August 27, 2024

There is a widespread myth among practitioners and academics alike that female-run businesses underperform male-run businesses. Known as the Female Underperformance Hypothesis (FUH), this perspective argues that women choose to launch businesses with lower growth potential for pursuing non-economic goals such as a better work-life balance and independence. Women-owned firms are expected to exhibit working […]

In recent years, the global finance sector has witnessed a transformative shift towards ethical and sustainable investing through Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations. This revolutionary approach offers a promising vision of aligning profitability with moral responsibility. However, as with any significant paradigm shift, ESG investing also presents compelling advantages alongside challenging obstacles that must

Thank you for inviting me and giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts on investing in India. As other speakers have already covered business climate, policies and reforms quite extensively, I thought I would take a slightly different approach to tackling the topic assigned to me. Please bear in mind that I was not

Firms are under increasing pressure to disclose their environmental performance, resulting in some exaggerating their results and others underreporting them.1,2 At one end of the spectrum is “greenwashing”: firms exaggerate or fake eco-friendliness to influence stakeholder perceptions, conceal bad business practices, lower exposure risk, or alleviate competitive pressure.3,4 Examples include Volkswagen’s falsification of vehicle emissions