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Is it Beneficial to Be Included in a Sustainability Stock Index? A Panel Data Study for European Firms
Ziegler, Andreas - 2014
This paper empirically examines the effect of the inclusion in one of the most prominent sustainability stock indexes, namely the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), on corporate financial performance. On the basis of panel data for European firms that were included in the Dow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070646
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Financial Frictions, Real Estate Collateral, and Small Firm Activity in Europe
Banerjee, Ryan - 2018
We observe significant heterogeneity in the correlation between changes in house prices and the growth of small firms across certain countries in Europe. We find that, overall, the correlation is far greater in Southern Europe than in Northern Europe. Using a simple model, we show that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910165
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Financing micro firms in Europe : an empirical analysis
Masiak, Christian; Block, Jörn; Moritz, Alexandra; … - 2017
The vast majority of firms in Europe are micro firms. Still, we know little about their financing patterns. Our paper aims to close this gap. Based on a large European firm-level data set, we find that micro firms differ in their financing patterns from small and medium-sized companies. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011859838
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Is it beneficial to be included in a sustainability stock index? : a panel data study for European firms
Ziegler, Andreas - 2009
This paper empirically examines the effect of the inclusion in one of the most prominent sustainability stock indexes, namely the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), on corporate financial performance. On the basis of panel data for European firms that were included in the Dow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008746683
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The use of leasing in financially constraines firms : an analysis for European SMEs
Mol-Gómez-Vázquez, Ana; Hernández-Cánovas, Ginés; … - In: Finance a úvěr 69 (2019) 6, pp. 538-555
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012303150
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Sustainable Development Policies in Europe
Caratti, Pietro; Locascio, Gabriella - 2007
The objective of this paper is to investigate the actual situation in the shift towards the implementation of Sustainable Development Policies in Europe. The aim is to highlight the key role of the European Union in bringing about sustainable development within Europe and also on the wider...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014053737
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Is it Beneficial to be Included in a Sustainability Stock Index? A Panel Data Study for European Firms
Ziegler, Andreas - 2009
This paper empirically examines the effect of the inclusion in one of the most prominent sustainability stock indexes, namely the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), on corporate financial performance. On the basis of panel data for European firms that were included in the Dow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753185
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Doing safe by doing good : ESG investing and corporate social responsibility in the U.S. and Europe
Bannier, Christina E.; Bofinger, Yannik; Rock, Björn - 2019
This paper examines the profitability of investing according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in the U.S. and Europe. Based on data from 2003 to 2017, we show that a portfolio long in stocks with the highest ESG scores and short in those with the lowest scores yields a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025370
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Young SMEs : driving innovation in Europe?
Veugelers, Reinhilde; Ferrando, Annalisa; Lekpek, Senad; … - 2018
classes across all sectors and all EU Member States, we identify different innovation profiles based on a firm's R …&D investment and/or innovation activities. We find that "basic" firms - i.e. firms that do not engage in any type of R&D or … innovation - are more common among young SMEs, while innovators - i.e. firms that do R&D and introduce new products, processes or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011900904
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How European big science organizations and suppliers innovate through public procurement
Li-Ying, Jason; Forneris, Juliette; Korsholm, Søren Bang; … - In: Research-technology management : RTM 64 (2021) 2, pp. 46-56
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012483443