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Governance Composition, Gender Diversity, and Regional Context as Performance Drivers in Italian Innovative Start‐Ups

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovative start‐ups play a crucial role in promoting innovation and economic growth, while also contributing to technological competitiveness. This study analyzes the factors influencing the economic performance of these start‐ups, focusing on governance aspects and corporate resources, with particular attention to team composition, company ...
Giovanni Baldissarro, Gianpaolo Iazzolino, Donato Morea   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Sustainability Reporting Practices in an Emerging Market: Insights From Corporate Governance and Disclosure Tone

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ABSTRACT The study examines how narrative disclosure tones (NDTs) and corporate governance mechanisms (CGMs) affect sustainability reporting practices (SRP) in an emerging economy. Data from 125 non‐financial firms in Pakistan, spanning 2011–2022, are utilized. SRP is measured using both GRI and the novel IFRS S1 standards‐based indices. Three NDTs are
Arshad Hasan, Usman Sufi, Franklin Nakpodia   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Upper Echelon Theory: una revisión bibliográfica

, 2005
La Upper Echelon Theory (Teoría del Escalón o Nivel Superior) de Hambrick y Mason (1984) se ha caracterizado, a lo largo del tiempo, por ser una corriente de pensamiento: a) con una gran repercusión en la literatura organizativa/estratégica; b) que ha trascendido desde el núcleo de conocimiento organizativo de origen hacia otras áreas cognitivas como ...
Díaz Fernández, María del Carmen, Galán González, José Luis, Díez de Castro, Enrique Carlos (Coordinador), Brândao, Elísio (Coordinador)   +3 more
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Assessing Climate Change Disclosure and Its Governance Drivers: Insights From the European Utilities Sector

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to enhance academic understanding of the factors influencing the disclosure practices of climate change among European utility companies, specifically in the context of their sustainability reporting. The primary objective is to explore, through a multi‐theoretical framework, the governance drivers that significantly affect the
Cristina Boţa‐Avram, Adriana Tiron Tudor, Liana Stanca   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

CEO Overconfidence, Industry Competition, and ESG Performance

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ABSTRACT This study examines the interplay among CEO overconfidence, industry competition, and firms' ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) performance. With the growing importance of ESG management, firms are investing more in ESG initiatives as a strategic approach to mitigating downside risk. However, overconfident CEOs, characterized by their
Taehyung Kim, Jaeseog Na
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Acquisitions : An Upper Echelons Perspective

, 2022
Acquisitions are among the most complex, exacting, intractable, and high stakes decisions faced by Top Management Teams (TMTs). Consequently, they are inherently political in nature—provoking conflicting viewpoints and power struggles among executives ...
Shepherd, Neil, Strobl, Andreas, Bauer, Florian, Lou, Bowen   +3 more
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Breadth at the Helm: Generalist CEOs and Corporate ESG Performance‐Evidence From China

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on the Upper Echelons Theory and the Imprinting Theory, this study conjectures that generalist CEOs may have a stronger tendency to pursue environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. We perform multiple regression analyses with observations of Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share listed companies from 2010 to 2023 in order to explore ...
Shanmei Luo, Chaofan Jin, Hongling Han, You Zhang, Yuqi Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Upper Echelons and Executive Profiles in the Construction Value Chain: Evidence from Italy

, 2016
Which executive profiles currently govern the construction value chain? Addressing this lively research question is the key point of our article and it appears central to scholars, practitioners, and policymakers interested in project management in ...
ABATECOLA, GIANPAOLO, Abatecola, G, Cristofaro, M, Cristofaro, M.   +3 more
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Seats at the Table, Shifts in the Actions: Board Gender Diversity and Climate Activism

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As regulatory and stakeholder pressures intensify, firms are increasingly expected to move beyond symbolic sustainability commitments towards corporate climate activism. This concept refers to the active institutionalisation of climate‐focused mechanisms such as external assurance, board oversight and climate‐linked incentives.
Md Tanvir Hamim, Rasim Simsek
wiley   +1 more source

How the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) affects digital transformation

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
This paper examines the influence of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) characteristics on digital transformation. Using manufacturing firms listed on the A-share market of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges between 2007 and 2023, the research results ...
Yexin Liu, Weiwei Wu
doaj   +1 more source