Research on the Impact of Information Security Certification and Concealment on Financial Performance

With the rapid development of information technology, information security has been gaining attention. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has issued international standards and technical reports related to information security, which are gradually being adopted by enterprises. This study analyzes the relationship between information security certification (ISO 27001) and corporate financial performance using data from Chinese publicly listed companies. The study focusses on the impact of corporate decisions such as whether to obtain certification, how long to hold certification, and whether to publicize information regarding certification. The results show that there is a positive correlation between ISO 27001 and financial performance. Moreover, the positive impact of ISO 27001 on financial performance gradually increases with time. In addition, choosing not to publicize ISO 27001 certification can negatively affect enterprise performance.

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Research on the Impact of Information Security Certification and Concealment onFinancial Performance

Journal of Global Information Management ◽

10.4018/jgim.20220801oa04 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 0-0

Keyword(s):

Information Security ◽

Financial Performance ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Rapid Development ◽

International Standards ◽

Corporate Decisions ◽

Using Data ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Iso 27001

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Motivation and Academic Performance: An Inter-country Comparison

Communication Society and Media ◽

10.22158/csm.v3n3p70 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. p70

Author(s):

Lewis R. Gale ◽

Clifford Nowell

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Country Comparison ◽

Using Data ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Detrimental Impact ◽

The U.S ◽

External Motivation

The objective of this paper is to explore the impact of amotivation on academic performance and to test whether the impact of motivation on academic performance differs across students from China and the U.S. Using data from Chinese and U.S. students located in their home countries, we find amotivation negatively impacts academic performance of both groups of students. We also show that external motivation is positively associated with academic achievement. While these findings are consistent with results from previous studies, we extend the understanding on the relationship between motivation and academic performance by demonstrating that the magnitude of the detrimental impact of amotivation differs between students in the two countries and that the positive impact of higher levels of external motivation provides similar benefits for both groups of students.

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The Interconnection between Decent Workplace and Firm Financial Performance through the Mediation of Environmental Sustainability: Lessons from an Emerging Economy

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13084570 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 4570

Author(s):

Muhammad Zahid ◽

José Moleiro Martins ◽

Haseeb Ur Rahman ◽

Mário Nuno Mata ◽

Syed Asim Shah ◽

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Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

Least Squares ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Ordinary Least Squares ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Firm Financial Performance ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This study aimed to investigate the impact of some important Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as the decent workplace, climate change, and economic sustainability on firm financial performance (see Goals 8 and 13). By adopting an index from the previous literature, this study collected data from the annual and sustainability reports of the publicly listed companies of a developing country through content analysis from 2016 to 2018. The results revealed a significant increase in the level of compliance with workplace and environmental sustainability during the corresponding period. Furthermore, the estimations of ordinary least squares (OLS) and two-stage least squares (2SLS) panel data also unveiled a positive impact of workplace sustainability on the firm’s environmental and financial performance. Additionally, we noted that the findings were pronounced after addressing the problem of endogeneity. Moreover, the study also found a novel significant and positive mediating role of environmental sustainability in the relationship between workplace sustainability and the firm’s financial performance. This study has theoretical significance by proposing sustainability training and development as instrumental variables in the relationship of the workplace and environmental sustainability to firm financial performance. This study offers practical implications for regulatory bodies and business firms to integrate workplace and environmental sustainability practices into their routine operations for achieving sustainable industrialization.

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Information Differentiation and Barriers to Entry

Zhurnal Economicheskoj Teorii ◽

10.31063/2073-6517/2020.17-4.11 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 874-890

Author(s):

A. V. Zazdravnykh ◽

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T. V. Gudkova ◽

Keyword(s):

Positive Impact ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Economic Effects ◽

Entry Barriers ◽

Barriers To Entry ◽

Entry Barrier ◽

Strategic Investment ◽

Elasticity Of Demand ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

The economic effects of information differentiation attracted much scholarly attention in the second half of the 20th century. These studies mostly dealt with the impact of differentiation strategies on market structure and the competitive environment. In recent years, however, despite the rapid development of modern technologies used for promotion and communication with consumers and the emergence of new opportunities for using differentiation strategies in competition, there has been a decline in interest in this issue. This article discusses how information advantages of firms are formed and analyzes the influence of differentiation tools on restraints of competition and limitations on entry. The article assesses the influence of information, reputation, and consumer loyalty asymmetry factors on entry barriers and shows the relationship between the level of strategic investment in advertising and market concentration parameters. These factors should be analyzed in order to improve antitrust policies. At the same time, alternative views on the potential of information differentiation as an entry barrier are presented such as the positive impact of the information contained in advertising on the elasticity of demand, consumer awareness, and competition. It is shown that competition agencies should be especially careful when intervening in the advertising strategies of firms. The article also discusses the impact of digitalization processes on modern tools and methods of information differentiation as well as the corresponding entry barriers.

