This study aims at empirically exploring the influence of sustainability practices on the finan cial performance of 116 listed Swedish companies in the year 2019. The research findings indicate a positive relationship between corporate sustainability and financial performance that is measured by...

Truthfulness in accounting creates a significant concern for academics, practitioners, regulators, and the press. This study investigates the influence of the Board of Directors (BOD) characteristics on the truthfulness of accounting reports. The research uses quantitative methods to test...

In this paper, we investigate whether Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), with readily pledgable Government assets, reduce the underinvestment problems faced by private sector firms in emerging markets. We analyse investment-cash flow sensitivity and its determinants for the partnering private...

In this paper, we investigate whether, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), with readily pleadgable Government assets, reduce the capital constrains faced by private sector firms in emerging markets. We use PPP announcement data, the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure database...

The corporate finance literature argues that overconfident managers tend to hold less cash, and this leads to a significant deviation from optimal cash levels. We analyse the impact of executive overconfidence on the corporate cash holdings of listed Vietnamese firms. To quantify managerial...

Purpose: This paper aims to explore how family culture can contribute to support the development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in a Korean immigrant enterprise in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach: This research highlighted a critical case, in which entrepreneurs and...