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Greening the Bottom Line: Public Funding for Circular Economy Initiatives and Financial Stability

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public funding for circular economy (CE) initiatives plays a crucial role in shaping corporate financial performance, yet its effects remain underexplored. Grounded in the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm, this study investigates the financial impact of CE funding on private firms, using Portugal as a case study. It analyses the financial
Rui Cruz, Marisa R. Ferreira, Carina Silva, María Isabel Sánchez‐Hernández   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Asymmetric Information in Islamic Financial contract: An Empirical Analysis

European Journal of Islamic Finance, 2019
A primary source of asymmetric information arises from banks’ uncertainty about borrowers’ Creditworthiness. This can generate two types of barriers to efficient credit allocation in the loan market: ad-verse selection in the likelihood of repayment ...
Sajjad Hussain Zafar, Danish A Siddiqui
doaj   +1 more source

The Fast, the Steady and the Tenacious: Funding Pathways for Circular Start‐Ups

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular start‐ups (CSUs) are critical for unlocking the circular economy, yet they face persistent barriers in accessing finance. Despite growing interest from policymakers and financing institutions, little empirical evidence explains how these ventures pursue and secure funding.
Pilar Mejía‐Vélez, Wim Van Opstal, Christina Bidmon, Saskia Manshoven, Julian Kirchherr   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do financing institutions consider operating performance in estimating cost of debt?

Future Business Journal, 2023
This paper examines the relationship between firm performance and cost of debt. More specifically this paper empirically shows that fund providers charge lower cost on debt for highly performing companies compared to lower performing companies.
Muhammad Shahin Miah, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Md. Khaled Bin Amir   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sound Financial Practices and Entrepreneurs' Socio‐Environmental Commitment: Revealing the Role of Financial Barriers

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small enterprises (SEs) constitute a major component of economic systems, and their socio‐environmental commitment is critical for promoting societal well‐being. This paper examines the direct effect of sound financial practices on socio‐environmental commitment and evaluates the mediating role of financial constraints—specifically debt and ...
Marcos Álvarez‐Espiño, Sara Fernández‐López, Lucía Rey‐Ares   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bank Client Credit Scoring, Along With Loan Parameters Optimization Using the Simulation-Optimization Model [PDF]

Mathematics and Modeling in Finance
This study assesses a new simulation-optimization method for credit scoring and bank loan parameter optimization. The proposed approach encompasses data preparation, credit scoring, and simulation-optimization stages. Initially, data regarding bank loans
Amir Khorrami, Mahmoud Dehghan Nayeri, Ali Rajabzadeh   +2 more
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Market and Nonmarket Strategies in Focus: How Entrepreneurs Tackling the Grand Challenge of Waste Management Navigate Institutional and Market Adversity in Ghana

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Waste management remains a critical grand challenge in African countries. While entrepreneurship has been a viable strategy for addressing this challenge, it is fraught with constraints. This study investigates the strategies orchestrated by entrepreneurs to navigate adversity in Waste management and ensure the social and economic viability of
Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong, Abiodun Samuel Adegbile, Augustine Awuah Peprah, Bede Akorige Atarah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Credit for aileviation of rural poverty : The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh [PDF]

Tropicultura, 1993
The Grameen Bank is a specialized financial institution in Bangladesh that was established to provide credit to the rural poor for the purpose of improving their economic conditions with the hypothesis that if the poor are supplied with working capital ...
Hossain, M.
doaj  

A comparative Analytical Study for Evaluating the Financial Performance of the Egyptian Food Products Industry [PDF]

Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development
The research aims to evaluate the financial performance of Egyptian food manufacturing companies. The results indicate that the private sector outperforms in managing production capacities, with idle capacities reaching 14.9% in the public sector ...
Sayed Salah, Sayed Abd El Hameed, Mahmoud Ahmed, Mohamed Abdelhafiz   +3 more
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Climate Change Risk and Financial Stability: Implications for European Banking Institutions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether climate change risk weakens banking‐system stability in the European Union and assesses how renewable energy adoption and energy‐related taxation moderate this relationship. Using panel data for 27 EU countries from 2012 to 2022 and applying fixed‐effects OLS, two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and robust generalized ...
Md Yousuf Ali
wiley   +1 more source