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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,185 Views
25 Pages

17 November 2022

This research examines the association between CEO messages and current and future corporate value on the websites of fashion companies. The research methods of this paper are as follows: First, we extract the fashion firm samples among companies lis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,992 Views
17 Pages

16 November 2021

This paper investigates how tax benefits for companies affect future firm value and current corporate performance. In addition, this paper also examines the relationship between tax benefits and future firm value for each major industry. The findings...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,808 Views
19 Pages

28 February 2023

This study aims to provide research results through empirical analysis on how customers’ reactions on social media affect the present and future value of a company. This research selected Korean KOSPI-listed companies that actually own and oper...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
10,063 Views
23 Pages

27 September 2019

This study explores the effect of intangible assets and sub-components of intangible assets on sustainable growth and firm value in Turkey. The cumulative (i.e., aggregative) value of intangible assets of firms and sub-components of intangible assets...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,619 Views
27 Pages

7 December 2022

The study aims to investigate the effect of several sustainability indicators on firms’ value. Panel data of 1914 observations from the UK and Turkey from 2016 to 2021 with a fixed effect model are used to estimate the results. The findings rev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,666 Views
25 Pages

10 January 2019

Although prior studies have viewed corporate political ties as unethical, this study investigates whether changes in the political environment can significantly affect the net value of firms over time in emerging and transitioning economies. Analysis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,907 Views
16 Pages

21 January 2023

We attempted to analyze the effect of changes in financial performance after digital transformation on firm value creation, compared to undigitalized firms for digitally transformed firms listed in the KOSPI market in Korea. To this end, we conducted...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,712 Views
14 Pages

31 August 2023

Corporations that prioritize Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations tend to have a more sustainable approach to business operations with a lower impact on the environment and society. Extant literature is available on the impact of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,101 Views
19 Pages

Does Business Group Affiliation Matter for Superior Performance? Evidence from Pakistan

  • Ishtiaq Ahmad,
  • Judit Oláh,
  • József Popp and
  • Domicián Máté

28 August 2018

Business groups have been described as improving the value of the affiliated firms they control, which is often beyond the capability of standalone firms. The purpose of the current study is to analyze the financial performance of affiliates of diver...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,118 Views
14 Pages

Using US firms with over $5b market cap, this paper tests the impact of levered beta on the firm’s market value and optimal capital structure. Using the synthetic rating method in a recursive model, the paper shows the current and optimal weighted av...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,994 Views
9 Pages

Patent Value and Survival of Patents

  • Jung-Tae Hwang,
  • Byung-Keun Kim and
  • Eui-Seob Jeong

This study investigated the effect of patent value on the renewal (survival) of patents. The private value of patents can be one of the main pillars sustaining a firm’s value, and the estimation of the value may contribute to the strategic management...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,533 Views
15 Pages

The current study investigates the relationship between tax avoidance, management ability, and firm value. Three hypotheses are proposed to meet the paper’s objective. For conducting such a practical study based on a post-event descriptive corr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,430 Views
24 Pages

19 February 2019

Current literature has overlooked the signaling effects of the brand on a firm’s sustainable performance through financial analysts. This study posits that financial analysts may serve as the information bridge connecting brand equity and a fir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
14,791 Views
25 Pages

The Business Model in Sustainability Transitions: A Conceptualization

  • Roberto Hernández-Chea,
  • Akriti Jain,
  • Nancy M. P. Bocken and
  • Anjula Gurtoo

21 May 2021

Business models direct a firm’s activity to move in coherence with the objectives of the business. Current literature suggests business models can act as vital forces to facilitate sustainability transitions and highlights the urgent research call to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,519 Views
12 Pages

3 October 2021

The disclosure of integrated reporting elements can reduce information asymmetry for investors when valuing a company. This study aimed to empirically evaluate the effect of manager compensation, directly or indirectly, on firm value, through the med...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,119 Views
21 Pages

