Research handbook of finance and sustainability

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Research handbook of finance and sustainability

edited by Sabri Boubaker, Douglas Cumming, Duc Khuong Nguyen

E. Elgar, c2018

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'The Research Handbook of Finance and Sustainability is highly recommended to faculty and students of graduate business schools and researchers. It is recommended for purchase by academic libraries supporting advanced degrees in business administration.' - American Reference Books Annual Sustainability is now an essential objective for all organizations, enabling them to resist adverse shocks and thrive in a disruptive world. This Research Handbook provides expert coverage and practical tips on a wide array of pertinent issues related to current finance and sustainability research. Comprising 31 chapters written by over 60 eminent experts, this Research Handbook provides readers with the latest ideas and propositions regarding finance and sustainability. This includes the significance of corporate social responsibility, environmental and entrepreneurial finance, crowdsourcing, governance and fraud. Despite ethical business practices and corporate social responsibility rules being adopted in various countries, the contributors demonstrate that further efforts are needed to motivate and empower actors to integrate ethical behavior into all business and managerial decisions. Multidisciplinary in reach, this comprehensive Research Handbook features forward-thinking academic and professional literature on corporate social responsibility, sustainability and finance for post-graduate students, researchers and practitioners to explore the forthcoming paths for research. Contributors: D. AL-Ghamdi, Y. Alperovych, S. Bajic, W. Ben-Amar, R. Bianchini, B. Bolton, S. Boubaker, H. Bystroem, R. Calcagno, D. Coldwell, J. Creedy, D. Cumming, P. Desrochers, A. Florio, S. Gatti, P. Geiler, G. Gianfrate, G. Gokcek, J. Hazelton, H. Hoang, S. Kim, D. Lee, Z. (Frank) Li, H. Liang, C. Lopez-Gutierrez, K. Maas, S. Marsat, P. McIlkenny, K. Mhedhbi, I. Moosa, A. Ng, D.K. Nguyen, H. Nguyen Anh Pham, C. Niehaus, T.M. Nisar, M. Nurul Houqe, M. Pagano, P. Perego, S. Perkiss, G. Pijourlet, S. Pope, G. Prabhakar, E. Queinnec, V. Ramiah, A. Reberioux, L. Renneboog, Z. Rezaee, G. Roudaut, S. Ryu, I. Sainz-Fernandez, M. Scarlata, C. Schellhorn, G. Sinclair, J.A.F. Stoner, L. Strakova, B. Torre-Olmo, T. van Zijl, E. Velayutham, J. Walske, F.M. Werner, B. Williams, T. Yang, B.B. Yurtoglu, A. Zacharakis, Z. Zuraida

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Contents PART I Corporate Social Responsibility 1. The Horn that Didn't Toot: The Surprisingly Weak Relationship from Advertising to CSR Shawn Pope 2. CSR, Market Value, and Profitability: International Evidence Stevan Bajic and B. Burcin Yurtoglu 3. Is Corporate Social Responsibility an Agency Problem? Hao Liang and Luc Renneboog 4. Disentangling Financial and Ethical Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility on Firm Value Sylvain Marsat, Guillaume Pijourlet and Benjamin Williams 5. How Useful are CSR Reports for Investors? The Problems of Comparing Environmental and Social Disclosures James Hazelton and Stephanie Perkiss 6. Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Innovation Dongyoung Lee 7. A Survey of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance Zhichuan (Frank) Li 8. The Birth of Environmental Finance Huy Nguyen Anh Pham and Vikash Ramiah 9. Can Entrepreneurship be Sustainable without being Sustainability-driven? Some Historical Perspective. Erwan Queinnec and Pierre Desrochers 10. Sustainability and the Evolution of the Shareholder Wealth Maximization Paradigm Frank M. Werner and James A.F. Stoner 11. Issue spread determinants in the green bond market: the role of second party reviewers and of the Green Bond Principles Stefano Gatti and Andrea Florio 12. Structured Microfinance in China Hans Bystroem 13. Microfinance and Joint-liability Lending John Creedy and Hien Hoang 14. Microfinance as an Alternative to the Imperfections of the Financial System Isabel Sainz-Fernandez, Begona Torre-Olmo and Carlos Lopez-Gutierrez 15. Comparing Founders' Specific Human Capital in Traditional Versus Philanthropic Venture Capital Firms Jennifer Walske, Mariarosa Scarlata and Andrew Zacharakis 16. Examination of the Relationship between Venture Capital and Economic Growth in Emerging Markets Guldem Gokcek PART II Governance and Sustainable Finance 17. What Explains Voluntary Corporate Carbon Disclosures In Emerging Markets? Walid Ben-Amar, Philip McIlkenny and Karim Mhedhbi 18. Understanding ESG Ratings and ESG Indexes Michael Pagano, Graham Sinclair and Tina Yang 19. Environmental Regulation, Financial Regulation and Sustainability Imad Moosa and Vikash Ramiah 20. Impact Investing in Social Enterprises Brian Bolton and Carolyn Niehaus 21. The Low-Carbon Transition and Financial System Stability Carolin Schellhorn 22. Environment, Economics and Ethics: Towards an integrated model of 'strong' corporate sustainability David Coldwell 23. Climate Risk and the Practice of Corporate Valuation Roberto Bianchini and Gianfranco Gianfrate 24. Value Relevance of Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosure Zuraida Zuraida, Muhammad Nurul Houqe and Tony van Zijl 25. The Emergence of Business Sustainability: Educational, Practical and Research Implications Anthony Ng and Zabihollah Rezaee PART III Fraud, Governance and Agency Problems 26. Corporate Governance and Fraud: Causes and Consequences Yan Alperovych, Riccardo Calcagno and Philipp Geiler 27. Sustainability Disclosure and Earnings Management Eswaran Velayutham 28. The Effect of Publication, Format, and Content of Integrated Reports on Analysts' Earnings Forecasts Suhee Kim, Karen Maas and Paolo Perego 29. Crowdfunding as a Two-Sided Platform: Development of a Crowdfunding Participation Model Sunghan Ryu 30. Crowdsourcing, Co-creation and Crowdfunding in the Video-Game Industry Dina AL-Ghamdi, Tahir M Nisar, Guru Prabhakar and Lubica Strakova 31. How to foster responsible corporate governance? Voluntary versus legislative approaches Antoine Reberioux and Gwenael Roudaut Index

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