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april, 2024
02apr18:3019:30MaR Seminar/Webinar - P. K. Kannan
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Tuesday – April 2nd , 2024 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Room 631 | Online "Identifying Competitors in Geographical Markets Using the CSIS Method" (joint work with
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Tuesday – April 2nd , 2024 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Room 631 | Online
“Identifying Competitors in Geographical Markets Using the CSIS Method” (joint work with Xian Gu)
P. K. Kannan – Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland (United States of America)
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“Identifying the most relevant competitors in a geographical market is an important and necessary requirement for businesses with a significant offline presence, such as hotels, restaurants, and retail stores. In particular, the specific location of a business and the geographical density of potential competitors can be critical factors in determining the competitive structure. However, this task can be quite difficult when the potential competitive set is large, and the competition is asymmetric. In this study, we apply the Conditional Sure Independence Screening (CSIS) method to a system of demand functions for competitor identification. This method offers significant computational efficiency because it estimates a marginal regression for each potential competitor instead of estimating a full model consisting of all potential competitors. To validate the effectiveness of our method and explore the boundary conditions of its performance, we conduct extensive simulation analyses under different spatial data generating processes. We show that our CSIS method’s performance is superior to multiple other variable selection approaches in identifying true competitors and is robust under spatial misspecifications. Then we apply our method to hotel competition in two U.S. geographical regions and show how the competitive structure varies across geographical densities and market segments. Finally, we highlight how managers can use the results strategically and outline the potential of the method for other non-geographical applications.”
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(Tuesday) 18:30 - 19:30
09apr18:3019:30MaR Seminar/Webinar - Márcio Cardoso Machado
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Tuesday – April 9th , 2024 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Room 631 | Online "Influence of governance instruments on supply chain quality: a qualitative investigation in
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Tuesday – April 9th , 2024 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Room 631 | Online
“Influence of governance instruments on supply chain quality: a qualitative investigation in the dairy industry”
Márcio Cardoso Machado – Universidade Paulista (Brazil)
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“Purpose– This paper aims to explore the formal (i.e. contracts, standards, processes, and structure) and informal (i.e. social structure, norms, information sharing, andvalue systemand culture) governance instruments used in supply networks and their influence on quality. Design/methodology/approach – This research is qualitative-exploratory in nature, involving semi structured interviews with 20 managers from three essential layers in the dairy industry’s supply chain: companies that supply essential inputs to milk producers; milk producers; and milk cooperatives. Findings – Analysis of the generated data show that formal governance instruments have a strong and/or weak influence on products’ and operations’ quality in the dairy industry context; in formal instruments have a strong and/or weak influence on quality, as a counterpart to formal instruments; and the integration of verified governance instruments positively influences the quality of products and operations. Practical implications –This paper offers several managerial and practical implications. The first is to encourage suppliers of primary inputs and milk producers to invest in the formal structure, primarily informal contracts with each other. The second implication suggests the relevance of creating different training and qualification courses with members fromal lorganizational levels. Third, there is a need for cooperatives, encompassing all industries, to consider several informal instruments, complementary to contracts and standards currently used for processes. Originality/value–Governance instruments can lead to desired supply chain outcomes, including those related to quality. Although previous supply chain studies have investigated the relationship between governance instruments and the supply chain, and quality management and the supply chain, studies on governance instruments’ influence on supply chain quality are limited.
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(Tuesday) 18:30 - 19:30
23apr18:3019:30MaR Seminar/Webinar - Ana Paula Póvoa
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Tuesday – April 23rd , 2024 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Room 631 | Online "Driving Supply Chain Sustainability: The Crucial Role of Optimization in Achieving Sustainable
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Tuesday – April 23rd , 2024 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Room 631 | Online
“Driving Supply Chain Sustainability: The Crucial Role of Optimization in Achieving Sustainable Practices”
Ana Paula Póvoa – Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
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“In today’s rapidly evolving scenery, the significance of sustainability has gained immense recognition, urging supply chains to embark on the journey towards building sustainable practices. Sustainable supply chains can be best described as complex networks of entities that oversee the management of products, encompassing suppliers, customers, and returns, while considering social, environmental, and economic objectives concurrently. However, the complexity of these systems poses a challenge in simultaneously addressing environmental and social goals alongside the traditional objective of profitability. To deal with these challenges, the development of decision-supporting tools for supply chain decision-makers is crucial. This talk focuses on the components of such tools, employing a systemic approach. Highlights the utilization of optimization-based models that effectively capture sustainability goals, considering the unique characteristics of supply chains. These tools enable the design and planning of sustainable supply chains, providing a solution that strikes a balance among economic, environmental, and social objectives. Furthermore, this talk identifies and discusses key perspectives and challenges associated with sustainable supply chains, which serve as catalysts for further research in the field. By delving into these aspects, we can foster a deeper understanding of the subject and inspire innovative approaches towards achieving sustainability within supply chains.”
