Management scholars have sought to answer the question: is there a financial payoff for ad-dressing ecological and social issues? We move beyond this question and include a time com-ponent for corporate financial performance (CFP) and a firm’s innovativeness in order to ask: when does it pay?...

Nowadays, due to the huge deterioration of the environment, not only the human beings, but also the day-to-day business environment suffers adversely. Hence, “Go Green” behavior becomes a globally accepted direction of every individual and business. “Go Green” is an earth-friendly living...

Purpose - This study aims to explore the correlation between Management Control Systems, Green Innovation, Social Media Networks, and Company Performance in medium-sized construction and real estate firm in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach - This research method uses quantitative approach....

Background The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has set a global standard for promoting sustainable practices. However, manufacturing companies need help in adopting these practices due to differences between industries, the need for research and development, and variations...

Numerous companies have embraced sustainable development or, similarly, corporate social responsibility as a guiding principle. While the adoption of this principle is important, the realization of sustained performance progress towards more sustainable business is a tremendous challenge which...

This paper analyzes the relation between three dimensions of firm performance – productivity, energy efficiency, and environmental performance – and shed light on the role of environmental investment. Data from Swedish industry between 2002 and 2008 is utilized to generate the three...

Objective - The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of environmental performance, foreign ownership and leverage to disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Methodology/Technique - CSR of disclosure in this study using performance indicators based GRI (Global Reporting...

This article analyzes the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance by proposing a theoretical model and by testing empirically its main predictions on a matched panel database for the biggest European listed firms over the 2002-2007 period. Our dataset...

As one of the important components of strategic planning process, environmental scanning has received importance to explore new opportunities and to identify threats for making important strategic decision. The present study indicates between owner-manager's environmental awareness on business...

This paper demonstrates that strategic equity holdings by employees and family or by corporations discourage investment in environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities as measured by ASSET4 performance scores. Conversely, debt or government equity finance is positively associated with...