Abstract Voluntary nonfinancial Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure is
a rapidly growing and increasingly important topic that has attracted great attention from …

We review the literature on corporate sustainability and provide directions for future
research. Our review focuses on three actions: measuring, managing and communicating …

Abstract Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) has emerged as a sensitive issue,
attracting the attention of a large audience that could not be ignored. Government bodies …

We examine how firms respond to the increased workplace transparency due to the
coverage on Glassdoor. com, which collects and disseminates reviews on employee …

We study 944 shareholder proposals submitted to 343 US firms on climate change issues
during 2009–2022. We use logistic and two-stage regression to estimate the propensity for a …

In this paper, we conceptualize shareholder activism demanding CSR transparency as an
outcome of the marketization of a social movement. We argue that the infusion of profit …

Shareholder activism is an important driver of corporate change. Yet, the phenomenon has
primarily been studied within disciplinary silos, providing only a partial understanding of the …

Activist shareholders play an increasingly relevant role in management decisions, especially
in their activities aimed to influence corporate decisions towards enhanced performance and …

Novel online activism of minority shareholders could be a new governance mechanism but
has received little academic attention. This study examines the impact of such minority …

A large stream of research has analyzed the effects of corporate political connections
(CPCs) on firms, including first evidence on their effects on financial reporting behavior …