Note biographique

Belen Díaz Díaz has a Ph.D. in finance. She is an associate professor of finance at the University of Cantabria, Spain, and the academic director at Santander Financial Institute (SANFI). Previously, she was the vice-dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and director of campus and social development at the University of Cantabria. She was a visiting researcher at the University of California in Berkeley, USA, the London School of Economics, United Kingdom, and the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. Professor Díaz Díaz is the author of several papers about CSR, corporate governance, banking and corporate finance in academic journals and books.

Fonctionnalité

Provides evidence for new approaches towards business sustainability

Includes an integrated analysis of different relevant aspects in CSR

Presents latest case studies, reports on best practices and new management approaches for sustainable business

Table des matières

Responsible Business in a Changing World: An introduction.- Part I. Responsible Finance.- Corporate tax responsibility. Do investors care?.- Mapping Georgian bank customers preferences for Corporate Social Responsibility.- Is there Value Creation in the Banks listed on Dow Jones Sustainability Index Europe?.- Making British Banking Better.- Part II. Corporate Governance.- Performance through SRI Fund Investment. The Impact of Shareholder Social Activism on Firms' Corporate Social.- Cooperative Social Responsibility: A Case Illustration of the Unique Character of Cooperative Governance and its Relation to the Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility.- Managing intangibles and improving governance through the theory of complexity.- Part III. CSR Reporting.- Influence of firm size on the environmental disclosure and performance of the listed companies on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.- The impact of environmental management accounting practices on organizational sustainability of the ISO 14001 companies in Thailand.- The impact of environmental accountant's ability on CSR disclosure and profitability of the listed companies on the stock exchange of Thailand.- Sustainability Reporting, a new type of companies' hypocrisy: Zara and Volkswagen cases.- Does intangible intensity affect analyst accuracy? Some evidence from Spanish firms.- Part IV. Global Perspectives & Cases.- 'Unwritten rules' in social partnerships: Defining Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through institutional theory in the Peruvian mining industry.- Isomorphic Mutation and Strategic Adaptation in China's CSR Standards for Overseas Investors.- Getting Personal about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Exploring the Values that Motivate Leaders to be Responsible.- Mission-Based Corporate Sustainability: the Aigües de Barcelona Model.- Exploring the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Poverty Reduction.- An Exploration of Current Managers' Attitudes in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries Regarding the Adoption of Green IT.- Avoiding Corporate Armageddon: The need for a comprehensive ethical framework for AI & automation in business.- The Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Perception of the Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility.

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