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Article ; Online: The role of corporate governance and reputation in the disclosure of corporate social responsibility and firm performance

Faiza Siddiqui / Kong YuSheng / Kayhan Tajeddini

Heliyon, Vol 9, Iss 5, Pp e16055- (2023)

2023

Abstract: This aim of this research is to examine the role of Corporate Governance and Corporate Reputation (CR) in the disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSRD) and firm performance. A moderating – mediation model addresses this research objective ... ...

Abstract	This aim of this research is to examine the role of Corporate Governance and Corporate Reputation (CR) in the disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSRD) and firm performance. A moderating – mediation model addresses this research objective based on 3588 observations from 833 firms from 31 countries between 2005 and 2011. Significant effect of CSRD on CR was observed, especially contributing to firm performance. The results verified a moderate effect of “corporate governance” on “CSRD” and CR. The study also demonstrated how CEO integrity, ownership concentration, and CR contribute to fostering CSRD and firm performance. This paper also discusses about the theoretical contributions and practical implications of the study.
Keywords	Corporate social responsibility disclosure ; Firm performance ; Corporate reputation ; Ownership concentration ; CEO integrity ; Science (General) ; Q1-390 ; Social sciences (General) ; H1-99
Subject code	650
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-05-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Elsevier
Document type	Article ; Online
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Article ; Online: Innovation Capabilities, Innovation Types, and Firm Performance

Kong YuSheng / Masud Ibrahim

SAGE Open, Vol

Evidence From the Banking Sector of Ghana

2020 Volume 10

Abstract: Innovation is considered a key driver for long-term success of firms in today’s competitive markets. This study explored the effect of innovation adoption on performance of banks in Ghana. Data for the study were obtained from 450 respondents comprising ... ...

Abstract	Innovation is considered a key driver for long-term success of firms in today’s competitive markets. This study explored the effect of innovation adoption on performance of banks in Ghana. Data for the study were obtained from 450 respondents comprising bank employees and customers in the Kumasi metropolitan area in Ghana. An exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data via SmartPLS 3 and SPSS V.22. Findings from this study revealed that the innovation dimensions that contribute to bank innovation are organizational, product, process, and marketing innovations. The study further revealed a direct and positive relationship between innovation dimensions (product, marketing, and organizational innovations) and bank performance. In addition, findings from this study showed a positive relationship between innovation capability and the four dimensions of innovation (organizational, product, process, and market innovations). Also, the findings revealed a significant and positive relationship between the dimensions of innovation (market, process, and product innovations) and firm performance. The practical implication is that, choosing the appropriate innovation types can enhance bank performance as well as satisfy customer needs. This study extends the literature on innovation adoption and organizational performance in the financial services from an emerging market context.
Keywords	History of scholarship and learning. The humanities ; AZ20-999 ; Social Sciences ; H
Subject code	650
Language	English
Publishing date	2020-05-01T00:00:00Z
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Article ; Online: A Systematic Review of Barriers in Adoption of Environmental Management Accounting in Chinese SMEs for Sustainable Performance

Fahad Javed / Kong Yusheng / Najaf Iqbal / Zeeshan Fareed / Farrukh Shahzad

Frontiers in Public Health, Vol

2022 Volume 10

Abstract: Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in sustainable development not only for their significant contribution to China's economy but also for their large share of total discharged pollutants. Despite the widely acknowledged ... ...

Abstract	Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in sustainable development not only for their significant contribution to China's economy but also for their large share of total discharged pollutants. Despite the widely acknowledged importance and benefits of environmental management accounting (EMA), the level of adoption and implementation of EMA practice is still weak within SMEs in many countries, especially in China. The current systematic review aims to identify the barriers affecting the Chinese SMEs for adopting EMA practices along with the critical success factors required for adopting EMA practices by SMEs and their top management for ensuring sustainable corporate environmental performance in China. The study is carried out following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. In total, 73 articles were found to be eligible to be included in the systematic review, which was published on EMA in small- and medium-sized enterprises in China. Our study aims to document barriers to the adoption of EMA among Chinese SMEs. The review concluded that strict legislation and the availability of flexible financing options for SMEs can promote the adoption of EMA by SMEs. The establishment of environmental reporting systems and auditing mechanisms can further increase the utilization of EMA by small and medium firms. Barriers to EMA adoption can be mitigated after careful consideration of the current situation in SMEs. Documentation of significant barriers may help to form supportive policies which ultimately add to the efforts toward climate change mitigation.
Keywords	small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) ; environmental management accounting (EMA) ; sustainable corporate environmental performance ; China ; systematic review ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
Subject code	333
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-05-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
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Article ; Online: The role of bank financing in economic growth and environmental outcomes of sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from novel quantile regression and panel vector autoregressive models.

