Search results for "institutional factors"

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Corporate social responsibility reporting and institutional theory

2016

Objeto: La investigación sobre divulgación de información de sostenibilidad se ha centrado en el ámbito de la empresa, siendo escasos los trabajos que analizan las diferencias entre países. El objetivo es identificar los factores que explican las diferencias en el suministro de información de sostenibilidad a nivel macroeconómico. Diseño/metodología/enfoque: La muestra incluye 9,570 memorias elaboradas en el marco de la Global Reporting Initiative en 53 países en el periodo 2007-2012. La información para cada país se ha estandarizado por millón de habitantes en cada año. Se han utilizado modelos de regresión múltiple para estudiar la incidencia de la gobernabilidad, la cultura y la globaliz…

:Desenvolupament humà i sostenible [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]CulturaSustainability informationCultureEmpreses -- Responsabilitat socialInformación de sostenibilidadSocial responsibility of businessResponsabilidad social corporativaInstitutional factorsSustainable development:Economia i organització d'empreses [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]Desenvolupament sostenibleFactores institucionalesGlobal Reporting Initiative
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Quand un dispositif d’accompagnement disparait : les effets sur les parcours des étudiants de santé

2023

This research is as part of current works about transition plans for students, specially medical students in France. It analyses how students make training choices as they can be given vocational guidance or not. Effects of transition programme are examined from a new point of view since we also consider results when this program doesn’t exist anymore. We can point out persistence and streams choices as main outcomes of the programme. In doing so, we highlight institutional factors in academic paths.

[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/Educationréorientationdispositifs d’accompagnementéchec à l’universitéacademic transition academic failure academic path medical studies institutional factorsparcours étudiantsétudes de santéfacteur institutionnel
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Firms’ distance to the European productivity frontier

2022

AbstractIn this article we explore the factors contributing to reduce the distance of laggard firms to the European frontier, focusing on institutional factors. To characterize Total Factor Productivity frontier firms within industries for the European Union we use firm level data from AMADEUS for the period 2003–2014. Our findings provide evidence on the importance of governance quality and easiness in getting credit in explaining the distance of laggard firms to the European productivity frontier. We also find that other factors at the country level -tertiary education, R&D stock, and trade openness- and at the firm level -size, age, and capital-intensity- influence the distance of la…

total factor productivityeuropean union countriesEconomics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)institutional factorsfrontier frmsUNESCO::CIENCIAS ECONÓMICASlaggard frmsGeneral Business Management and Accountinggreat recessionEurasian Business Review
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