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Infrastructure investment in network industries: The role of incentive regulation and regulatory independence [PDF]

, 2009
This paper finds that coherent regulatory policies can boost investment in network industries of OECD economies. Rate-of-return regulation is generally thought to result in overinvestment, while incentive regulation is believed to entail underinvestment.
Egert, Balazs
core  

Family Ownership and ESG Performance: The Moderating Role of Sustainability Committee and ESG‐Linked Executive Compensation

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Grounded in agency theory, this article examines the relationship between family ownership concentration and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, and analyzes the moderating role of sustainable governance mechanisms. Specifically, it assesses whether sustainability committees and ESG‐linked executive compensation moderate ...
Pasquale Latella, Roberta Pisani, Fabio Quarato, Paolo Tenuta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insider Ownership and Investment Efficiency

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between insider ownership and investment efficiency in Indian publicly listed firms, utilising panel data spanning 2001 to 2015. It explores how agency conflicts contribute to suboptimal capital investment decisions. Our analysis reveals that increased insider ownership is associated with reduced investment
Bibek Bhatta
wiley   +1 more source

Profit With Purpose: How CSR Fuels UK SMEs' Success

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an essential strategy for firms, particularly small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), to enhance their social impact and secure long‐term financial sustainability. This study explores the relationship between CSR investments and financial performance in UK listed SMEs from 2021 to 2024 ...
Renato Pereira, M. Naguib Omar, Summeya Gafur, Obadias Machacha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CSR disclosure and investment efficiency in MENA countries: The moderating role of CSR committee

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD) is often recognized as a transparency mechanism that allows companies to communicate their commitment to CSR. However, CSRD may also exacerbate agency conflicts. This study addresses these two contrasting perspectives by investigating the impact of CSRD on investment efficiency and exploring ...
Mohamed Malek Belhoula, Imen Khanchel, Naima Lassoued, Rouba Jebri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Jostling for Advantage: Licensing and Entry into Patent Portfolio Races [PDF]

, 2006
Licensing in a patent thicket allows firms to either avoid or resolve hold-up. Firms' R&D incentives depend on whether they license ex ante or ex post. We develop a model of a patent portfolio race, which allows for endogenous R&D efforts, to study firms'
Graevenitz, Georg von, Siebert, Ralph
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Is It a Matter of Visibility Over Viability? CEO Narcissism and the Strategic Trade‐Off in Corporate Diversification

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how CEO narcissism shapes corporate diversification strategies, addressing gaps in upper echelon and agency theories. Using a sample of 388 CEOs across 319 firms, we find that narcissistic CEOs drive higher levels of overall corporate diversification but exhibit a strategic trade‐off: they strongly favor unrelated ...
Naima Lassoued, Imen Khanchel
wiley   +1 more source

Lucratividade e qualidade na distribuição de energia elétrica
Profitability and quality in electricity distribution [PDF]

Nova Economia, 2002
Privatization of electricity distribution in Brasil had, as one of its stated purposes, generation of sufficient revenue to guarantee service quality and full market coverage.
André Garcez Ghirardi, Milena Couto Rocha, Luiz Alberto Lima Teixeira   +2 more
doaj  

Epistemic diversity and the politics of knowledge in plant disease management: Insights from the Xylella fastidiosa epidemic in southern Italy

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Xylella fastidiosa is a major plant pathogen affecting crops such as grapes, citrus, almonds, and olives, with potentially severe consequences for agricultural production and rural livelihoods worldwide. This paper examines the conflict around the management of the X. fastidiosa outbreak affecting olive trees in southern Italy.
Fabio Gatti, David Ludwig, Phil Macnaghten   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON UNDERINVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL R&D [PDF]

During the past 40 years, the returns to agricultural R&D have been on average in the range of 40-60% (Alston, et al 2000, Evenson 2001). Many agricultural economists see this high average as convincing evidence that there is significant underinvestment ...
Roseboom, Johannes
core   +1 more source