Ntarmah, Albert Henry / Kong, Yusheng / Obeng, Anthony Frank / Gyedu, Samuel

Environmental science and pollution research international

2022 Volume 29, Issue 21, Page(s) 31807–31845

Abstract: In sub-Saharan Africa, economic expansion and its environmental implications have become major problems. The banking system has been described as a mechanism for decoupling economic expansion from environmental implications. However, the function of bank ...

Abstract	In sub-Saharan Africa, economic expansion and its environmental implications have become major problems. The banking system has been described as a mechanism for decoupling economic expansion from environmental implications. However, the function of bank financing in the growth-environmental consequences in SSA remains undeveloped. This study investigated the role of bank financing in economic growth and environmental outcomes in SSA over the period 1990-2018. We implemented the novel panel quantile regression and panel vector autoregressive models in a generalized method of moments' framework to investigate the influence of bank financing on economic growth and carbon emissions, and the moderating effect of bank financing in growth-environmental consequences among the four regional economies in SSA. The empirical results revealed that bank financing (1) increases economic growth and carbon emissions across quantiles; (2) positively influences economic growth and carbon emissions of East and Central African regions but negatively influences economic growth and carbon emissions of the West African region; (3) mitigates growth-emissions outcomes of low-emission countries but worsens growth-emissions outcomes of median and high emission countries; and (4) worsens growth-emissions outcomes of East and Central African regions but mitigates growth-emissions outcomes of Southern and West African sub-regions. The variance decomposition and impulse response results discovered that the role of bank financing in growth-environmental challenges varies in terms of magnitude and elasticities across the sub-regions over the sampled period. The study also revealed mixed findings regarding the existence of the EKC hypothesis for the sub-regional economies in SSA.
MeSH term(s)	Africa South of the Sahara ; Animals ; Carbon ; Carbon Dioxide/analysis ; Disease Vectors ; Economic Development
Chemical Substances	Carbon Dioxide (142M471B3J) ; Carbon (7440-44-0)
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-01-11
Publishing country	Germany
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	1178791-0
ISSN	1614-7499 ; 0944-1344
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ISSN	0944-1344
DOI	10.1007/s11356-021-17947-9
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Article ; Online: To examine environmental pollution by economic growth and their impact in an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) among developed and developing countries.

Kong, YuSheng / Khan, Rabnawaz

PloS one

2019 Volume 14, Issue 3, Page(s) e0209532

Abstract: This study analyzes the core energy consumption among countries' specific variables by Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis (EKC), for a panel data of 29 (14 developed and 15 developing) countries during the period of 1977-2014. By assessing ... ...

Abstract	This study analyzes the core energy consumption among countries' specific variables by Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis (EKC), for a panel data of 29 (14 developed and 15 developing) countries during the period of 1977-2014. By assessing Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) regressions with first generation tests such as common root, individual Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF), and individual root-Fisher-PP which have been computed individually, the results confirm the EKC hypothesis in the case of emissions of solid, liquid, gases, manufacturing industries and also construction. Hence, we computed the cointegration test by Pedroni Kao from Engle-Granger based and Fisher. Since the variables are co-integrated, a panel vector error correction model is estimated in GDP per capita, emission from manufacturing industries, arms import, commercial service export, and coal rent, in order to perform Pairwise Granger Causality test and indicate Vector Error Correction (VEC), with co-integration restrictions. Moreover, the statistical finding from VEC short-run unidirectional causality from GDP per capita growth to manufacturing industries and coal rent, as well as the causal link with manufacturing industries and commercial service export. Additionally, there occurred no causal link among economic growth, arm import and coal rent.
MeSH term(s)	Carbon Dioxide/analysis ; China ; Developed Countries/economics ; Developing Countries/economics ; Economic Development ; Environmental Pollution/economics ; European Union ; Internationality ; United States
Chemical Substances	Carbon Dioxide (142M471B3J)
Language	English
Publishing date	2019-03-26
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
ISSN	1932-6203
ISSN (online)	1932-6203
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0209532
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Article ; Online: Retraction Note: Trade openness and CO2 emanations: a heterogeneous analysis on the developing eight (D8) countries.

