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Did GATS Cause The Financial Crisis of 2007?
No full textThe Financial Crisis of 2007 has morphed into a global recession matching up to financial devastations caused by the Great Depression of 1930. Many theories and causes have been put forward to explain the crisis and theorise the prevention of such crises in future, with most agreeing that deregulation in the financial sector, especially the shadow banking sector, led to the financial crisis. However, most mainstream authors tend to overlook any link between GATS-led deregulation and the financial crisis. This article will investigate whether there was any causal link between the GATS led deregulation and the Financial Crisis of 2007
The impact of adopting shareholder primacy corporate governance on the growth of the financial market in developing countries.
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Between Compliance and Commitment: Evaluating India’s ESG Regulatory Framework
Full text linkIndia presents a distinctive model in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policymaking, characterized by a blend of mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending and structured ESG reporting obligations. Rooted in a history of state-led economic planning and stakeholder-oriented governance, India’s ESG framework reflects a complex evolution from voluntary guidelines to enforceable mandates. Through mechanisms such as the Companies Act 2013 and the Securities and Exchange Board of India Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) framework, India aims to institutionalize sustainability and corporate accountability. However, this article argues that despite progressive regulatory intent, practical implementation falls short due to vague qualitative disclosures, greenwashing, insufficient enforcement, and a compliance-driven mindset.
Using case studies of four public sector undertakings—COAL India Limited, NTPC Limited, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, and the Steel Authority of India Limited—the article conducts a textual analysis of BRSR environmental disclosures. Findings reveal that, while some companies demonstrate robust identification of environmental risks and mitigation strategies, others rely on rhetoric, omit critical risks such as carbon emissions, and lack measurable ESG goals or timelines. Director statements across companies are promotional rather than reflective, failing to acknowledge environmental challenges. Additionally, sustainable sourcing practices are weak, with little data on supplier assessments or integration of ESG criteria in procurement.
The article contends that India’s ESG framework, while promising, suffers from limited accountability, greenwashing, and bureaucratic box-ticking. It calls for a cultural shift in corporate governance where ESG is central to business vision and strategy, supported by stronger internal audits, clearer metrics, and meaningful stakeholder engagement. Lessons from India highlight the need for regulatory balance alongside genuine corporate responsibility.
Keywords: PSU ESG case studies; BRSR; mandatory CSR; India
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe 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
Full text linkWe 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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