Full Description
This book explores issues related to green and sustainable finance which aims at the transformation of economies into a new, more sustainable model. It covers a variety of issues related to various financial areas, such as: corporate finance, public finance, monetary and fiscal policy, and risk management. The enclosed papers reflect the extent, diversity, and richness of research areas in the finance and sustainability fields, both fundamental and applied, and are beneficial to researchers, practitioners, scholars and policy makers in economics, finance, and international economics.
Contents
1. CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Activities and Impact on Firm Value: The Case of Technology Company Group.- 2. Financial determinants of development in the process of gmina management in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland.- 3. Objective assumptions for the Monte Carlo simulation when historical data with a desired interval have limited size.- 4. Is the situation of Polish public hospitals healthy? Indebtedness analysis.- 5. Insurance business cycles in liability insurance - the case of the Polish market.- 6. Quantitative easing and green bonds - should a central bank be involved in fostering transition towards low-carbon economy?.- 7. Sustainable Investments as Real Options.- 8. Procuring Socially Responsible Services Within Sustainability-driven Thessaloniki.- 9. Factors Affecting Bankruptcy Depending on the Size of the Company.- 10. Technology-oriented startups in the intersection of Industry 4.0, venture capital financingand business scaling.- 11. Key competencies of startup teams sought-after by investors.- 12. Trends and recommendations of the municipal spending policy in the context of social assistance benefits. Initial analysis.- 13. Sustainable Business Models in Healthcare: A scoping review of the quality and quantity of literature.- 14. Inequality in the distribution of specialist doctors. Evidence from Poland.- 15. Investment in the Polish real estate market - housing "beta" coefficient.- 16. The competitiveness of regions in Poland in 2009-2016.- 17. Drivers of Market Cartelisation on the Example of Bid-Rigging - Case Study.- 18. How do Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors impact on public finance performance? Risk, efficiency and public financial system perspectives.- 19. Capital asset prices in V4 countries.- 20. Innovative public procurement - An analysis of surveys conducted among contractors in Poland and the UK.