Time
(Tuesday) 18:30 - 19:30
30apr18:3019:30MaR Seminar/Webinar - Martin Quinn
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Tuesday – April 30th , 2024 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Room 631 | Online "Content analysis of accounting narratives – an overview of manual and computerised
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Tuesday – April 30th , 2024 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Room 631 | Online
“Content analysis of accounting narratives – an overview of manual and computerised approaches with examples”
Martin Quinn – Queen’s University Belfast – Queen’s Business School (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
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(Tuesday) 18:30 - 19:30
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march 2024
05mar18:3019:30MaR Seminar/Webinar - Maria Bastida Dominguez
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Tuesday – March 5th , 2024 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Room 631 | Online "Tackling the Hidden Gender Gap: Unveiling Discrimination in EU Recovery Strategies" Maria
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Tuesday – March 5th , 2024 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Room 631 | Online
“Tackling the Hidden Gender Gap: Unveiling Discrimination in EU Recovery Strategies”
Maria Bastida Dominguez – Universidade de Santiago de Compostela – Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Spain)
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“This paper presents an analysis of the overlooked gender disparities in the European Union’s economic recovery plans, with a focus on Spain. The novel use of the input-output model in this study quantitatively reveals the gender gap inherent in these initiatives. A central part of the analysis is the examination of Spain’s National Action Plan, which, despite appearing genderneutral, inadvertently perpetuates gender inequalities. The study finds that the EU’s commitment to gender equality is not reflected in the actual implementation of recovery strategies, which tend to favour male-dominated sectors, marginalizing industries with higher female employment significantly affected by the pandemic. The use of the input-output model in this research positions it at the methodological forefront for addressing the gender gap in economic policy. The findings emphasize the discrepancy between policy intentions and actual implementation, highlighting the need for integrating gender-sensitive approaches into economic recovery plans to ensure equitable and inclusive post-pandemic recovery in the EU. Such integration is essential to ensure that post-pandemic recovery is not only equitable but also inclusive, effectively bridging the gap between policy and practice in the EU’s approach to economic recovery. ”
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(Tuesday) 18:30 - 19:30
february 2024
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january 2024
26jan13:0014:00MaR-ECO Seminar/Webinar - Jan Dul
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CEF.UP – MaR - ECO Seminar/Webinar Friday – January 26th, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. | Room 305| Online "Necessary condition analysis (NCA) with archival data: backgrounds and illustration" Jan Dul - Rotterdam
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CEF.UP – MaR – ECO Seminar/Webinar
Friday – January 26th, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. | Room 305| Online
“Necessary condition analysis (NCA) with archival data: backgrounds and illustration”
Jan Dul – Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (Netherlands)
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“Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA; Dul 2016, 2020, 2021) is an emerging method that is now used in many business and management research fields and beyond. NCA understands cause-effect relations as “necessary but not sufficient” and not as probabilistic causality. “Necessary” means that an outcome will not occur without the right level of the condition, independently of the rest of the causal structure (thus the condition can be a “bottleneck”, “critical factor”, or “constraint”). In practice, the right level must be put and kept in place to avoid guaranteed failure and to allow the outcome to exist. NCA can be used as a stand-alone tool or in combination with regression-based approaches (e.g., multiple regression analysis, structural equation modeling) or Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). By adding a different logic and data analysis approach, for instance through the reuse of data with a necessity causal perspective, NCA adds both rigor and relevance to theory and data analysis and provides new possibilities for impactful publications.”
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(Friday) 13:00 - 14:00
december 2023
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november 2023
02nov18:3019:30MaR Seminar/Webinar - Sara Melo
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Thursday – November 2nd , 2023 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online Publishing qualitative research in an ABS 4 management journal. The example of the
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Thursday – November 2nd , 2023 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online
Publishing qualitative research in an ABS 4 management journal.
