The Fast, the Steady and the Tenacious: Funding Pathways for Circular Start‐Ups
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 +4 more
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Retailer's inventory-based financing with bounded advance rates: Interplay between wholesale price contract and loan menu. [PDF]
Dang Y, Tian J, Liao J, Tang M, Tian C.
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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 +2 more
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Explainable Deep Tabular Learning for Credit Risk Assessment: An Information-Theoretic Cross-Attentional Transformer Approach. [PDF]
Dong B +6 more
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Does Stakeholder Pressure Promote Green Innovations and Performance of Agribusiness Companies?
ABSTRACT The sustainability of agribusiness companies is guided by multiple, sometimes paradoxical, interests. Green innovation is strategic for sustainable development; however, literature shows inconsistencies regarding its impact on environmental and economic‐financial performance.
Vanderlei dos Santos +4 more
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Unleashing the combined potential of bio-based carbon dioxide removal in Germany's path to net zero from the bioenergy system perspective. [PDF]
Sadr M +4 more
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Dynamic Spillovers Between FinTech, Blockchain, and Green Finance: A Quantile Connectedness Approach
ABSTRACT This paper explores how financial innovation and environmental sustainability intersect by analyzing spillovers between FinTech, blockchain energy use, and green finance. Using a Quantile Vector Autoregression (QVAR) framework, we examine weekly data from 2018 to 2024 across 11 digital, environmental, and macro‐financial indices.
Mehmet Sahiner, Sisi Sung, James Devlin
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Bank Credit and Trade Credit during Crisis [PDF]
YIJUN ZOU +2 more
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Exploring the impacts of wildlife trade on zoonotic spillover and disease outbreaks: A multiple-perspective study. [PDF]
Wang K +8 more
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Internationalization and ESG Controversies: Do Foreign Directors on Corporate Boards Matter?
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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