Abstract This study examines the relationship between Chief Financial Officer (CFO) overconfidence and firm performance through the lens of environmental violations and constituency statutes. Drawing on stakeholder and upper echelons theories, we find that firms with overconfident CFOs are more likely to commit environmental violations, which ...
Panagiotis Andrikopoulos +4 more
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The COVID-19 Pandemic in the Social Teaching of the Roman Catholic Church
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the critical problems of the structure not only of the modern health system but also of the role of the state in managing socio-economic processes, government institutions, and their ability to ensure the safety and well ...
H. T. Sardaryan
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Pope Leo and Chalcedon: how to prepare, appreciate and defend a problematic council [PDF]
In the middle of the 5th century, in a context where the Alexandrian and Constantinopolitan models were experiencing an exacerbation of their rivalry, the See of Rome also put its claims to the test of the ecclesial realities of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Philippe Blaudeau
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Narratives Contextualizing Numeric Disclosures: Insights From Earnings Calls
ABSTRACT We investigate how narrative disclosures during earnings conference calls (ECCs) provide context for quantitative numeric disclosures in quarterly earnings releases, enhancing their informativeness. Drawing on a large sample of 34,918 quarterly ECCs from 1621 US‐listed firms from 2007 to 2020, we extract interpretable textual attributes—such ...
Imelda Taraj, Ranik Raaen Wahlstrøm
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Biserica Ortodoxă în viziunea lui Martin Luther: disputa de la Leipzig (1519)
By the mid-16th century, besides the heavy confrontation between the Catholic Church and Luther, there had been some attempts to connect Lutherans with the Orthodox, the Jews and even with the Turks.
Daniel Nițulescu
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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The church and the origins of Scottish independence in the twelfth century [PDF]
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Broun, D.
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The dynamics of Orangeism in Scotland: social sources of political influence in a mass-member organization, 1860-2001 [PDF]
Like other voluntary associations, fraternities such as the Orange Order underpin political cleavages. The membership dynamics behind such associations are less clear.
Kaufmann, Eric P.
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La recezione dell’autorità pontificia a Costantinopoli tra IX e XI secolo: alcune circostanze
Attraverso alcuni testi legati alla seconda controversia iconoclasta (815-843), allo scisma foziano (867), alla genesi dell’autocefalia bulgara (917-923) e all’elezione dell’anti-papa Giovanni Filagato (997), l’articolo mostra come il mondo bizantino ...
Filippo Carcione
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Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse
ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
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