ABSTRACT The Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)‐performance literature has grown substantially, yet a fundamental question remains underexplored: do ESG investments improve firm performance, or do high‐performing firms simply invest more in ESG? We empirically address this question using panel vector autoregression with Granger causality tests
Jiyeon Kim, Wooyoung Yang
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A Scoping Review of Microsimulation Models on Obesity-Related Policy Evaluation. [PDF]
Cao Z, Fang Y, Wang C, An R.
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Orchestrating Green Transformation: How AI Adoption Enables Corporate Carbon Neutrality
ABSTRACT As carbon neutrality has become a central goal of global climate governance, how firms achieve low‐carbon transformation has emerged as a critical research issue. However, prior studies have primarily focused on macro‐ or industry‐level analyses, offering limited and fragmented insights into how digital technologies—particularly AI—affect firm‐
Xiaonan Dong, Sungjin Son
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Security evaluation framework for cloud ERP systems using NIST and ISO standards. [PDF]
Qazi A, Arshad S, Jadoon AAK.
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ABSTRACT Corporations increasingly use Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reports to articulate their commitments, priorities, and performance in sustainability governance. This study examines how Korean firms have configured and reconfigured their sustainability discourses across industries and time using 634 sustainability reports (2014–2024)
Taedong Lee +3 more
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A critical interrogation of the legitimacy of commercial actors in food policy partnerships. [PDF]
Knai C +6 more
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CEO Characteristics and CSR Governance Quality: Evidence From Europe
ABSTRACT Leveraging a sample of European listed firms, we investigate whether CEO duality, CEO tenure, and CEO membership in the CSR board committee are associated with the quality of corporate social responsibility (CSR) governance. Our findings indicate that CEO duality is negatively associated with CSR governance quality, whereas CEO membership on ...
Gianluca Ginesti +3 more
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Evaluating textile waste management policies: Lifecycle gaps and opportunities for improvement. [PDF]
Chandra Manivannan A +4 more
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Learning Networks Drive Environmental Innovation: Evidence From Fourth‐Stage Purification Diffusion
ABSTRACT Contaminants of emerging concern, including pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals, threaten water quality globally. In the European Union (EU), until the adoption of the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive in 2024, a regulatory gap had left the member states and the municipalities in them without binding removal standards ...
Simon Bulian +3 more
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Expanding budget space to improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: what role for tax expenditures? [PDF]
Tagem AME, Tapsoba Y, Barroy H.
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