Beyond the ESG Facade: Measuring and Addressing Corporate ‘Lip Service’
ABSTRACT Amid growing global attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG), this study examines the misalignment between ESG disclosures and actual practices—termed ‘lip service’—using data from Chinese firms from 2006 to 2022, constructing an index to quantify it.
Jia Xu, Mingwei Liu, Helen X. H. Bao
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Transforming data to delight: AI-led campaign personalization shapes digital natives' intention to accept over a TAM-VAM approach. [PDF]
Durgha Devi L, Arumugam T.
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ABSTRACT The transition toward circular fashion is widely promoted as a pathway to sustainable development, yet consumer resistance continues to hinder the adoption of circular business models across resale, rental, repair, and remaking. Existing research identifies numerous consumer barriers, but insights remain fragmented, model‐specific, and largely
Sophie Rasfeld
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Students' engagement with AI-supported learning and its association with academic interest and career intentions in business analytics education. [PDF]
Cheng Y, Lee J, Martin F, Rand W.
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Target Firm's ESG Engagement and Post–M&A Performance: The Mediating Role of Acquirer's CSR Strategy
ABSTRACT The paper examines whether the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of target firms influences both accounting‐based and market‐based corporate financial performance (CFP) within the merger and acquisition (M&A) context and whether this relationship is mediated by the acquirer's corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy.
Francesco Gangi +4 more
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Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Cost of Equity Capital: A Meta‐Analytical Review
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on the relationship between corporate environmental responsibility (CER) and cost of equity capital (COEC), empirical evidence remains inconsistent. This study addresses these inconsistencies through a comprehensive meta‐analysis of 1139 effect sizes from 75 studies.
Robert Witte +2 more
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Usage Intention Toward an Interactive Smart Mirror Exercise Program Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: An Application of the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior. [PDF]
Weng YM +4 more
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The effects of perceived enjoyable activities on cognition in late-life.
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Investor Perceptions of Climate Policy: Insights From the US Inflation Reduction Act
ABSTRACT This paper provides the first event study evidence on how the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) dedicated climate provisions reshaped equity valuations in the US carbon‐intensive sectors. Focusing on environmentally sensitive industries (ESI), we analyze cumulative abnormal returns around the four key IRA milestones in 2022–2023.
Laura Ferraro +3 more
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Exploring factors influencing parents' adoption intention toward children's illustrated e-books: A push-pull model perspective. [PDF]
Guan L, Wei W, Fu M.
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