The Old Boys Club in New Zealand Listed Companies

  • Chen Chen,
  • David K. Ding and
  • William R. Wilson

The board of directors plays an important role in implementing corporate governance in the firm, as directors have a fiduciary duty to the firm’s shareholders. The effectiveness of directors is a key determinant of corporate value and they need to br...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,464 Views
18 Pages

The Role of Political Collusion in Corporate Performance in the Korean Market

  • Daeheon Choi,
  • Chune Young Chung,
  • Soon-Ihl Samuel Hong and
  • Jason Young

6 March 2020

Many studies investigate collusion between political connections and firm performance, but Korean research on this topic is not very diverse. This study, based on financial data of listed Korean companies spanning the period from the 15th to the 19th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
8,185 Views
25 Pages

Do Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance Influence Intellectual Capital Efficiency?

  • Francesco Gangi,
  • Dario Salerno,
  • Antonio Meles and
  • Lucia Michela Daniele

29 March 2019

Using a large sample of public firms in 51 countries during the period from 2010 to 2015 and a two-stage least squares (2SLS) regression with an instrumental variable (IV), this study investigates how corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corpora...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,883 Views
15 Pages

Development of Key Performance Indicators for Measuring the Management Performance of Small Construction Firms in Korea

  • Doyeong Kim,
  • Wongyun Oh,
  • Jiyeong Yun,
  • Jongyoung Youn,
  • Sunglok Do and
  • Donghoon Lee

30 May 2021

Large construction firms execute management control in preparation for a fast-paced business environment, but small ones are unable to do so. This is because there is no management control model tailored to them. The current study derived Management...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,010 Views
17 Pages

18 October 2023

Few papers have dealt with the process of servitization at the firm level. There has been a particular lack of research in manufacturing. Business model innovation through convergence between products and services is an indispensable aspect of a firm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
22,673 Views
16 Pages

ESG Factor Integration into Private Equity

  • Maria Cristina Zaccone and
  • Matteo Pedrini

16 July 2020

Although more and more private equity (PE) firms are integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their investment strategies, there is no clear understanding of their reasons, the details of their activities, the tools they u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,529 Views
11 Pages

23 June 2021

Despite the efforts of academia on exploring the merits of creating shared value, prior relevant literature seems to have a limitation that overlooks the environmental contribution suggested as a crucial component of creating shared value program by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,408 Views
26 Pages

Micro-Geographies of Information and Communication Technology Firms in a Shrinking Medium-Sized Industrial City of Ostrava (Czechia)

  • Jan Ženka,
  • Luděk Krtička,
  • Lenka Paszová,
  • Tereza Pundová,
  • Kateřina Rudincová,
  • Simona Šťastná,
  • Veronika Svetlíková and
  • Jan Matula

1 July 2021

We aimed to explain the spatial distribution of information and communication technology (ICT) firms in the city of Ostrava as an example of a medium-sized, shrinking, polycentric industrial city. The primary research question was to what extent micr...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,283 Views
4 Pages

Object Tracking Based on (m,k)-firm Model in Multimedia Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Beom-Su Kim,
  • Ki-Il Kim,
  • Tae-Eung Sung,
  • Babar Shah,
  • Francis Chow and
  • Kyong Hoon Kim

Object tracking is one of the most promising applications in wireless sensor networks (WSN). However, current scalar based WSN cannot provide diverse object information for type and shape of object. To defeat this problem, multimedia WSN is employed...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,924 Views
24 Pages

Corporate Loan Recovery Rates under Downturn Conditions in a Developing Economy: Evidence from Zimbabwe

  • Frank Ranganai Matenda,
  • Mabutho Sibanda,
  • Eriyoti Chikodza and
  • Victor Gumbo

17 October 2022

In this study, we design stepwise ordinary least squares regression models using various amalgamations of firm features, loan characteristics and macroeconomic variables to forecast workout recovery rates for defaulted bank loans for private non-fina...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,648 Views
26 Pages

