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    Building eco-friendly corporations: The role of minority shareholders
    (Springer, 2022-12-06) Yao, S.; Pan, Y.; Wang, L.; Şensoy, Ahmet; Cheng, F.
    Based on China’s mandatory requirement for listed firms to implement online voting in their annual general shareholder meetings, we investigate whether and how minority shareholders influence corporate environmental performance (CEP). We use the difference-in-difference approach and find that the implementation of online voting promotes minority shareholders’ participation in shareholder meetings, which, in turn, leads to improved CEP of listed firms. We discover that “local pollution” exposure and “the increasing awareness of listed firms’ environmental risks” are the main motives of minority shareholders concerning listed firms’ environmental performance. Furthermore, we find that the minority shareholders improve CEP of listed firms through influencing groups with greater bargaining power. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
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    Does corporate green innovation behaviour impact trade credit? Evidence from China
    (Elsevier Inc., 2023-09) Li, Chen; Şensoy, Ahmet; Song, Ce; Zhang, Mi
    We explore whether and how corporate green innovation influences enterprises’ access to trade credit. Using Chinese corporations listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges between 2014 and 2019 as the sample, we provide evidence that corporate green innovation can significantly enhance enterprises’ trade credit accessibility. This finding remains robust after undertaking various robustness checks. Channel analysis shows that upstream suppliers’ competition intensified by downstream buyers’ green innovation behaviours serves as a crucial linkage between corporate green innovation and trade credit. Heterogeneity analyses indicate that the augmenting impact of green innovation on trade credit accessibility is more pronounced in non-state-owned enterprises, large-size firms, and enterprises with high analyst coverage. Our findings contribute to the literature concerning both corporate green innovation and trade credit, and support enterprises and policymakers to promote green innovation, improve financing conditions, and drive sustainable development.