Francoise Contreras, Karla Soria-Barreto, Sergio Zuniga-Jara
{"title":"Managerial support and innovative work behaviour in B corps: Examining the effect of female employee work engagement and corporate reputation","authors":"Francoise Contreras, Karla Soria-Barreto, Sergio Zuniga-Jara","doi":"10.1080/20430795.2021.2017255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.2017255","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT B Corps aim to produce a positive impact on society and the environment while developing the organizational goals through a sustainable agenda. For this purpose, B Corps need innovative employees that contribute to increase their competitiveness, making them more attractive to investors. Based on the social exchange theory, this research proposes a model of innovative work behaviour in women that work in Latin America B Corps, hypothesizing that this behaviour can be influenced by managerial support. Likewise, the mediating role of employees’ work engagement in this relationship is analysed. Besides, the moderator role of reputation was explored. The sample consisted of 242 female employees from 16 B Corps located in Latin America. The results show that managerial support has effects on innovative work behaviour, both direct and through employees’ work engagement. The organizational reputation of the B Corps has demonstrated being a valid moderator of this relationship.","PeriodicalId":45546,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment","volume":"12 1","pages":"809 - 831"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45524652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Setyowati, P. Wanke, Fakarudin Kamarudin, A. N. Bany-Ariffin, B. T. Matemilola
{"title":"Evidence from multiple countries: does investment into internal corporate social responsibility improve firm efficiency?","authors":"A. Setyowati, P. Wanke, Fakarudin Kamarudin, A. N. Bany-Ariffin, B. T. Matemilola","doi":"10.1080/20430795.2021.2016362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.2016362","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45546,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44940618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What are you waiting to invest in grid-connected residential photovoltaics in California? A real options analysis","authors":"Carlos Vargas, M. Chesney","doi":"10.1080/20430795.2021.2016361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.2016361","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to assess the optimal choice of an investor, a typical household in California, United States, in terms of whether to invest or not, in a residential scale, grid-connected, solar photovoltaic system, aiming to obtain savings in their monthly electric expenses. If they invest, they shoulder a fixed upfront cost but also accept uncertain potential savings. If they do not invest, they forego any potential savings. To assess this irreversible decision, Real Options Analysis is deployed to assess the actual benefit for the household. This approach allows us to determine whether to trigger the investments and the optimal timing to do so. Our findings show it is optimal for our investor to invest in photovoltaics; however, some delay might be advised depending on the energy production factor of specific geographical areas and the expected useful life of the equipment. The results of this study also show that it might be optimal to delay the investment between 5.5 and 12 years in some areas, which is a drawback. Our findings also show that subsidies and other incentives do not seem to be a key driver in the above-mentioned investment decision. This study contributes to the existing literature by examining the present dynamic of residential grid-connected photovoltaic systems in the most relevant market for the United States and by including an assessment of uncertainty in both electric rates and photovoltaics prices, that accounts for seasonality, price escalation and price manipulation.","PeriodicalId":45546,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment","volume":"13 1","pages":"660 - 677"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48061308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdullah M. Al-Awadhi, Bader S. Alhashel, Ahmad Bash
{"title":"Social norms and information asymmetry: the effect of religion on informed trading","authors":"Abdullah M. Al-Awadhi, Bader S. Alhashel, Ahmad Bash","doi":"10.1080/20430795.2021.2013152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.2013152","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45546,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47329913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Aidis, Sarah Eissler, Nicole Etchart, Renata Truzzi de Souza
{"title":"Taking small steps together: incorporating a gender lens approach for small and growing businesses - a case study","authors":"R. Aidis, Sarah Eissler, Nicole Etchart, Renata Truzzi de Souza","doi":"10.1080/20430795.2021.2012116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.2012116","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Through laws and everyday practices, formal and informal institutions exert gendered effects that increase inequalities between women and men. Impact investing firms can act as catalysts for shifting informal norms and customs that negatively affect women as entrepreneurs, employees, and suppliers. Gender lens investing (GLI) plays a critical role in guiding investments with the objective of women's empowerment and more equitable workplaces and communities. Although various GLI metrics and screening tools exist, little research has examined how small impact investment firms can increase gender inclusive policies and practices in existing portfolios of social enterprises led by mixed gender founding teams. This paper presents a case study that chronicles the initial steps taken by NESsT, a small impact investing firm, in piloting gender inclusive policies and practices in its portfolio companies and internal operations. We discuss the pilot results, findings, key takeaways, and recommendations for integrating GLI into investment portfolios.","PeriodicalId":45546,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment","volume":"12 1","pages":"724 - 751"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43972867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdullah A. Aljughaiman, Ngan Duong Cao, Mohammed S. Albarrak
{"title":"The impact of greenhouse gas emission on corporate’s tail risk","authors":"Abdullah A. Aljughaiman, Ngan Duong Cao, Mohammed S. Albarrak","doi":"10.1080/20430795.2021.2012117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.2012117","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45546,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45161049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measuring the women’s economic empowerment generated by impact investing; testing the QuIP method on an investment in Uganda’s cotton sector","authors":"R. Avard, Moses Mukuru, M. Liesner","doi":"10.1080/20430795.2021.2012115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.2012115","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Impact investors and development finance institutions are starting to proactively examine gendered impacts to ensure their investments progress the opportunities available to women instead of reproducing existing inequalities. In October 2020, we trialled the use of the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) method to measure empowerment changes created by an investment into a cotton company in Uganda. The QuIP method is a qualitative approach to impact evaluation which assesses whether an investment, is achieving its intended impact. We found that the method worked with the impact investing operating model, required minimal input from the investee company, reduced response bias, and addressed contribution without the need for a baseline. The trial generated lessons on investee selection, geographical scope and blindfolding which can improve the use of this method for impact investing. This trial has confirmed the value of a method that other investors can now consider when measuring the gendered impact of their work.","PeriodicalId":45546,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment","volume":"12 1","pages":"752 - 762"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43380264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The EU sustainable finance taxonomy and its contribution to climate neutrality","authors":"Franziska Schütze, Jan Stede","doi":"10.1080/20430795.2021.2006129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.2006129","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45546,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48028659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is finance a curse? reinvestigate the relationship between finance and economic growth","authors":"Umut Uzar","doi":"10.1080/20430795.2021.2012111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.2012111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45546,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41627421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolving the gender analysis in gender lens investing: moving from counting women to valuing gendered experience","authors":"Tia Subramanian, A. Muirow, Joy Anderson","doi":"10.1080/20430795.2021.2001300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.2001300","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We examine the quality of the gender lens investing field’s underlying gender analysis to assess how a field built to redress marginalization analyzes that marginalization. In examining the evolution of gender and queer theory, we question the validity of the dominant definition of gender used in investing. Since its institutionalization, gender studies has evolved on the grounds that gender experience is dynamic and must be understood through diverse lived experiences. Drawing on current theory in gender and queer studies from across the Global North and South, we find that a comprehensive understanding of gender encompasses gender identity and sexuality as well as social, economic, and geopolitical considerations. We find a significant gap between gender lens investing's primary modes of analysis and lessons from scholars. Acknowledging the challenge of translating theory into financial practice, we suggest steps towards an investment practice that better mirrors how gender operates in the world.","PeriodicalId":45546,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment","volume":"12 1","pages":"684 - 703"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2021-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43283640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}