The financial aspects of corporate sustainability strategy

Corporate Sustainability and the Recession: Firms' Strategy Response in a Financial Crisis

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...

The Mediation Effect of Financial Leverage on the Relationship between Ownership Concentration and Financial Corporate Performance

The purpose of this paper is examining the impact of financial leverage as a mediation variable on the relationship between ownership concentration and financial corporate performance. To test the hypotheses, multiple regression analysis is used. The statistical population of this research is all listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. However, data were available only for 60 companies durin...

Evaluation of Corporate Sustainability

As a consequence of an increasing demand in sustainable development for business organizations, the evaluation of corporate sustainability has become a topic intensively focused by academic researchers and business practitioners. Several techniques in the context of multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) have been suggested to facilitate the evaluation and the analysis of sustainability per...

Customer Value Creation and Corporate Strategy in Financial Services

Customer value creation is allegedly at the centre of relationships between service recipients and service providers (such as financial service organisations in general, and commercial banks in particular). This research considers the role of customer value creation in the strategic response of banks to external changes in their growth opportunities. The analysis established that there had been...