Using a sample of EU countries over the period 2002-2018, we find that a national culture of uncertainty avoidance and trust has a conditional role in the interplay between financial stress and economic growth. However, the cultural dimension of individualism does not appear to influence this...

We propose a holistic evaluation framework that banks could adopt when screening corporate entities. The framework is based on the development of a composite indicator of social, environmental and financial performance. This integrated view of evaluation is conceptually aligned with ISO...