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ICTs, data and vulnerable people: a guide for citizens

Castańeda, Alexandra; Matheus, Andreas; Klimczuk, Andrzej - 2021

ICTs, personal data, digital rights, the GDPR, data privacy, online security… these terms, and the concepts behind them … of ICTs and data in our lives - and the potential risks this creates. These risks are even more pronounced for vulnerable … and legal issues around ICTs for vulnerable citizens? - Who is vulnerable in Europe? - How do issues around ICTs affect …

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Extensions and Vagueness of Language under Two-Dimensional State Uncertainty

Chiba, Saori - Dipartimento di Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - 2014

We examine languages under two-dimensional uncertainty about the stateÑ the type and support of the state-distribution as well as the state is ex-ante uncertain. We consider communication between an uninformed decision maker and an imperfectly informed speaker. We show that this two-dimensional...

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Herd Behavior and Cascading in Capital Markets: A Review and Synthesis

Hirshleifer, David; Teoh, Siew Hong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

We review theory and evidence relating to herd behaviour, payoff and reputational interactions, social learning, and informational cascades in capital markets. We offer a simple taxonomy of effects, and evaluate how alternative theories may help explain evidence on the behavior of investors,...

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Do CSR Messages Resonate? Examining Public Reactions to Firms’ CSR Efforts on Social Media

Saxton, Gregory D. - 2020

We posit a key goal of firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts is to influence reputation through carefully crafted communicative practices. This trend has accelerated with the rise of social media such as Twitter and Facebook, which are essentially public message networks that...

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The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations : Analysts’ Perceptions and Shifting Institutional Logics

Ioannou, Ioannis - 2017

We explore the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) ratings on sell-side analysts' assessments of firms' future financial performance. We suggest that when analysts perceive CSR as an agency cost, due to the prevalence of an agency logic, they produce pessimistic recommendations for...

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Extension and Vagueness of Language Under Two-Dimensional State Uncertainty

Chiba, Saori - 2014

We examine languages under two-dimensional uncertainty about the state — the type and support of the state-distribution as well as the state is ex-ante uncertain. We consider communication between an uninformed decision maker and an imperfectly informed speaker. We show that this...

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Accelerating the Adoption of Integrated Reporting

Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George - 2011

This chapter describes the concept of integrated reporting, provides a brief history of its development, reviews the current state of practice, presents a strategy for institutional change that will accelerate the adoption of integrated reporting in order to meet the five-year objective, and...

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The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting

Ioannou, Ioannis; Serafeim, George - 2017

A key aspect of the governance process inside organizations and markets is the measurement and disclosure of important metrics and information. In this chapter, we examine the effect of sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices and valuations. Specifically, we...

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From Trademarks to Brands

Desai, Deven R. - 2015

The business world has moved from using trademarks — simple symbols identifying products — to brands — rich symbols that feed business strategy. At the same time, networked and empowered consumers are using brands, brand language, and branding strategies to make decisions about what they...

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What Drives Corporate Social Performance? The Role of Nation-level Institutions

Ioannou, Ioannis; Serafeim, George - 2013

Based on Whitley’s “National Business Systems” (NBS) institutional framework (Whitley 1997; 1999), we theorize about and empirically investigate the impact of nation-level institutions on firms’ corporate social performance (CSP). Using a sample of firms from 42 countries spanning seven...

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