Sincere action or sweet talk: how do firms respond to retail investors' green appeals?

With the rise in global awareness of sustainable transition, investor groups have become continuously engaged in pressuring firms to improve their environmental performance. However, there is limited knowledge about whether firms respond to these pressures through substantive actions or symbolic ges...

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Authors: He, Ling (Author) ; Hu, Shiyang (Author) ; Kong, Dongmin (Author) ; Li, Xiao (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: 2025
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2025, 卷: 201, 發布: 1, Pages: 193-218
Further subjects:B Retail investors' green appeals
B Short-term investment horizon
B Information Asymmetry
B Q56, M14, M41
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Corporate greenwashing
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