Musah, Mohammed / Kong, Yusheng / Mensah, Isaac Adjei / Li, Kaodui / Vo, Xuan Vinh / Bawuah, Jonas / Agyemang, Joseph Kwasi / Antwi, Stephen Kwadwo / Donkor, Mary

Environmental science and pollution research international

2024 Volume 31, Issue 15, Page(s) 23295

Language	English
Publishing date	2024-03-14
Publishing country	Germany
Document type	Retraction of Publication
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DOI	10.1007/s11356-024-32895-w
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Article ; Online: Human capital, foreign direct investment, and economic growth

Alex Boadi Dankyi / Olivier Joseph Abban / Kong Yusheng / Tiéfigué Pierrette Coulibaly

Environmental Challenges, Vol 9, Iss , Pp 100602- (2022)

Evidence from ECOWAS in a decomposed income level panel

2022

Abstract: The study explored the nexus of human capital development, foreign direct investment, and economic growth within the ECOWAS region while controlling carbon emission, urbanization, and renewable energy. To examine the dynamic link between economic growth, ...

Abstract	The study explored the nexus of human capital development, foreign direct investment, and economic growth within the ECOWAS region while controlling carbon emission, urbanization, and renewable energy. To examine the dynamic link between economic growth, human capital, foreign direct investment, CO2 emissions, and urbanization in ECOWAS, the selected countries were clustered into Lower Middle-Income Countries and Low-Income Countries. Drawing on panel data from 1990 to 2017, the study suggests that the rate of human capital, foreign direct investment, CO2 emissions, and urbanization affect economic growth as LMIC and LIC. The effect weight, however, changed per sub-panel this implies that LMICs and LICs should focus on investing in human capital development through education and health to enhance their economic growth. Policies to reduce CO2 emissions by focusing on renewable energy usage. This is fundamental in achieving the United Nations’ sustainable development goal 4 which seeks to safeguard inclusive and equitable quality education and stimulate lifetime learning opportunities (human capital development) and 17 which seeks to reinforce the means of implementation and rejuvenate the global partnership for sustainable development (FDI).
Keywords	Human Capital ; Foreign Direct Investment ; Economic Growth ; Urbanization ; CO2 ; Environmental sciences ; GE1-350
Subject code	338
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-12-01T00:00:00Z
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Article: The role of bank financing in economic growth and environmental outcomes of sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from novel quantile regression and panel vector autoregressive models

Ntarmah, Albert Henry / Kong, Yusheng / Obeng, Anthony Frank / Gyedu, Samuel

Environmental science and pollution research. 2022 May, v. 29, no. 21

2022

Abstract	In sub-Saharan Africa, economic expansion and its environmental implications have become major problems. The banking system has been described as a mechanism for decoupling economic expansion from environmental implications. However, the function of bank financing in the growth-environmental consequences in SSA remains undeveloped. This study investigated the role of bank financing in economic growth and environmental outcomes in SSA over the period 1990–2018. We implemented the novel panel quantile regression and panel vector autoregressive models in a generalized method of moments’ framework to investigate the influence of bank financing on economic growth and carbon emissions, and the moderating effect of bank financing in growth-environmental consequences among the four regional economies in SSA. The empirical results revealed that bank financing (1) increases economic growth and carbon emissions across quantiles; (2) positively influences economic growth and carbon emissions of East and Central African regions but negatively influences economic growth and carbon emissions of the West African region; (3) mitigates growth-emissions outcomes of low-emission countries but worsens growth-emissions outcomes of median and high emission countries; and (4) worsens growth-emissions outcomes of East and Central African regions but mitigates growth-emissions outcomes of Southern and West African sub-regions. The variance decomposition and impulse response results discovered that the role of bank financing in growth-environmental challenges varies in terms of magnitude and elasticities across the sub-regions over the sampled period. The study also revealed mixed findings regarding the existence of the EKC hypothesis for the sub-regional economies in SSA.
Keywords	carbon ; economic development ; pollution ; regression analysis ; research ; variance ; Sub-Saharan Africa
Language	English
Dates of publication	2022-05
Size	p. 31807-31845.
Publishing place	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Document type	Article
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Article: The impact of the pollution permits system on green innovation: Evidence from the county-level data in China

Ren, Kai / Kong, Yusheng / Zhang, Tongjian / Sun, Huaping / Zhu, Naiping / Liu, Fengqin

Journal of cleaner production. 2022 Apr. 10, v. 344

2022

Abstract: China has incorporated green technology innovation into its national development strategy based on its national conditions and development needs. The emission permit system is a typical environmental regulation, and one of the driving forces of green ... ...

