Is Corporate Sustainability a Value-Increasing Strategy for Business?

By S. Lo, Her-Jiun Sheu. 2007

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The Value Relevance of Reputation for Sustainability Leadership (2014, background): “Some previous literature provides evidence on a positive relation between reputation for good sustainability and financial performance (e.g. Cheung 2011; Consolandi et al. 2009; Lo and Sheu 2007; Robinson et al. 2011; Wagner 2010).”
Do Stock Investors Value Corporate Sustainability? Evidence from an Event Study (2011, unknown): “…value is relatively new and considers the link mainly from an investment perspective.3 The focus is either on whether CS is ‘‘priced’’ in capital markets (see Lo and Sheu, 2007) or whether sustainable companies can have better financial performance than other companies (see Lopez et al., 2007).”
The value of a firm’s engagement in ESG practices: Are we looking at the right side? (2021, background): “With regard to a firm’s total value, we control for firm size, leverage, asset tangibility, capital investments, profitability, cash holdings and rivalry in the firm’s core industry (Buchanan et al., 2018; Li et al., 2018; Lo and Sheu, 2007).”
Beyond the Bounded Instrumentality in Current Corporate Sustainability Research: Toward an Inclusive Notion of Profitability (2011, background): “This is clearly illustrated by scholars who define corporate sustainability ‘‘as a business approach that creates long-term shareholder value by embracing opportunities and managing risk from three dimensions: economic, environmental and social dimensions’’ ( Lo and Sheu 2007, p. 346 ).”
Does Ownership Type Matter for Corporate Social Responsibility (2012, methodology): “Therefore, we use operating revenue, return on total assets, industry type, country of origin, leverage, and liquidity ratio of the firm as control variables (see Arora & Dharwadkar, 2011; Bird et al., 2007; Elsayed & Paton, 2005; Lo & Sheu, 2007; Ohlson, 1995).”
How Does the Market Value Corporate Sustainability Performance? (2011, background): “, 2010) and a positive relation (Lo and Sheu, 2007; van Dijken, 2007; Consolandi et al., 2009; Cheung, 2010; Wagner, 2010) between CSP and corporate financial performance (CFP).”
Corporate social responsibility, board of directors, and firm performance: an analysis of their relationships (2014, methodology): “As control variables which might affect both CSR and firm value, we considered the ones that have traditionally been used in most empirical studies: size (SIZE), defined as the firm’s total assets expressed in thousands of euros (included in the empirical analysis as the logarithm LSIZE) (Jo and Har”