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Spatial effects of environmental pollution on healthcare services: Evidence from China

10.20944/preprints202101.0246.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ying Mao ◽

Ning Zhang

Keyword(s):

Environmental Pollution ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Northern China ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Spatial Effects ◽

The Government ◽

Using Data ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

With the rapid development of urbanization and industrialization in China, environmental issues have become a knotty problem, especially issues related to air, water, and solid-waste pollution. These pollutants pose threats to the health of the population and to that of communities and have a vicious influence on the healthcare system. Additionally, pollution also exhibits spill-over effects, which means that pollution in the local region could affect the healthcare services in a neighbouring region. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the relationship between pollution and healthcare. A spatial autocorrelation analysis was conducted and spatial panel econometric models were constructed to explore the characteristics of pollution and healthcare services in China and the relationship between them using data on all 31 provinces over twelve consecutive years (2006-2017). The results showed that the utilization of healthcare services and environmental pollution were not randomly distributed; unsurprisingly, air pollution and solid-waste pollution were mainly found in parts of northern China, while water pollution was highest in southern and coastal China. In addition, environmental pollution exhibited spill-over effects on healthcare services. For example, a 1% increase in solid waste in one specific geographical unit was estimated to increase the inpatient visits per capita in adjacent counties by 0.559%. Specifically, pollution showed different degrees of influence on healthcare services, which means that the impact of environmental pollution on the number of outpatient visits is greater than on the number of inpatient visits. Our results provide the government with evidence for effectively formulating and promulgating policies, especially policies aimed at tackling spill-over effects among different regions.

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The Impact of CEOs’ Transformational Leadership on Sustainable Organizational Innovation in SMEs: A Three-Wave Mediating Role of Organizational Learning and Psychological Empowerment

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12208620 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (20) ◽

pp. 8620 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Saira Begum ◽

Enjun Xia ◽

Khalid Mehmood ◽

Yaser Iftikhar ◽

Yan Li

Keyword(s):

Transformational Leadership ◽

Organizational Learning ◽

Organizational Innovation ◽

Psychological Empowerment ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Time Lagged ◽

Using Data ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

The sustainable organizational innovation is of paramount importance for enhancing productivity in firms and provides organizations with the strategic direction needed to allow them to perform at an international level. The leadership styles play a key role in their firms’ potential to consistently innovate. Using data from a time-lagged design with three waves, CEOs of Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) participated in the study. The findings reveal that psychological empowerment mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and sustainable organizational innovation. Organizational learning was found to indirectly effect the relationship between transformational leadership and sustainable organizational innovation. It also demonstrated that psychological empowerment had a positive impact on organizational learning. The findings indicate the strategic significance of transformational leadership and its influence on sustainable organizational innovation for SMEs. Theoretical contributions and practical implications were also discussed.

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Spatial Effects of Environmental Pollution on Healthcare Services: Evidence from China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18041784 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 1784

Author(s):

Ning Zhang ◽

Ying Mao

Keyword(s):

Environmental Pollution ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Northern China ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Spatial Effects ◽

The Government ◽

Using Data ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

With the rapid development of urbanization and industrialization in China, environmental issues have become an urgent problem, especially issues related to air, water, and solid-waste pollution. These pollutants pose threats to the health of the population and to that of communities and have a vicious influence on the healthcare system. Additionally, pollution also exhibits spill-over effects, which means that pollution in the local region could affect the healthcare services in a neighboring region. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the relationship between pollution and healthcare. A spatial autocorrelation analysis was conducted and spatial panel econometric models were constructed to explore the characteristics of pollution and healthcare services in China and the relationship between them using data on all 31 provinces over 12 consecutive years (2006–2017). The results showed that the utilization of healthcare services and environmental pollution were not randomly distributed; unsurprisingly, air pollution and solid-waste pollution were mainly found in parts of northern China, while water pollution was highest in southern and coastal China. In addition, environmental pollution exhibited spill-over effects on healthcare services. For example, a 1% increase in solid waste in one specific geographical unit was estimated to increase the inpatient visits per capita in adjacent counties by 0.559%. Specifically, pollution showed different degrees of influence on healthcare services, which means that the impact of environmental pollution on the number of outpatient visits is greater than on the number of inpatient visits. Our results provide the government with evidence for effectively formulating and promulgating policies, especially policies aimed at tackling spill-over effects among different regions.

