Research Topic: Human rights violations by companies are at the heart of the European Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD), which is an important piece of EU legislation that will require companies in the EU and third countries to …
Vicente Rios, Izaskun Barba, Lisa Gianmoena and Pedro Pascual have published their new article “Clearing the smog ceiling: The impact of women’s political empowerment on air quality in European regions” in the European Journal of Political Economy. Abstract This study …
Elisa Giuliani has published her new article “Making it right: socio-environmental conditionalities in regional industrial policies” in Progress in Economic Geography. Abstract This article discusses the need for heightened consideration of business-related human rights infringements in regional industrial policies. It …
Carolina Castaldi, Elisa Giuliani, Margaret Kyle and Alessandro Nuvolari have published their new article “Are intellectual property rights working for society?” in Research Policy. Abstract Intellectual property rights (IPRs) play a key role in increasingly intangible economies. At the same …
Vicente Rios, Mercedes Beltrán-Esteve, Lisa Gianmoena, Jesús Peiró-Palomino and Andrés J Picazo-Tadeo have published their new article “Quality of government and women’s political empowerment: Evidence from European regions” in Papers in Regional Science. Abstract This study examines the relationship between women’s political …
Giulia Romano and Lucio Masserini have published their new study “Pay-as-you-throw tariff and sustainable urban waste management: An empirical analysis of relevant effects” in Journal of Environmental Management. Abstract Sustainable waste management presents a critical global challenge, necessitating the development of strategies …
Yannick T. Wiessner, Elisa Giuliani, Frank Wijen and Jonathan Doh have published their article “Towards a more comprehensive assessment of FDI’s societal impact” in Journal of International Business Studies. Abstract Societal actors increasingly expect multinational enterprises (MNEs) to positively impact …
Elena Bruno, Giuseppina Iacoviello and Caterina Giannetti have published their article “Bank credit loss and ESG performance” in Finance Research Letters. Abstract We study the impact of ESGC scores on Non-performing loans (NPLs) for a sample of European listed banks …
Giulia Romano has been awarded the teaching grant “Progetti speciali per la didattica” by the University of Pisa for her project “Azionariato critico e attivismo degli investitori in grandi aziende e utility: una leva per il cambiamento”, in collaboration with …