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How Laws Affect Contracts: Evidence from Yankee Bond Covenants [PDF]
We examine how country-level legal and institutional differences in creditor and shareholder rights shape the use of bond covenants. Using comprehensive debt covenant information for a sample of Yankee bonds issued by firms from more than 50 countries ...
John Wald, Lukas Roth, Yaxuan Qi
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between financial constraints and a firm's sustainability performance. Our empirical analysis utilises a panel of 40,445 observations from 9466 listed non‐financial firms across 44 countries, spanning the period from 2002 to 2019.
Boying Xu +2 more
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Strong Managers and Passive Institutional Investors in the UK [PDF]
The first striking feature is that ownership of the average UK company is diffuse: a coalition of at least eight shareholders is required to reach an absolute majority of voting rights.
Marc Goergen, Luc Renneboog
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Stock Market Reactions to Climate Risk Events: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As global warming intensifies, climate risks' impact on firm value has become a critical concern for academia and investors. This systematic literature review analyzes 50 event studies in this research field, classifying them by climate risk type.
Mario Schuster, Rainer Lueg
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Legal Regime of Corporate Governance and Shareholders’ Rights in Nigeria
The regulatory environment of corporations in Nigeria has gradually skewed towards an imbalance inthe powers of the Shareholders vis-à-vis that of the Directors. This has led to the marginalization of theshareholders.
Shajobi-Ibikunle, Gloria +1 more
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The non-property rights of shareholders in Hungarian and Romanian company law
, 2019 A részvénytársaság a gazdasági társaságok legösszetettebb vállalkozási formája. A részvénytársaság tőkeegyesítő társaság, amelyben a társult tagok (részvényesek) személyes tulajdonságai kevésbé fontosak és a nagyobb hangsúly az általuk rendelkezésre ...
Fegyveresi, Zsolt
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on ESG controversies has expanded rapidly, but findings remain fragmented and lack a unifying perspective. This study conducts a PRISMA‐guided, framework‐based systematic review of 68 empirical articles published between 2018 and 2025 (May) to synthesize the main determinants and consequences of ESG controversies.
Cristina Alexandrina Ştefănescu +1 more
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The Legal Framework for Effective Corporate Governance: Comparative Analysis of Provisions in Selected Transition Economies [PDF]
The development of market economies in Central and Eastern Europe, and the imminent accession of some of these countries to EU membership, has only strengthened the view that corporate governance is of fundamental importance to the process of transition ...
Iraj Hashi
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Stock Exchange ESG Disclosure Guidance and Corporate Carbon Mitigation: International Evidence
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the tangible impact of the adoption of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure guidance by stock exchanges on corporate carbon mitigation, focusing on six major frameworks: the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Task Force on Climate Related ...
Jiamian Yan, Le Luo, Nuraddeen Nuhu
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, 2005 Using the empirical example of crofting common grazings in Scotland, this study examines the way contemporary change – characterised in a European context by economic restructuring, socio-cultural recomposition and a changing policy framework ...
Brown, Katrina Myrvang
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