Institutional investors' power to change corporate behaviour : international perspectives / / edited by Suzanne Young, Stephen Gates

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, Yorkshire : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2013
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (452 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4; 658.408
• Soggetto topico: Corporate governance; Corporations - Investor relations; Institutional investors
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GatesStephen YoungSuzanne
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS' POWER TO CHANGE CORPORATE BEHAVIOR: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY AND REVIEW BOARD; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART I: INTRODUCTION; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS' POWER TO CHANGE CORPORATE BEHAVIOR: AN INTRODUCTION; ORIGIN AND PURPOSE; DISTINCTIVE APPROACHES TO INVESTIGATING INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS' BEHAVIOR; INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDY USING MULTIPLE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS; THEMES; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES ; PART II: THE POWER OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS IN PROMOTING A SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA ORGANIZING THE COLLECTIVE ACTION OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: THREE CASE STUDIES FROM THE PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT INITIATIVE; INTRODUCTION; PART 1 - THE ORGANIZATION OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS' COLLECTIVE ACTION: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; HOW DO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS COLLECTIVELY INFLUENCE CORPORATIONS ON ESG ISSUES?; HOW ENABLING ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS' COLLECTIVE ACTION?; PART 2 - CONTEXT, METHOD AND DATA: THE PRINCIPLE FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT INITIATIVE CONTEXT ; DATA ANALYSIS FACILITATING COLLECTIVE ACTION EMERGENCE; PART 3 - EVALUATING THE FRAMEWORK ACROSS THREE CASE STUDIES; SUPPORTING COLLECTIVE ACTION DEPLOYMENT; MAINTAINING CONDITIONS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION; PART 4 - DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT, ESG, AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS IN AUSTRALIA; RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT IN AUSTRALIA; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ENGAGEMENT; METHOD; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CORPORATE CLIMATE CHANGE DISCLOSURE PRACTICES AND REGULATION: THE INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS; INTRODUCTION ; INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ON CLIMATE CHANGE DISCLOSURES INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES; INVESTOR USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION; CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES; FINANCIALIZATION OF CORPORATE OWNERSHIP AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR CLIMATE ACTION; INTRODUCTION; ISSUES; DATA AND METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SHAREHOLDER RESOLUTIONS: INVESTOR ACTIVISM AND CORPORATE COMPROMISES; INTRODUCTION; INSTITUTIONAL PRESSURES; METHODOLOGY ; EMPIRICAL RESULTS DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, FIRM PERFORMANCE, AND THE PROSPECTS FOR SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING: EVIDENCE FROM NEW ZEALAND; NATURE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR ETHICALLY/SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE; NEW ZEALAND CAPITAL MARKET AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND RESPONSIBLE INVESTING: CONCEPTS, EVIDENCE, AND PROPOSITIONS; CAN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS MAKE A DIFFERENCE? EVIDENCE ON FINANCIAL IMPACT; DATA; RESULTS ; CONCLUSION
• Sommario/riassunto: The aim of the book series is to explore public concerns and practical issues deeply and rethink theoretical debates and institutional policies critically in the broad area of corporate responsibility, corporate governance and sustainability around the world. It examines the social, economic and environmental impacts of corporations, and the real effects of corporate governance, CSR and business sustainability on societies in different regions. It facilitates a better understanding of how value systems, cultures and traditions in different societies may affect the policies and practices of
• Titolo autorizzato: Institutional investors' power to change corporate behaviour
• ISBN: 1-78190-771-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453498203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical studies on corporate responsibility, governance and sustainability ; ; v. 5.