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The interplay of sustainability and capital markets
(2023)
Humanity faces significant environmental and social challenges, e.g., climate change (UN, 2019). Those challenges are, to some extent, addressed by politics. For instance, the European Union (EU) tries to address environmental topics, such as climate change, with the EU Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth to steer capital flows into more sustainable business models (EU, 2018). This regulatory development, in conjunction with a surging demand for sustainable investment solutions leads to a pressing need for ...
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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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Industry 4.0-driven additive manufacturing for operations in the circular economy
(2023-06)
This dissertation focuses on exploring how key elements of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), such as additive manufacturing (AM) and quantitative techniques/simulation, instigate the operations of an organisation towards the circular economy (CE). AM represents the technological foundation of future manufacturing which efficiently utilises materials avoiding unnecessary waste. Further, it could positively impact the transition towards CE by addressing issues related to the operations and supply chains while positively influencing ...
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Managing Collaboration in Circular Supply Chains
(2023-05)
The dissertation focuses on understanding the application of the circular economy (CE) concept to the supply chain management (SCM) domain as ‘circular supply chains’ (CSCs) and the role of collaboration in this application. While CE is an emerging approach for sustainable production and consumption, its application in the SCM domain as CSCs could assist in improving the overall sustainable performance. Collaboration with internal and external partners is crucial to achieve this improvement. Hence, with the aim to ...
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Exploring risk and sustainability performance in base of the pyramid supply chains
(2022-07)
In the contemporary business world, the real competition is not among individual businesses but rather between supply chains. Companies, which are part of efficient supply chains, are considered destined to outperform their competitors being part of inefficient supply chains. Moreover, performance has been a matter of concern for researchers for decades and is the primary aim of any firm’s existence. The definition of performance includes the performance measurement (PM) concept and further supports the notion that ...
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Die Wirkung von Sustainability Management Control Systems auf Risiko und Resilienz von Unternehmen
(2024)
Die Dissertation mit dem Titel „Die Wirkung von Sustainability Management Control Systems auf Risiko und Resilienz von Unternehmen“ befasst sich mit der Forschungsfrage, ob Unternehmen durch den Einsatz von Sustainability Management Control Systems (SMCS) das Risiko ihres Unternehmens senken und mittels SMCS eine ambidextre Unternehmensstrategie in Resilienzfähigkeiten überleiten können. Die Dissertation folgt einem positivistischen Forschungsansatz und wertet mittels Fragebögen gewonnene Daten anhand der quantitativ ...
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Value relevance of ESG reporting
(2024)
In this doctoral thesis I analyzed the value relevance of ESG reporting in a broad Europe-focused context. In doing so, this thesis takes a holistic view by examining the value relevance of ESG reports. On the one hand, it focuses on certain characteristics such as the type of report or institutional environment. On the other hand, it seeks to obtain a deeper insight into what influences the perception of ESG reporting in general, analyzing ESG-related factors such as ESG controversies.
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Transforming towards a sustainable circular economy: exploring the social dimension, actor contribution and emerging paradoxes
(2023)
Pressing global societal challenges highlight organisational vulnerability and the need to transform towards more sustainable production and consumption measures. The circular economy concept is considered an alternative to the prevalent linear economic system. It aims to contribute to sustainable development by slowing and closing resource cycles and facilitating cross-sectoral collaboration of multiple stakeholders. Yet, the desired transformation is lagging behind and the current debate focuses primarily on the ...
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The role of sustainability in capital markets
(2023)
This doctoral thesis explores capital market sustainability, focusing on the European capital market.
The work takes two different angles, either from the investors perspective while subsequently examining if reported ESG activities and an ESG rating's sustainability performance affect a company's valuation or risk.