Reframing STI Policy for Inclusive Circular Economy Transitions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid increasing environmental and economic pressures, Africa's transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a vital pathway to inclusive, low‐carbon development. Yet, how digital transformation, informal innovation, and science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy readiness shape CE outcomes remains underexplored.
Emmanuel K. Manu, Isaiah Nketiah, Simplice A. Asongu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source