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Dissertation
Impact of ownership concentration and corporate governance on sustainability and stakeholder risk: An empirical Analysis of listed firms from USA, UK and Germany.
(Corporate ownership and control, 2017-03-05)
This thesis contributes to and extends the literature by observing the impact of corporate governance and different attributes of board effectiveness and firm level corporate governance mechanism on stakeholder risk. Like shareholders, stakeholders also face the agency problem and fear losing their hidden resources and efforts. This thesis defines this fear of losing resources and efforts and long-term sustainability prospects as stakeholder risk. Here, it is worthwhile to mention that this thesis also contributes ...
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Managing Risk, Performance and Sustainability in Textile & Apparel Supply Chains
(2023)
The thesis at hand analyzes sustainability prerequisites, practices, risk and performance in textile and apparel (T&A) supply chains (SCs). Given the growing awareness of sustainability risks by various stakeholders, T&A firms are required to implement and adapt sustainability practices along their SCs, while at the same time measuring their performance to counteract the (re)emergence of risks. Appropriate management strategies are therefore needed to ensure sustainable transformation in T&A SCs. While the state of ...
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Risk management and sustainability performance in circular supply chains
(2022-09)
This dissertation analyzes supply chain risk management (SCRM) and sustainability performance in the context of circular supply chains (CSCs). The implementation of circular economy (CE) thinking in firms and supply chains has a crucial role in fostering innovative and efficient ways of producing and consuming. However, CE implementation is not a straightforward process, begetting risks and uncertainties that can impact the overall sustainability performance of CSCs. Therefore, managers need to adopt appropriate ...
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Neo-institutionalism and business sustainability in emerging economies
(2022)
This dissertation deals with the institutional environment surrounding the private sector in the various emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) worldwide where most of the global population lives. Its primary purpose is to identify and combine theoretical aspects of new (sociological) institutionalism/neo-institutionalism to better understand the role of institutional environments in shaping business impacts on sustainable development. Institutions shape the behaviour of individuals as well as entire groups ...
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Interactions between sustainability, associated risks and capital markets
(2024)
Vor dem Hintergrund großer sozialer Missstände weltweit sowie den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels insbesondere auf die sogenannten Schwellenländer, haben sich die United Nations (UN) auf die Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) verständigt, die durch die Erreichung von 17 einzelnen Zielen bis 2030 zu einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung beitragen sollen. Um diese Ziele auf globaler Ebene erreichen zu können, ist die Umlenkung von Finanzströmen von großer Bedeutung, wodurch den Kapitalmärkten in diesem Kontext eine zentrale ...
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Die Veränderungsbereitschaft des mittleren Managements als erfolgskritischer Parameter in Veränderungsprozessen
(2024)
Die vorliegende Dissertation zielt auf die Stärkung bzw. Stabilisierung der Veränderungsbereitschaft des mittleren Managements als erfolgskritischer Parameter in Veränderungsprozessen ab. Derzeit verändert eine Vielzahl von Einflüssen das Geschäftsumfeld, die den organisationaler von einem Ausnahmezustand hin zu einem festen Bestandteil des Alltags von Führungskräften verschiebt. Im Zuge einer theoretischen Betrachtung werden zunächst Faktoren, Erfahrungen und Erwartungen beleuchtet, die einen Einfluss auf die ...