The example of the article “Translating healthcare research evidence into practice: The role of linked boundary objects”
Sara Melo – Queen’s Business School (QBS)
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“Recent years have seen widespread interest in the process of evidence implementation and growth of implementation science. Whilst this work has drawn attention to the challenges and complexities of implementing evidence into everyday practice, for the most part, studies of implementation uphold the ideal of a linear ‘pipeline’ between research and front-line care. In contrast, this paper adopts a practice perspective on knowledge, and draws on science and technology studies concepts to identify how the socio-material environment contributes to the translation of evidence across multiple organisational and professional boundaries. Findings report on a qualitative case study of implementing fall prevention research evidence at a large teaching hospital in Portugal. Data is from forty-six in-depth semi-structured interviews with clinical and non-clinical staff.
The case highlights how linked boundary objects bridge temporally sequential boundaries between research and different practice communities, hence facilitating the translation of research evidence into everyday practice. The initial boundary object (the ‘Morse’ fall risk assessment scale) contributed to evidence being taken up by specialist nurses within the hospital, while a second boundary object (a pink patient wristband) engendered a change in practice of a wider network of actors. Nevertheless, the symbolic connection between the two linked boundary objects remained precarious, dependent on networks of interaction and communication. The study highlights the role of material objects in the ongoing translation of research evidence into everyday clinical practice.”
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(Thursday) 18:30 - 19:30
october 2023
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september 2023
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august 2023
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july 2023
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june 2023
09jun16:3018:00MaR Seminar/Webinar - John Antonakis
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Friday – June 9 th , 2023 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Room 305 | Online "On studying charisma scientifically" John Antonakis – University of Lausanne, HEC (Switzerland)
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Friday – June 9 th , 2023 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Room 305 | Online
“On studying charisma scientifically”
John Antonakis – University of Lausanne, HEC (Switzerland) and Cef.up’s External Advisory Board
“I will provide an overview of charisma and why it should be re-defined from a signaling perspective. I will show why questionnaire measures should never be used to gauge charisma as an independent variable, and why charisma should be experimentally manipulated in the context of consequential experiments or measured via objective signals. I will provide evidence showing that charisma can help individuals deliver a vision that sticks, motivate workers, or help coordinate player actions in public good settings. Finally I will show that charisma is a difficult to emulate skill that depends strongly on cognitive ability–hence it is a costly signal.”
Time
(Friday) 16:30 - 18:00
may 2023
30may18:3019:30MaR Seminar/Webinar - Soo Min Toh
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Tuesday – May 30th , 2023 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online "Culture creation and change" Soo Min Toh – University of Toronto Mississauga
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Tuesday – May 30th , 2023 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online
Soo Min Toh – University of Toronto Mississauga (joint work with Yeun Joon Kim and Sooyun Baik)
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“This review presents comprehensive analyses of extant research on culture creation and change. We use the framework of culture creation and change ( Kim & Toh, 2019), which consists of three unique perspectives, to understand past research on the antecedents of cultures. The basis of the functionality perspective is that environmental changes shape cultures, and thus, the created cultures enable an organization to address the demands of its environments effectively. In contrast, the leadership perspective argues that leaders have disproportional influence on cultures, and when exercising such influence, they are often unsuccessful at creating functional cultures. The leadership perspective comprises two subperspectives—the leader-trait and cultural transfer perspectives. The leader-trait perspective argues that when creating cultures, leaders often overlook the functionality of cultures but rely heavily on their traits. The cultural transfer perspective suggests that leaders often recreate the cultures that they have experienced in the past. Building on this framework, we review 74 studies in 68 articles across multiple disciplines to widen our understanding of culture creation and change. We then present agendas for future research guided by a four-stage model and a theory of coordinated actions for creating functional cultures. Finally, we discuss methodological limitations in past studies and offer possible solutions.”
Time
(Tuesday) 18:30 - 19:30
23may18:3019:30MaR Seminar/Webinar - Prabirendra Chatterjee
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Tuesday – May 23rd , 2023 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online "The Power of New Digital Ads and Consumer Response" Prabirendra Chatterjee – Cardiff
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Tuesday – May 23rd , 2023 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online
“The Power of New Digital Ads and Consumer Response”
Prabirendra Chatterjee – Cardiff Business School
In this seminar Professor Prabirendra Chatterjee will present his latest research on how hidden features of new digital ads, such as Instagram posts, help marketers attract new generation of consumers.
