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Assessing the Drivers of Corporate Sustainability Performance Disclosures Using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Framework
The primary objective of this study is to analyze the factors influencing the corporate sustainability performance disclosures of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 framework. This research is based on a sample of 434 firms listed on the BSE from 2017 to 2022. According to the content analysis method, the disclosure score of 434 non-financial companies is 79% (approximately), suggesting that, on an average, the sample companies have revealed 79% of the GRI-specified elements in their sustainability reports. The outcomes of the regression models indicate that profitability, firm size, innovation, board size, gender diversity, sustainability committee, and industry type are major drivers of corporate sustainability performance disclosure. Furthermore, research identified significant differences in the determinants of such practices between high-polluting and low-polluting companies. This research aims to elucidate the intricate dynamics affecting corporate sustainability performance by examining a diverse array of concerns. It employs meticulous data analysis to identify critical elements influencing sustainability disclosure. These findings may assist corporate managers, investors, policymakers, and stakeholders in comprehending the critical aspects to consider when formulating strategies that promote sustainability and enhance long-term value maximization
Impact of corporate sustainability reporting on firm performance: an empirical examination in Asia
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Corporate sustainability performance and firm performance: evidence from India and South Korea
Corporate sustainability performance and firm performance: evidence from India and South Korea
Variations on the Author
“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance: Evidence from India
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a crucial research domain over the last decade due to the imperative that when CSR activities are communicated in the form of a report, it helps in improving firm performance. Thus, the main purpose of the present study is to analyse CSR disclosure trend in India and to investigate the association between CSR and the performance of the firm from 2008–2009 to 2013–2014. Content analysis is employed using Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework as a base to calculate the disclosure score relating to CSR and its components, that is, human related (HR) information, society related (SO) information and product related (PR) information. Firm performance is measured by Market to Book Ratio (MBR). CSR disclosure score is found to be increasing over the study period and regarding the components of CSR, the disclosure score of SO is found to be the highest (nearly 89 per cent) followed by HR (nearly 84 per cent) and PR (nearly 83 per cent). These scores are further utilised to find the influence of CSR (including its components) on firm performance using random generalised least squares (GLS) model. The results of the regression model indicate positive and significant impact of CSR (including its components) on firm performance. </jats:p
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
We provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
We conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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