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Political connection and corporate ESG performance: Evidence from China
Economics and Business ReviewESG has attracted widespread attention in China’s capital markets. This study investigates the impact of corporate executives’ political connections on firms’ ESG performance in China. Using panel data from A-share listed companies between 2009 and 2022,
Ding Congming, Hu Xuezhenzi
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Young people in the United States (and beyond) access spaces for activism in varied ways, including the out‐of‐school time sector, where youth activism (YA) groups draw on informal learning pedagogies to engage young people in collective action.
Laura Weiner
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Social insurance reform and corporate environmental Investments: Evidence from China
International Review of Economics & FinanceThis study examines the impact of social insurance contributions on corporate environmental investments, using a sample of 1684 firms with 18,503 firm-year observations from China's A-share listed companies between 2007 and 2019. Adopting a quasi-natural
Bingcheng Zou +3 more
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Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis +2 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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SAGE OpenThis study employs the perspectives of bounded rationality to examine how government attention affects corporate risk-taking. Additionally, it explores the moderating role of politically connected CEOs’ access to privileged information.
Chu Wang, Char-Lee Lok, Lian Kee Phua
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Jurnal Akuntansi dan Auditing IndonesiaThe aim of this research is to analyze the influence of corporate governance and political connections on the potential for financial statement fraud in extractive industry companies listed on the IDX for the 2018-2023 period. The sampling was performed
Ari Singgar Cahyani, Johan Arifin
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is currently a gap in knowledge around pupils' growth mindset (GM) and attainment in Scotland, particularly in relation to Socioeconomic Status (SES). This study offers insights on the relevance of growth mindset in Scotland for attainment in mathematics by drawing on large‐scale data from the OECD's Programme for International Student ...
Catherine Reid, Ellen Boeren
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Business Research QuarterlyAs digital technologies advance, companies increasingly use them to gain competitive and sustainability advantages. However, a firm’s digital development is not solely contingent on its technological assets; it is fundamentally shaped by the organization’
Murtaza Hussain +3 more
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