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Sectoral Transformations in Neo-Patrimonial Rentier States: Tourism Development and State Policy in Egypt [PDF]

This article challenges claims that liberalising state regulated markets in developing countries may induce lasting economic development. The analysis of the rise of tourism in Egypt during the last three decades suggests that the effects of ...
Christian Steiner, Thomas Richter
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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

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

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

Investigating the impact of credit channels, energy production and oil revenues on agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

Heliyon
Manasseh CO, Logan CS, Okanya OC, Ede KK, Okiche EL, Ilo S, Ogbuabor JE, Nwakoby IC.   +7 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

Evaluation of olive processing wastes in terms of zero discharge and green energy production. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Teksoy A, Şen M.
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Transmission lowers US generation costs, but generator incentives are not aligned. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ham D, Kay O, Hausman C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Managing future oil revenues in Ghana: An assessment of alternative allocation options [PDF]

"Contemporary policy debates on the macroeconomics of resource booms often concentrate on the short-run Dutch disease effects of public expenditure, ignoring the possible long-term effects of alternative revenue-allocation options and the supply-side ...
Breisinger, Clemens, Diao, Xinshen, Schweickert, Rainer, Wiebelt, Manfred   +3 more
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