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Bank climate change initiatives, ownership structures and corporate governance mechanisms: Evidence from emerging economies (2023)
Journal Article
Adu, D. A., & Roni, N. N. (2024). Bank climate change initiatives, ownership structures and corporate governance mechanisms: Evidence from emerging economies. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(4), 3039-3077. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3640

Motivated by the growing attention on climate change acceleration, we examine the interrelationships among corporate governance disclosure index, bank ownership structures, and bank climate change initiatives through the lens of multi-theoretical fra... Read More about Bank climate change initiatives, ownership structures and corporate governance mechanisms: Evidence from emerging economies.

The relationship between entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation and carbon footprint reduction: The mediating role of green networking and identification of barriers to green practices (2023)
Journal Article
Adu, D. A., Haviour Chen, X., Hasan, M., Zhu, X., & Jellason, N. (2023). The relationship between entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation and carbon footprint reduction: The mediating role of green networking and identification of barriers to green practices. Journal of Environmental Management, 347, Article 119256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119256

Motivated by the growing attention to climate change and the crucial role businesses could play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this study investigates entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation in the context of carbon footprint reduction i... Read More about The relationship between entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation and carbon footprint reduction: The mediating role of green networking and identification of barriers to green practices.

How do board and ownership characteristics affect bank risk-taking? New evidence from sub-Saharan Africa (2023)
Journal Article
Adu, D. (2024). How do board and ownership characteristics affect bank risk-taking? New evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Banking Regulation, 25(3), 209-233. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41261-023-00226-7

The study examines the impact of board attributes, ownership structures and other bank-specific factors on bank risk-taking. Using a sample of 220 banks in 16 sub-Saharan Africa countries for the years 2007–2018, the findings of the study are fourfol... Read More about How do board and ownership characteristics affect bank risk-taking? New evidence from sub-Saharan Africa.

Bank ownership structures and sustainable banking initiatives: The moderating effect of governance mechanism (2023)
Journal Article
Adu, D. A., Abedin, M. Z., & Hasan, M. (2023). Bank ownership structures and sustainable banking initiatives: The moderating effect of governance mechanism. International Review of Financial Analysis, 89, Article 102736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102736

Bank regulators in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region are increasingly focusing on effective bank ownership structures (BOS) as a key corporate governance (CG) mechanism to drive sustainable banking disclosures (SBD). However, it is unclear whether... Read More about Bank ownership structures and sustainable banking initiatives: The moderating effect of governance mechanism.