Corporate Sustainability Performance Evaluation and Firm Financial Performance: Evidence from Pakistan

The Relationship between Corporate Sustainability and Firm Financial Performance

We conducted a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study in which we explored the effects of corporate sustainability on firm financial performance. We compared financial performance in 494 facilities of a large financial firm by comparing those that received third-party certification for their environmental practices (i.e., LEED certification) to those that have not. Analyses revealed three key f...

Modeling firm heterogeneity in corporate social performance and financial performance

Article history: Received 1 August 2015 Received in revised form 1 December 2015 Accepted 1 February 2016 Available online 17 March 2016 Prior research on the association between corporate social performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP) includes conflicting perspectives and inconclusive findings as to whether or not CSP has a positive, negative, or neutral associationwith CFP...

Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Evidence from Textile Sector of Pakistan

An Empirical Investigation of the Relation between Corporate Sustainability Performance (CSP) and Corporate Value: Evidence from Iran

This study provides an empirical evidence on how Corporate Sustainability Performance (CSP), is reflected in the corporate value. Using a theoretical framework combining Legitimacy theory, Stakeholder theory and Agency theory, a set of hypotheses that relate the corporate value to CSP is examined. For a sample of Iranian firms, 28 components with four dimensions as Community, Environment, Emplo...

CEO power, audit quality and corporate financial performance evaluation criteria

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between CEO power, audit quality and financial performance evaluation criteria in listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. To measure the CEOchr('39')s power, a combination of the CEOchr('39')s duality criteria, CEO tenure and CEO ownership percentile was used and to measure the quality of audit, the audit fee criterion was use...