When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li +3 more
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Blockchain-enabled strategic optimization: A decision analytics framework for multinational enterprises' e-commerce entry model. [PDF]
Deng L, Hu X, Xiao Y.
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The Impact of Green Innovation and Green Finance on Corporate ESG Performance
ABSTRACT Amid the transition towards a low‐carbon economy and the pursuit of sustainable development goals, ESG performance has become a key indicator of long‐term corporate sustainability. Drawing on data from Chinese A‐share listed companies between 2012 and 2022, this study examines how green innovation and green finance affect corporate ESG ...
Zhaoke Feng, Chaminda Wijethilake
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Enhancing audit quality and reducing costs: the impact of AI in banking and financial services. [PDF]
Johri A +6 more
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Carbon Footprint of Bank Loans: Opportunities and Risk Implications in the Banking Industry
ABSTRACT This study examines whether the carbon footprint of bank loan portfolios influences bank stability, profitability and cost efficiency and whether regulatory quality moderates these relationships. Using a balanced panel of 33 countries from 2005 to 2018, the analysis combines banking‐sector indicators from the World Bank Global Financial ...
Honglei Wang +5 more
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A Double-Edged Sword: A Qualitative Study of the Minority Tax in Academic Emergency Medicine Faculty. [PDF]
Ordonez E +10 more
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ABSTRACT Corporate environmental communication has become an essential aspect of modern business practices, as stakeholders increasingly demand transparency and accountability regarding sustainability efforts. Within this context, we examine whether firms use environmental communication on X/Twitter to offset weaker relative environmental performance ...
Ivan Russo +3 more
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A taxonomy for detecting and preventing temporal data leakage in machine learning-based build prediction: A dual-platform empirical validation. [PDF]
Mishra LN +3 more
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ABSTRACT We are interested in investigating whether firms use political donations as a license to neglect environmental sustainability. We further deepen the examination by exploring the role of executive contracting. Drawing on a wide range of data between 2002 and 2021 and a global sample, our findings confirm that firms use political contributions ...
Habiba Al‐Shaer +3 more
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Institutions of public judgment established by social contract and taxation. [PDF]
Kessinger TA, Plotkin JB.
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