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PRIVATIZATION IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Acta Economica, 2003 I examine the motives for and goals of privatization pursued in transition economies. Following this, I sketch the various techniques of divestment in some sense used up to now. Privatization has been used in a broad sense of fostering the market economy
Гордана Миловановић, PhD
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Implicit contracts, takeovers and corporate governance: in the shadow of the city code [PDF]
This paper offers a qualitative, case-study based analysis of hostile takeover bids mounted in the UK in the mid-1990s under the regime of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.
David Nash +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The socio‐emotional wealth (SEW) perspective suggests that the specific priorities of a family business may make it more or less inclined to engage in sustainable practices. This paper examines how family business heterogeneity regarding family ownership, financial performance, and family board members affects the sustainability commitment of ...
Sonia Sánchez‐Andújar +2 more
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ESG Decoupling Phenomenon: A Systematic and Bibliometric Analysis
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT ESG decoupling, defined as the gap between a firm's ESG disclosures and its actual practices, poses a critical challenge to corporate sustainability. Using the PRISMA protocol, 451 articles were selected for a comprehensive bibliometric and systematic literature review to map the intellectual structure and thematic evolution of the research on
Maryam Laeeq +2 more
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Member Corporations, Property Corporations, and Constitutional Rights
, 2017 Historically, a corporation was regarded as an artificial creation of law possessing only what rights and powers its constituting charter confers upon it. This “concession” or “grant” theory has been
David Ciepley
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines corporate environmental reporting practices among listed companies in the European Union during the period 2018–2022, within the context of the Non‐Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). To this end, an Environmental Disclosure Index (EDI) is constructed based on qualitative reporting items, and panel‐data models are ...
Rosalva Pinto‐Braga +2 more
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A Survey of Corporate Governance in Russia [PDF]
In this survey, we describe the current state of corporate governance in Russia and discuss its dynamics and prospects. We review the main mechanisms of corporate governance in the country and relate them to firms’ ownership structures, financial market ...
Olga Lazareva +2 more
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Corporate ESG Greenwashing: Does Regulatory Proximity Matter?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) greenwashing undermines sustainable development, yet the influence of regulatory proximity on oversight is understudied. By introducing the “distance decay effect” from geoeconomics into ESG misconduct research and using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2022, this study reveals a ...
Weiqi Zhao +4 more
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Governance and bank valuation [PDF]
Which public policies and ownership structures enhance the governance of banks? The authors construct a new database on the ownership of banks internationally and then assess the ramifications of ownership, shareholder protection laws, and supervisory ...
Caprio, Gerard +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyses the association between carbon emissions and financial performance in Latin American firms. The scientific literature on this topic is limited, with little evidence available in this geographical region. This study aims to address this research gap by testing hypotheses focused on analysing how Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon ...
Ana Isabel Mendieta‐Callirgos +3 more
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