Digital transformation, board characteristics, and environmental performance are increasingly significant in the realm of corporate sustainability. Numerous scholars assert that digital transformation can serve as a powerful catalyst for sustainable corporate development, delivering substantial benefits to both businesses and society. Digital transformation refers to the process through which companies evolve from traditional industrial stages to […]
Using a sample of 76 Italian publicly listed firms for the year 2019, this paper investigates the association between the presence of a critical mass of women directors on the board and the firm’s CSR performance. It also examines whether the family firm status moderates this association. The OLS regression analysis shows that the presence […]
The adoption of blockchain-based technologies for a sustainable agri-food sector is a recently developing area of inquiry. Blockchain technology promises to be a significant enabler of sustainability in the agri-food sector. However, there is still limited understanding on how the blockchain technology can promote agri-food sustainability, because its adoption is still in an early stage […]
This paper aims to provide an explanatory representation of the concept of ecosystem by mean of a systemic review of a selected sample of research papers hinged on the study of ecosystems in the field of management and business. Reviewed papers were selected according to a multistep process and the following criteria: 1) coverage of […]
Purpose – The objective of this paper is twofold. On one hand it explores the relationship between a firm ownership structure and R&D, on the other it tests the relationship between the board structure and the investments in innovation. Design/methodology/approach – This investigation is based on a sample of Italian listed companies observed over the […]
Purpose. Through adaptations to the VAIC model, this paper aims to: 1) provide indicators suitable to measure ICE in the professional football sector; 2) to investigate empirically whether the efficiency of intangible assets investments (as measured by these indicators) is positively associated to sporting performance. Design/methodology/approach – This paper performs a quantitative analysis based on […]