... demonstrate significant favouring of sustainability-minded firms. Some differences between consumers and investors were found but also notable commonalities such as a general propensity to favour purpose-oriented firms and similar determinations of trust in firms. Practical implications Findings could...

...Matthew W. Ragas; Alexander V. Laskin; Matthew Brusch Purpose – Publicly-held companies collectively allocate tens of millions of dollars each year to investor relations, yet little research has been conducted into how investor relations officers (IROs) try to determine the effectiveness...

...Aeron Davis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to observe the investor relations (IR) process from the perspective of media sociologists. Design/methodology/approach The focus of the piece is the changing role of the financial news media in equities markets. It is based on two lengthy...