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A cross-country comparison of green initiatives, green performance and financial performance

Management Decision ◽

10.1108/md-08-2017-0761 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 56 (5) ◽

pp. 1008-1032 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Fang Chen ◽

Thomas Ngniatedema ◽

Suhong Li

Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Small Sample Size ◽

Small Sample ◽

Content Type ◽

Green Performance ◽

The World ◽

The Usa ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between green initiatives, green performance, and a firm’s financial performance in the world. The existing literature on environmental initiatives and their impacts is limited to the context of a particular country. This gap points to a lack of clarification of variations in environmental regulation and in economic disparity which may affect the impact of green initiatives on green performance and on financial performance. Design/methodology/approach Data on the world top 500 publicly traded companies are collected from Compustat, a database of financial, statistical and market information on global companies, and from Newsweek, an information gatekeeper that enables consumers to access a list of environmentally friendly companies. The paper adopts linear regression to test the relationships between variables. Findings The results show that green initiatives have a positive impact on green performance, which in turn has a positive impact on financial performance. However, the impact of green initiatives varies by country. The study revealed that companies in European countries and Canada lead in the green initiatives and green performance, followed by the USA and Japan. China and Hong Kong lag behind compared to other countries. Research limitations/implications The small sample size in some of the countries used in this study may impact the validity of the results. Practical implications This study suggests that companies that seek financial benefits of pursuing green initiatives should have a long-term orientation when implementing these initiatives and should consider the country where they operate. Originality/value The current study provides a global understanding of the relationship between green initiatives, green performance, and financial performance, and contributes to the literature by highlighting variation among countries and by year.

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Importance of Innovation Resources for Market Orientation – Financial Performance Link: Mediating Role of Proactive Market Orientation

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy ◽

10.2478/ngoe-2019-0015 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 65 (4) ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Borut Milfelner ◽

Jasmina Dlačić ◽

Boris Snoj ◽

Aleksandra Selinšek

Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

Market Orientation ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Future Research ◽

Organisational Capacity ◽

Proactive Market Orientation ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between market orientation, innovation resources and companies’ financial performance. Focus is put on the mediator role of proactive market orientation (PMO) in the relationship between reactive market orientation (RMO), innovation resources and financial performance in the context of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Research builds on reliable scales. Four hundred and fifteen usable questionnaires were collected from companies in Slovenia with more than 20 employees. The results show a strong and positive relationship between RMO and PMO. The impact of RMO on innovativeness as an element of organisational culture is both positive and stronger than the impact of PMO. PMO proved to have a significant positive influence on the capacity to innovate. While innovativeness alone does not directly influence financial performance, the results do confirm the positive impact of an organisational capacity to innovate on financial performance. The finding of our paper is that when PMO was included as a mediator between RMO and the capacity to innovate, the result was that this indirect impact proved to be one of the strongest in the model. Also, it proves that in CEE countries, it is important to stress the influence of market and market orientation in building innovation resources and consequently financial performance. The limitation of the current study is that we considered the relationship only among few marketing resources and organisational performance. In future research, additional measures of market performance may be introduced as mediators between innovation resources and financial performance.

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Accent Policy and Accent Modification Enterprises as Potential Indicators of Intercultural Power Relations: A Call for an Updated Research Agenda

Perspectives on Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Related Disorders ◽

10.1044/gics3.1.22 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 22-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Brynne D. Ovalle ◽

Rahul Chakraborty

Keyword(s):

International Relations ◽

Identity Construction ◽

Social Theory ◽

Power Relations ◽

Linguistic Diversity ◽

Cultural Organization ◽

Using Data ◽

The Individual ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This article has two purposes: (a) to examine the relationship between intercultural power relations and the widespread practice of accent discrimination and (b) to underscore the ramifications of accent discrimination both for the individual and for global society as a whole. First, authors review social theory regarding language and group identity construction, and then go on to integrate more current studies linking accent bias to sociocultural variables. Authors discuss three examples of intercultural accent discrimination in order to illustrate how this link manifests itself in the broader context of international relations (i.e., how accent discrimination is generated in situations of unequal power) and, using a review of current research, assess the consequences of accent discrimination for the individual. Finally, the article highlights the impact that linguistic discrimination is having on linguistic diversity globally, partially using data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partially by offering a potential context for interpreting the emergence of practices that seek to reduce or modify speaker accents.

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