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...Guangqian Ren; Man Jing; Ziming Wang Purpose An ESG-driven business philosophy is increasingly being adopted by companies. Existing research has primarily focused on the direct impact of state-owned equity participation (SOEP) on the ESG performance of private enterprises, while largely neglecting...

...Benard Korankye; Prasad Siba Borah; Leslie Afotey Odai; Stancey Tumiso Nkgowe Purpose With ESG performance increasingly influencing corporate competitiveness and stakeholder trust, especially in emerging economies, there is limited empirical understanding of how organizational agility, digital...

...Feng Wang; Huadan Han; Lei Zeng Purpose Environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance has received significant attention around the world. Could robust ESG performance become a new advantage for supporting companies’ outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) in emerging markets? Prior...

...) performance. Design/methodology/approach Using a dataset of 976 observations from Malaysian publicly listed companies from 2016 to 2023, this study explores BGD as the independent variable with FP measured through both accounting and market metrics. ESG performance serves as a mediating variable...

...Binghong Lin; Bingxiang Li Purpose This study mainly explores how ESG performance (ESG stands for Environment, Social, and Governance) affects corporate downside risk through innovation input and innovation output, thereby promoting sustainable development of enterprises. Design/methodology...