Free Trade Zones and Corporate ESG: Evidence From a Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how China's Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) influence corporate ESG performance. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences model on Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2024, we combine coarsened exact matching (CEM) and geography‐based instrumental variables to ensure robust identification.
Wen Li, Yinghan Zhao, Brian Lucey
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Thermodynamics à la Souriau on Kähler Non-Compact Symmetric Spaces for Cartan Neural Networks. [PDF]
Entropy (Basel)Fré PG, Sorin AS, Trigiante M.
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The Microscopic Derivation and Well-Posedness of the Stochastic Keller-Segel Equation. [PDF]
J Nonlinear Sci, 2021 Huang H, Qiu J.
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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li +3 more
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Mathematical modeling of tumor-immune dynamics: stability, control, and synchronization via fractional calculus and numerical optimization. [PDF]
Sci RepAderyani SR +3 more
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Hierarchical organization of social action features along the lateral visual pathway. [PDF]
Curr Biol, 2023 McMahon E, Bonner MF, Isik L.
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Pro‐Organic by Design: Choice Architecture Shaping Online Organic Grocery Purchases
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Consumer uptake of organic food is shaped by both personal values and the way choices are structured in the retail environment. Unlike prior research, we here investigate how elements of supermarket choice architecture influence organic choices.
John Thøgersen +2 more
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scientific, social, ecological rationality and public attitudes toward genetically modified food in China: based on the survey of urban residents in three cities of China. [PDF]
GM Crops FoodLi H, Pang Z, Yu T.
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Smart Cities Leading the Green Transition: Linking Open Innovation and Entrepreneurial Dynamics
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smart cities today are vibrant spaces where technology, collaboration, and sustainability come together to shape a better future. The green transition in cities is not just about building greener infrastructure or cutting emissions. It also changes how people, institutions, and businesses think and act.
Filippo Marchesani, Nabila Abid
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The One-Parameter Logistic Model Can Be True With Zero Probability for a Unidimensional Measuring Instrument: How One Could Go Wrong Removing Items Not Satisfying the Model. [PDF]
Educ Psychol MeasRaykov T, Zhang B.
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