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Decoupling environmental certification programmes from core operations: firm performance reported by small and medium sized enterprises

Djupdal, Kari - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 10 (2014) 4, pp. 484-501

-sized enterprises (SMEs) that reported the compounded signal of high fit reported enhanced financial performance. Implications are …

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Does the business size matter on corporate sustainable performance? The Australian business case

Nayak, Raveendra; Venkatraman, Sitalakshmi - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 3, pp. 281-301

While a growing majority of research studies have concentrated on triple bottom line public reporting in large organisations, the review of past research suggests there seems to be limited support and importance given to small and medium sized businesses. This paper attempts to examine whether...

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International financial reporting standards and SMEs: the effects on firm rating according to Basel II

Bartolini, Monica; Gardini, Silvia; Savioli, Giuseppe - In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and … 10 (2014) 1, pp. 43-67

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential impact of IFRS on SMEs' annual reporting, considering in …

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Organizational choices and financial performance: the case of company-owned stores, franchisee-owned stores and stores-within-a-store among French fashion retailers

Amadieu, Paul; Picot-Coupey, Karine; Viviani, Jean-Laurent - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management (CREM) - 2013

This paper deals with the governance and financial performance issues in the context of French Fashion retail companies. In this study, we analyze the influence of the organizational choices on the financial performance at the network level. We consider three forms used in isolation...

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Privatizing Australian Airports: Ownership, Divestment and Financial Performance

Aulich, Chris; Hughes, Mark - In: Public Organization Review 13 (2013) 2, pp. 175-184

This article addresses the performance of the three largest Australian airports following their privatization. The airports represent cases of divestment of government business enterprises into privately-owned businesses each with differing ownership arrangements. The performances of the...

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The Financial Impact of ISO 14001 Certification: Top-Line, Bottom-Line, or Both?

Jong, Pieter; Paulraj, Antony; Blome, Constantin - In: Journal of Business Ethics 119 (2014) 1, pp. 131-149

It is not easy being green, but it does beg the question: Does being green pay off on the bottom-line? Unfortunately, that question of becoming ISO 14001 to reap financial benefit remains widely unanswered. In particular, corporate practice is interested in how environmental management impacts...

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The Effects of Institutional Distance and Headquarters’ Financial Performance on the Generation of Environmental Standards in Multinational Companies

Aguilera-Caracuel, Javier; Aragón-Correa, Juan; … - In: Journal of Business Ethics 105 (2012) 4, pp. 461-474

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Do Non-socially Responsible Companies Achieve Legitimacy Through Socially Responsible Actions? The Mediating Effect of Innovation

Blanco, Belen; Guillamón-Saorín, Encarna; Guiral, Andrés - In: Journal of Business Ethics 117 (2013) 1, pp. 67-83

This study investigates the effects on organization’s financial performances of, first, the extent to which the organizations are involved in controversial business activities, and second, their level of social performance. These companies can be considered non-socially responsible given the...

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Proactive CSR: An Empirical Analysis of the Role of its Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions on the Association between Capabilities and Performance

Torugsa, Nuttaneeya; Wayne O’Donohue; Hecker, Rob - In: Journal of Business Ethics 115 (2013) 2, pp. 383-402

strategic proactivity—and financial performance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Using quantitative data collected from a … sample of 171 Australian SMEs in the machinery and equipment manufacturing sector and employing structural equation modelling …, we find that the adoption of practices in each CSR dimension by SMEs is influenced slightly differently by each …

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Environmental Mutual Funds: Financial Performance and Managerial Abilities

Muñoz, Fernando; Vargas, Maria; Marco, Isabel - In: Journal of Business Ethics 124 (2014) 4, pp. 551-569

This article analyzes the financial performance and managerial abilities of a sample of US and European socially responsible (SR) mutual funds. The period analyzed commences from January 1994 and concludes in January 2013 and yields 18 US and 89 European green funds. The results obtained for...

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