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Institutional ownership and cost of debt: evidence from Thailand

Thanatawee, Yordying - In: Cogent Business & Management 10 (2023) 2, pp. 1-13

This article aims to investigate whether institutional investors aid in lowering the cost of debt using a sample of 311 nonfinancial firms listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) over 2011-2020. All data were obtained from the SETSMART database. Controlling for firm characteristics,...

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A risk management perspective on CSR and the marginal cost of debt: empirical evidence from Europe

Kordsachia, Othar - In: Review of Managerial Science 15 (2020) 6, pp. 1611-1643

This article investigates the association between CSR and marginal credit costs of European companies. We provide instance for a negative association based on a variety of model specifications and fine-grained measures for CSR. These results can be explained in light of the increasing relevance...

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Private companies: The missing link on the path to net zero

Gözlügöl, Alperen A.; Ringe, Wolf-Georg - 2022

Global consensus is growing on the contribution that corporations and finance must make towards the net-zero transition in line with the Paris Agreement goals. However, most efforts in legislative instruments as well as shareholder or stakeholder initiatives have ultimately focused on public...

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Too Good To Be True: Influencing Credibility Perceptions with Signaling Reference Explicitness and Assurance Depth

Baier, Carolin; Göttsche, Max; Hellmann, Andreas; … - In: Journal of Business Ethics 178 (2021) 3, pp. 695-714

We investigate how the selection of assurance topics and the format of their communication influence the credibility perception of sustainability report readers. This is important because misleading communication may discredit ethical sustainability assurance practices. Based on signaling theory...

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The more, the better? Diversification Trends in Executive and Supervisory Boards in Germany and their Potential Effects

Bedelev, Bogdan - In: Junior Management Science (JUMS) 8 (2023) 3, pp. 569-590

In 2015, Germany passed the Gender Quota Law, and while some countries compelled listed companies to reserve at least 30% of their executive seats for women, imposing fines on the firms that failed to comply, Germany favoured soft-law quotas with almost no penalties. Additionally, this policy...

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Shareholders and Stakeholders around the World: The Role of Values, Culture, and Law in Directors' Decisions

Licht, Amir N.; Adams, Renee B. - 2020

We present evidence on the way personal and institutional factors could together guide public company directors in decision-making concerning shareholders and stakeholders. In a sample comprising more than nine hundred directors originating from over fifty countries and serving in firms from...

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The clash of 'E' and 'S' of ESG: Just transition on the path to net zero and the implications for sustainable corporate governance and finance

Gözlügöl, Alperen A. - 2021

can accelerate net zero transition in companies. This potential clash of environmental (E) and social (S) aspects of ESG …

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The clash of "E" and "S" of ESG: Just transition on the path to net zero and the implications for sustainable corporate governance and finance

Gözlügöl, Alperen A. - 2021

can accelerate net zero transition in companies. This potential clash of environmental (E) and social (S) aspects of ESG …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698041

Impact of environmental, social, and governance activities on the financial performance of Indian health care sector firms: Using competition as a moderator

Agarwal, Bhakti; Gautam, Rahul Singh; Jain, Pooja; … - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 16 (2023) 2, pp. 1-11

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activities have become essential and viable activities of corporations … the effect of ESG on the financial performance (FP) of healthcare corporations using the market-to-book value (MTB) ratio … panel data method to assess the association between ESG and FP. The potential moderating role of competition has also been …

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The Effect of Renewable Energy Development on Carbon Emission Reduction: An Empirical Analysis for the EU-15 Countries

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014

The increased concerns about climate change have made renewable energy sources an important topic of research. Several scholars have applied different methodologies to examine the relationships between energy consumption and economic growth of individual and groups of countries and to analyze...

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