The aim of the paper is to control the reliability of peer review when evaluating academic research in the Three-Year Research Assessment Exercise developed in Italy. Our analysis covers four disciplinary sectors: chemistry, biology, humanities and economics. The results provide evidence that...

Recent academic research exhibits considerable disagreement among ESG ratings from different agency providers. The consequences of this disagreement on the market are still under-explored; thus, we investigate whether this disagreement impacts the cost of equity capital. Using a sample of 23,201...

Peer review, that is the evaluation process based on judgments formulated by independent experts, is generally used for different goals: the allocation of research funding, the review of the research results submitted for publication in scientific journals, and the assessment of the quality of...

Recent academic research exhibits considerable disagreement among ESG ratings from different agency providers. The consequences of this disagreement on the market are still under-explored; thus, we investigate whether this disagreement impacts the cost of equity capital. Using a sample of 23,201...

"This book provides an overview about complexity theory, management control systems and value creation, as well as strategic issues in complex firms. It covers specific items of management control, and especially managing economic value and strategic planning in complex firms. It presents a...

"This book provides an overview about complexity theory, management control systems and value creation, as well as strategic issues in complex firms. It covers specific items of management control, and especially managing economic value and strategic planning in complex firms. It presents a...