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Beyond the ESG Facade: Measuring and Addressing Corporate ‘Lip Service’

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing global attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG), this study examines the misalignment between ESG disclosures and actual practices—termed ‘lip service’—using data from Chinese firms from 2006 to 2022, constructing an index to quantify it.
Jia Xu, Mingwei Liu, Helen X. H. Bao
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Tax Audit, Tax Penalty, Religiosity and Tax Compliance

Journal of Asian Development Studies
The purpose of this paper was to investigate the impact of tax audit and tax penalty on tax compliance and examine the moderating effect of religiosity on the associations between tax audit and tax penalty with tax compliance in Pakistan. In this study, 400 questionnaires were distributed by using convenience sampling to actual as well as potential ...
Sadia Gulzar, Usman Sarwar, Sonia Sattar, null Jehanger, Muhammad Usman, Maria Quibtia   +5 more
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Can Carbon Strategy Enhance Corporate Productivity? Evidence From Carbon Risk and Opportunity Management

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Whether corporate carbon management can enhance productive efficiency is central to firms' long‐term competitiveness and determines whether carbon reduction efforts can be sustained beyond regulatory compliance. This study examines how corporate carbon risk and opportunity management affects firm productivity (measured by total factor ...
Nan Huang, Hanlu Fan, Ruoxin Zhu
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TAX AUDIT AND PREPARATION FOR THE TAX AUDIT: MAINTAINING THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE ORGANIZATION

Journal of International Legal Communication
Abstract. The study highlights the strategies and methods needed to effectively pass tax audits and ensure the sustainability of a company's finances in the face of constant changes in tax legislation. The paper examines the concept of tax audit and the importance of readiness for tax audit to ensure financial stability. Particular attention is paid to
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Innovating for Net‐Zero: Collaborative and Digital Decarbonisation Strategies in Sunset Industries' Global Value Chains

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global net‐zero ambitions require transformative strategies to decarbonise carbon‐intensive global value chains (GVCs). This study examines how multinational enterprises (MNEs) in sunset industries integrate carbon capture technologies (CCT) with operational and supply chain dynamics (OSCD) to advance decarbonisation.
Muhammad Mustafa Kamal, Narain Gupta, Ashem Emmanuel Egila, Jianwen Zheng, Attique ur Rehman, Justin Zuopeng Zhang, Remsei Sándor   +6 more
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The Perils of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Controversies: Implications for a Firm's Financial and Nonfinancial Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although ESG controversies are on the rise, research investigating them yields contradictory findings. The paper provides resolutions to the debate through investigating (a) how ESG controversies influence firms' short‐term and long‐term financial performance; (b) how firms navigate ESG controversies' effect; and (c) how ESG controversies ...
Amalesh Sharma, Sourav Bikash Borah, Anirban Adhikary, Sanjay Kumar Jena   +3 more
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Measuring Corporate Alignment With the Circular Economy: a Text‐Based Circularity Index From Mandatory Non‐Financial Disclosures

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) has become a strategic priority for firms, yet empirical assessments of corporate circularity remain fragmented and heavily dependent on structured indicators or self‐reported metrics. This paper proposes a novel, text‐based circularity index derived from mandatory non‐financial statements of large ...
Giuseppe Pernagallo, Francesco Quatraro, Eleonora Rubichi   +2 more
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The Bi‐Directional Relationship Between Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Uncertainty: The Moderating Role of Organizational Capabilities

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the bi‐directional relationship between corporate sustainability and environmental uncertainty, focusing on key moderators that shape firms' strategic responses. Using fixed‐effects regressions with S&P 500 data (LSEG Refinitiv Workspace, 2005–2022), we present two key findings.
Felix Peter Thiesen, Rainer Lueg
wiley   +1 more source

Does the Interplay Between Audit Committee Independence and Audit Quality Mitigate Tax Avoidance? Evidence from Non-Financial Firms Listed on the Amman Stock Exchange

Administrative Sciences
Through the synergy between an independent audit committee (AC) and the high-quality external audit, the opportunities for unethical management behavior, including tax avoidance, can be significantly reduced.
Hamzeh Yousef Abu Quba, Krayyem Al-Hajaya, Ahmed Eltweri   +2 more
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Does Climate Risk Affect Employment Decisions? International Evidence

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of climate risk on corporate employment decisions. Using a large sample from 41 countries, we find a positive association between climate risk and underinvestment in labor, notably manifesting as excessive employee layoffs.
Claude Francoeur, Faten Lakhal, Hamza Nizar, Zvi Singer   +3 more
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