The Relationship Between CEO Power, Labor Productivity, and Company Value in the Iraqi Stock Exchange

  • Aqeel kadhim Hamad Hamad,
  • Mahdi Salehi,
  • Jasim Idan Barrak,
  • Anmar Adnan Khudhair and
  • Hussen Amran Naji Al-Refiay

5 November 2024

The current study investigates the relationship between the CEO’s power, the workforce’s productivity, and the company’s value in Iraqi stock exchange companies. A sample of 34 companies listed on the Iraqi Stock Exchange from 2016...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,314 Views
19 Pages

12 June 2023

A growing number of companies are issuing corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports to publicize their commitment to sustainable development. However, skepticism remains among stakeholders about firms’ CSR information, which could hinder th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,488 Views
22 Pages

11 January 2024

Businesses are actively integrating sustainability principles into their operations by pursuing goals that go beyond reputation management, which all help companies capture value through growth and return on investment. This study aimed to investigat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,725 Views
34 Pages

Mapping the Landscape of the Literature on Environmental, Social, Governance Disclosure and Firm Value: A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review

  • Chun Cai,
  • Saddam A. Hazaea,
  • Mohammed Hael,
  • Ebrahim Mohammed Al-Matari,
  • Adeeb Alhebri and
  • Abdulmajeed Mawhan H. Alfadhli

17 May 2024

Increased interest in sustainability and related issues has led to the development of disclosed corporate information on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Additionally, questions have arisen about whether these disclosures affect th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,492 Views
15 Pages

28 June 2017

This study investigates the relationship between corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Using GHG emissions data and the CSR index announced by the Korea Economic Justice Institute, we find that companies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
906 Views
35 Pages

25 September 2025

The world is facing increasingly severe environmental challenges, making the development of new energy a crucial trend for the future. The corporate value of new energy enterprises plays a vital role in their sustainable growth. Current environmental...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,119 Views
19 Pages

15 April 2019

Previous studies have investigated how government policies on renewable energy technology (RET) affect economic performance at the industrial level. However, each firm in the RET industry is heterogeneous in terms of their capacities, resources, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,364 Views
19 Pages

Unraveling the Bankruptcy Risk‒Return Paradox across the Corporate Life Cycle

  • Minhas Akbar,
  • Ahsan Akbar,
  • Petra Maresova,
  • Minghui Yang and
  • Hafiz Muhammad Arshad

27 April 2020

Bankruptcy risk is a fundamental factor affecting the financial sustainability and smooth functioning of an enterprise. The corporate bankruptcy risk‒return association is well founded in the literature. However, there is a dearth of empirical resear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,025 Views
19 Pages

An Approach to Generating Reference Information for Technology Evaluation

  • Eungchan Kim,
  • Young Seok Ock,
  • Seung-Jun Shin and
  • Wonchul Seo

7 September 2018

A system for technology evaluation is essential for successfully implementing a technology-based financial support system. Technology evaluation has generally relied on the qualitative evaluation performed by the relevant experts. When evaluating the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,559 Views
13 Pages

14 July 2022

In this study, we acknowledge that corporate environmental responsibility (CER) can be implemented in a strategic sense. Given that firms cope with their resource constraints to pursue competitive advantages, firms tend to consider CER activities as...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,509 Views
13 Pages

Product returns are a source of valuable information that can be used by firms and supply chains to improve products, services, and decision making. However, firms are struggling to maximize the value of this information, and the extant scholarly lit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,987 Views
32 Pages

China’s leading development of a complete battery value chain for electric vehicles (EVs) is restructuring the global automotive sector. In contrast with the normal point of view, which emphasizes the role of industrial policy, this article arg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,007 Views
16 Pages

1 November 2022

The present study aims to evaluate the relationship between social capital and cash holdings in firms. The population under study comprises all listed companies on the Tehran Stock Exchange. A total of 175 firms (1050 year-firm) were selected from 20...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
5,591 Views
21 Pages

