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Finding a path in the sustainability jungle. A framework for corporate action.

Seelos, Christian - EconWPA - 2005

Collective concerns about sustainable development and proposals about how to achieve sustainability have produced a … sustainability; and yet the lack of clear definitions has left a vacuum of corporate guidance. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR …) has become a synonym for corporate action towards sustainability, but companies continue to struggle to understand how to …

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Wertschaffendes Umweltmanagement. Keine Nachhaltigkeit ohne ökonomischen Erfolg. Kein ökonomischer Erfolg ohne Nachhaltigkeit

Figge, Frank - EconWPA - 2004

Die Studie „Wertschaffendes Umweltmanagement“ betrachtet den Zusammenhang zwischen Umweltaspekten und Unternehmenswert … Environmental Shareholder Value auf und zeigt, wie betriebliches Umweltmanagement positiv auf die Werttreiber des Shareholder Value … betriebliche Umweltmanagement sicherstellen muss, dass Unternehmen auf zukünftige „ökologische“ Herausforderungen reagieren können …

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Data Envelopment Analysis in Environmental Valuation: Environmental Performance, Eco-efficiency and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Kuosmanen, Timo; Kortelainen, Mika - EconWPA - 2004

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a linear programming based method for evaluating performance of comparable production units such as firms. Although the method is already extensively applied in many areas of economics, its use in environmental economics and related fields remains limited. The...

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TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING A WESTERN EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN LINKAGE: A PARTIAL EXAMINATION

salvary, stanley c. w. - EconWPA - 2005

Given the call for the development of an accounting conceptual framework, this paper rejects the need for such an undertaking. Using a historical methodology this paper traces the existence of an accounting conceptual framework that painstakingly has been established over the centuries. The...

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Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

Australian, state and territory regimes came under review for the Commission’s inquiry into native vegetation and biodiversity regulations. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December 2003. It found that the cost of farm regulations could be reduced if...

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The environmental performance of commercial buildings

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001

At the request of the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, the Assistant Treasurer asked the Commission to undertake a research study examining the performance of commercial buildings and analyse any impediments to better performance of such buildings and how to overcome them. The study...

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Stakeholder Value Matrix - Die VErbindung zwischen Shareholder Value und Stakeholder Value

Figge, Frank - EconWPA - 2004

Die Studie zeigt, was unter Stakeholder Value verstanden werden kann, wie Shareholder Value und Stakeholder Value … Wertbeitragsanalyse von Stakeholderbeziehungen vorgestellt. Anhand der Stakeholder Value Matrix lässt sich zeigen, welche …

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Agent Behaviour, Financial Market and Welfare Theory

Paranque, Bernard; Baets, Walter; Pruden, Henry - EconWPA - 2005

An important literature has pointed out the coordination problems faced by the agents, in particular the financial one when they have to manage risk and their portfolio. If we follow Kaldor and its definition of speculation, then we could point out that in this case agents are short term...

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Stakeholder und Unternehmensrisiko

Figge, Frank - EconWPA - 2004

Dass Stakeholder zum Unternehmensrisiko beitragen können, ist heute weitgehend unbestritten. Höhe und Art des … einen Einfluss auf den Unternehmenswert. Gelingt es, den Beitrag der Stakeholder zum Unternehmensrisiko zu reduzieren …

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The impact of downside risk on risk-adjusted performance of mutual funds in the Euronext markets

Plantinga, Auke; Sortino, Franks; Meer, Robert van der - EconWPA - 2004

Many performance measures, such as the classic Sharpe ratio have difficulty in evaluating the performance of mutual funds with skewed return distributions. Common causes for skewness are the use of options in the portfolio or superior market timing skills of the portfolio manager. In this...

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