Abstract	China has incorporated green technology innovation into its national development strategy based on its national conditions and development needs. The emission permit system is a typical environmental regulation, and one of the driving forces of green technology innovation. Research into the pollution discharge permits system is a key for improving environmental regulations. This study seeks to investigate the impact of pollution permits system on green innovation in China. Using econometric methods, we constructed and tested the model of green technology innovation incentives based on the emission permits system, and applied it to several Chinese counties and districts. The results revealed shortcomings in implementation of the emission permits system in various counties and districts. From a governmental perspective, this was due to poor standardization of management processes and insufficiently innovative supervisory methods. On the corporate side, problems included poor auditing of law enforcement plans, poor implementation of the ledger system, and a lack of disclosure of pollution data. We propose comprehensive strategies to address these issues. This paper explores the emission reduction potential of the pollution discharge permits system at the county level, in accordance with the Porter hypothesis, and provides reference data for the formulation and optimization of energy conservation and emission reduction policies. This will promote green development of the chemical and other industries, and green technology innovation in China.
Keywords	econometrics ; energy conservation ; environmental law ; law enforcement ; models ; pollution ; sustainable technology ; technology ; China
Language	English
Dates of publication	2022-0410
Publishing place	Elsevier Ltd
Document type	Article
ISSN	0959-6526
DOI	10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130896
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Article ; Online: Investigating the dynamic relationships between credit supply, economic growth, and the environment: empirical evidence of sub-regional economies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ntarmah, Albert Henry / Kong, Yusheng / Manu, Emmanuel Kwaku

Environmental science and pollution research international

2020 Volume 28, Issue 5, Page(s) 5786–5808

Abstract: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is considered the most vulnerable to challenges emanating from climate changes. A number of factors notably accelerated changes in growth influence SSA environment. Linking financial sector within growth and environmental ... ...

Abstract	Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is considered the most vulnerable to challenges emanating from climate changes. A number of factors notably accelerated changes in growth influence SSA environment. Linking financial sector within growth and environmental outcomes has been the focus of policy makers and researchers. This study investigated the dynamic relationships between credit supply, economic growth, and the environment from the perspectives of the four sub-regional economies (Central, East, Southern, and West African regions) in SSA over the period 1990-2018. In addition, the study tested Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis across sub-regions. We employed panel vector autoregressive (panel VAR) model in a generalized method of moment framework to investigate the topic. The panel VAR results revealed that (i) economic growth negatively influence on carbon emissions of Central African countries but not in the East, Southern and West African sub-regions, (ii) credit supply had significantly positive influence on carbon emissions and economic growth of Central and East African sub-regions but negative influence on carbon emissions and economic growth West African sub-regions in SSA, and (iii) carbon emissions had significantly negatively influence on credit supply of East and West African sub-regions. The granger causality results revealed bidirectional causal links between credit supply and carbon emissions, economic growth, and credit supply in the Central and East African sub-regions, while most of the relationships were unidirectional. The impulse response function revealed that the impact of one variable on another vary throughout the periods and across sub-regions. Similarly, the elasticity of the variables to each other varies across sub-regions over the period studied. EKC hypothesis was validated in East African sub-region but was rejected in Central (u-shape relationship), Southern, and West African sub-regional economies indicating variations in growth and environmental outcomes among the sub-regional economies. Specific sub-regional policy recommendations are discussed.
MeSH term(s)	Africa South of the Sahara ; Carbon ; Carbon Dioxide/analysis ; Climate Change ; Economic Development
Chemical Substances	Carbon Dioxide (142M471B3J) ; Carbon (7440-44-0)
Language	English
Publishing date	2020-09-25
Publishing country	Germany
Document type	Journal Article
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DOI	10.1007/s11356-020-10875-0
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