In the Subprime Crisis of 2008/9, European firms with high Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) scores had stock returns 1.8 to 2.6 percentage points higher than those with lower scores. This is believed to be the effect of social capital – an asset which becomes incrementally valuable during...

In recent decades, the business world – as well as society at large – has increasingly recognised the relevance of environmental factors as essential determinants of economic development and business decisions. Due to these short- and long-term effects of environmental factors on both the...

Crowdfunding is an innovative fundraising practice witnessing phenomenal development over the last decade. The UK is the biggest crowdfunding market in Europe in terms of market share, number of platforms and funders (Rossi, 2014). However, this phenomenon in this market is still understudied,...