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Internationalization and ESG Controversies: Do Foreign Directors on Corporate Boards Matter?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between internationalization and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies, focusing on whether foreign directors on corporate boards influence this relationship. Drawing on resource dependence theory, we argue that internationalization increases ESG controversies due to the complexity of ...
Mohamed Elsayed +4 more
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Mechanisms to promote board gender diversity in South Africa
Acta Commercii, 2017 Research purpose: Board gender diversity is gaining increasing attention globally and in South Africa. Although more women are serving on the boards of companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), they only represent approximately one-fifth
Suzette Viviers +2 more
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Path dependence or convergence? The evolution of corporate ownership around the world [PDF]
, 2006 We offer a theory that sheds light on the current debate over whether the form of corporate ownership converges to the Berle-Means image. Our analytical results are threefold. First, legal rules and firm-specific protective arrangements are complementary.
Lim, Steven +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines sectoral heterogeneity in corporate biodiversity disclosure (CBD) among Chinese listed firms over the period 2001–2023. Drawing on stakeholder, institutional, and resource dependency theories, it investigates how environmental exposure, ownership structures, and market dynamics influence biodiversity risk recognition and ...
Orkun Bayram +2 more
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The disciplinary role of options trading: Evidence from earnings manipulation
International Review of Economics & FinanceThis paper delves into the disciplinary influence of options trading, contending that it enhances informational efficiency and augments the market's capacity to detect earnings manipulation, thereby diminishing managers' initial incentives to engage in ...
Mengshu Hao, Jieying Hong
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A Note on Shareholder Oversight and the Regulatory Environment: The Japanese Banking Experience [PDF]
During a period where Japanese banks operated under a less restrictive regulatory environment, 1986-88, we find positive relationships between bank risk and ownership concentration.
Kim, Kenneth A., Rhee, S. Ghon
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Shareholder (and Director) Fiduciary Duties and Shareholder Activism [PDF]
, 2006 Recent attention to shareholder activism in the business and academic press has ignored the legal ramifications of that phenomenon. Under current law, shareholders are neither principals nor agents of the corporation, the board of directors, or the ...
Dalley, Paula J
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From Text to Value: Measuring and Pricing Firm Climate Risk Exposure
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine how the prominence and tone of climate risk disclosures affect firm value and strategic climate positioning for large European nonfinancial companies. We developed a firm‐level climate risk exposure (CRE) index that assesses climate risks within corporate narratives across four EU categories: transition risk, physical risk ...
Stefano Dell'Atti +2 more
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Shareholder Activism and the Role of Marketing: A Framework for Analyzing and Managing Investor Relations [PDF]
This paper proposes a conceptual framework that shows the role of (the) marketing (function) in managing investor relations. The framework complements existing literature on the marketing-finance interface and explicitly includes investor relationships ...
Hoffmann, Arvid O.I. +1 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether CEO risk orientation shapes environmental sustainability disclosure (ESD) and how institutional constraints condition this relationship. We argue that environmental disclosure constitutes a strategic exposure decision because greater transparency can increase regulatory scrutiny and stakeholder pressure.
Muhammad Jameel Hussain +3 more
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