The Inclusion of Intellectual Capital into the Green Board Committee to Enhance Firm Performance

  • Syed Quaid Ali Shah,
  • Fong-Woon Lai,
  • Muhammad Kashif Shad,
  • Zdeňka Konečná,
  • Feybi Ariani Goni,
  • Abdoulmohammad Gholamzadeh Chofreh and
  • Jiří Jaromír Klemeš

29 September 2021

The purpose of this study was to conceptualise a framework that reflects an intertwined relationship between the green board committee and firm performance. Agency and stakeholder theories hold a basic notion of supporting the relationship between th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,633 Views
16 Pages

31 August 2020

The recent literature concerning globalizing regional development has placed significant emphasis on the Global Production Network (GPN 2.0). GPN 2.0 in economic geography emphasizes that regional growth is caused by a shift in the strategic coupling...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,195 Views
18 Pages

Evaluating the Impact of Streamflow Rating Curve Precision on Firm Energy of Hydropower Plants

  • Luiz Gustavo F. Westin,
  • Lucas R. Conceição,
  • Edson C. Bortoni,
  • André Luís Marques Marcato,
  • Celso Bandeira de Melo Ribeiro and
  • Leonardo de Mello Honório

8 April 2021

In Brazil, the correct measurement of the individual firm energy of a plant is important, since it influences directly the determination of its assured energy which is used to establish contracts between power plants and distribution companies, free...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,635 Views
24 Pages

The paper contains five parts—a theory about entrepreneurial choice under uncertainty, a formal econometric structure for a test, the test, an appraisal of the test, and a description of the data generating process. Here, an entrepreneur is an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
13,019 Views
15 Pages

Relationship between the Cost of Capital and Environmental, Social, and Governance Scores: Evidence from Latin America

  • Ana Gabriela Ramirez,
  • Julián Monsalve,
  • Juan David González-Ruiz,
  • Paula Almonacid and
  • Alejandro Peña

21 April 2022

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores play a pivotal role in the strategic design of firms. The literature has demonstrated the importance of sustainability issues in the financial performance of firms around the world. In particular, un...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
10,743 Views
15 Pages

24 September 2017

This study is an attempt to find a causal relation between financial ratios and tax avoidance. Aside from direct financial responsibilities, we conjecture that firms that avoid taxes will also face indirect negative financial repercussions, such as d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,945 Views
19 Pages

25 November 2023

Green technology innovation helps to improve both economic and environmental performance simultaneously. How to invest in green technology innovation under emission trading policy is a current issue worthy of attention. However, existing research has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,570 Views
19 Pages

2 October 2020

Value co-creation by users in a virtual community is a key element of the community’s value and sustainability. This paper first analyzes the effect on co-creation behavior of (1) users’ altruism and (2) users’ interactivity with th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,437 Views
25 Pages

Short Sea Shipping as a Sustainable Modal Alternative: Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives

  • Michael J. Izdebski,
  • Lokesh Kumar Kalahasthi,
  • Andrés Regal-Ludowieg and
  • José Holguín-Veras

26 May 2024

This study investigated the possibility of using short sea shipping (SSS) as a sustainable freight modal alternative by analyzing data collected from shippers in the New York State Capital Region. To this end, qualitative and quantitative approaches...

  • Article
  • Open Access
74 Citations
10,063 Views
16 Pages

Sustainability and Business Outcomes in the Context of SMEs: Comparing Family Firms vs. Non-Family Firms

  • María Eugenia López-Pérez,
  • Iguácel Melero-Polo,
  • Rosario Vázquez-Carrasco and
  • Jesús Cambra-Fierro

7 November 2018

Society is demanding more sustainable and socially responsible business models. Therefore, the concept of sustainability has become a cornerstone to help understand the success of many firms in the current competitive context. However, the context of...

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