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Environmental performance, sustainability, governance and financial performance: Evidence from heavily polluting industries in China

Thi H.H. Nguyen, Mohamed Elmagrhi Orcid Logo, Collins G. Ntim, Yue Wu

Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume: 30, Issue: 5, Pages: 2313 - 2331

Swansea University Author: Mohamed Elmagrhi Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1002/bse.2748

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This study seeks to contribute to the existing business strategy and the environment literature by examining the effect of governance structures on Chinese firms’ environmental performance, and consequently ascertain the extent to which the financial performance–environmental performance nexus is mo...

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ISSN: 0964-4733 1099-0836
Published: Wiley 2021
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