Time
(Tuesday) 18:30 - 19:30
22may18:3019:30MaR Seminar/Webinar - Jelena Zikic
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Monday – May 22nd , 2023 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online "Being an outsider 'in': HRM and Migrant perspective on Integration into Local
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Monday – May 22nd , 2023 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online
“Being an outsider ‘in’: HRM and Migrant perspective on Integration into Local Labour Market”
Jelena Zikic – York University
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(Monday) 18:30 - 19:30
16may18:3019:30MaR Seminar/Webinar - Pedro Godinho
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Tuesday – May 16th , 2023 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online "Forecasting and trading cryptocurrencies with machine learning under changing market conditions"
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Tuesday – May 16th , 2023 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online
“Forecasting and trading cryptocurrencies with machine learning under changing market conditions”
Pedro Godinho – University of Coimbra, School of Economics and researcher at CeBER – Center for Business and Economics Research (joint work with Hélder Sebastião)
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“This study examines the predictability of three major cryptocurrencies—bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin—and the profitability of trading strategies devised upon machine learning techniques (e.g., linear models, random forests, and support vector machines). The models are validated in a period characterized by unprecedented turmoil and tested in a period of bear markets, allowing the assessment of whether the predictions are good even when the market direction changes between the validation and test periods. The classification and regression methods use attributes from trading and network activity for the period from August 15, 2015 to March 03, 2019, with the test sample beginning on April 13, 2018. For the test period, five out of 18 individual models have success rates of less than 50%. The trading strategies are built on model assembling. The ensemble assuming that five models produce identical signals (Ensemble 5) achieves the best performance for ethereum and litecoin, with annualized Sharpe ratios of 80.17% and 91.35% and annualized returns (after proportional round-trip trading costs of 0.5%) of 9.62% and 5.73%, respectively. These positive results support the claim that machine learning provides robust techniques for exploring the predictability of cryptocurrencies and for devising profitable trading strategies in these markets, even under adverse market conditions.”
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(Tuesday) 18:30 - 19:30
02may18:3019:30MaR Seminar/Webinar - Justin Paul
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar Tuesday – May 2nd , 2023 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online "Masstige Model, Theory and Measure for brand management and marketing" Justin
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CEF.UP – MaR Seminar/Webinar
Tuesday – May 2nd , 2023 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Room 305 | Online
“Masstige Model, Theory and Measure for brand management and marketing”
Justin Paul – Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Consumer Studies and University of Puerto Rico, USA and the University of Reading, UK (joint work with A. Kumar and S. Starčević)
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“The term ‘Masstige’ stands for mass prestige. Masstige marketing is a strategic phenomenon with the goal of market penetration and brand management in the era of globalisation. The main purpose of this paper is to contribute towards the development of the masstige marketing theory to explain the brand management phenomenon of high value/premium/moderately highly priced (but attainable) brands with a new theoretical model – focused on product, promotion and place strategies, keeping prices constant. Besides, we assess and contrast the effectiveness of marketing strategy of foreign and domestic car brands in the USA using Masstige Mean Index (MMI) developed by Paul (2015). This study is based on the survey data of owners of Japanese and American car brands. It was found that brands can create higher mass prestige value in a foreign country if they follow masstige marketing strategy. The study shows how MMI may facilitate masstige score estimates, allowing comparisons and aiding brands in devising strategies.”
Time
(Tuesday) 18:30 - 19:30
april 2023
11apr18:3019:30MaR Webinar - Muhammad Azizul Islam
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CEF.UP – MaR Webinar Tuesday – April 11th , 2023 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Online "Sustainability accounting and transparency issues" Muhammad Azizul Islam – University of Aberdeen Business School Abstract: "Civil
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CEF.UP – MaR Webinar
Tuesday – April 11th , 2023 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Online
“Sustainability accounting and transparency issues”
Muhammad Azizul Islam – University of Aberdeen Business School
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“Civil liberties enable the media, social movements, and other stakeholders to expect companies to be more transparent and forthcoming with relevant social and environmental information. Drawing on social movement theory in general, and the notion of civil liberty in particular, we analyse the availability of social and environmental information of 300 financial companies from 50 countries over a nine-year period, to investigate the influence of country-level civil liberties on the availability of social and environmental information.
We find that companies headquartered in countries with high levels of civil liberties make more social and environmental information publicly available than companies headquartered in countries with low levels of civil liberties. Furthermore, an improvement in civil liberties in countries with lower civil liberties has a bigger impact on changes in the availability of social and environmental information.
Our research is relevant for the ongoing concerns of social and environmental transparency initiatives by governments, NGOs, and civil rights organisations. Policy implications for countries with lower civil liberties (typical developing nations) are that if they wish to encourage more transparent corporate information, they need to strengthen their country-level civil liberties.”
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(Tuesday) 18:30 - 19:30