Diversity, Inclusion, and Firm Performance: The Corporate Innovation Channel
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether corporate innovation—measured both as general innovative output and as environmental innovation—mediates the relationship between diversity and inclusion (D&I) and corporate financial performance (CFP). Prior research has documented positive, negative, and null associations between D&I and financial outcomes, but ...
Eleonora Monaco +3 more
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Examining the Effects of Raw Material and Product Prices on the Payback Time and Net Present Value for the Cumene Production Process: Simultaneous Use of SuperPro Designer and Central Composite Design Programs. [PDF]
Yalçın A.
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ABSTRACT The integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into corporate business strategy has become progressively important, particularly for firms operating in high‐materiality industries where nonfinancial risks are more pronounced. This study examines the association between ESG performance and firm performance among European
Melinda Timea Fülöp +2 more
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Experimental and numerical investigation of single-slope solar still performance enhanced by porous absorbing materials: thermal, economic, and environmental assessments. [PDF]
Majeed SH, Rashid FL, Azziz HN, Ameen A.
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Renewable Energy, Climate Risk, and the Cost of External Assurance: International Evidence
ABSTRACT Corporate shifts from fossil fuels to renewable energy are central to climate‐transition strategies, but their effects on external assurance have not been well understood. This study examines whether, how and where corporate renewable energy consumption affects the cost of external assurance, proxied by statutory audit fees.
Rashid Zaman +2 more
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Exploring the Financial Perspective in Sustainability Strategies: The Case of the Tourism Industry
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between sustainability and corporate financial performance in the tourism sector. To address the mixed and inconclusive evidence in prior research, we develop an integrated theoretical framework that combines stakeholder theory, the resource‐based view, legitimacy theory, and agency theory and distinguishes
Rebecca Levy Orelli +3 more
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Digital payments of health workers within vaccination campaigns: a mixed-methods study in Chad. [PDF]
Bedingar EKN +10 more
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ABSTRACT Additive manufacturing (AM) adoption provides numerous benefits, including decentralised production, design flexibility, mass customisation, reduced material waste and lightweight designs. However, AM investment decisions are complex and challenging for manufacturers, and limited knowledge exists about the holistic assessment of relevant costs
Dilupa Nakandala +5 more
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Toward Sustainable Rare Earth Element Production: Key Challenges in Techno-Economic, Life Cycle, and Social Impact Assessment. [PDF]
Smerigan A, Shi R, Shi R.
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ABSTRACT Prior research has mostly relied on linear and parametric models while explaining environmental non‐compliance, but they have a limited capacity to capture non‐linear and asymmetric effects of elements affecting firms' environmental compliance.
Ashutosh Singh +4 more
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