Does ESG implementation influence performance and risk in SMEs?
María Garrido‐Ruso,
Luis Otero‐González,
María‐Celia López‐Penabad
et al.
Abstract:The relationship between Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) activities and financial performance has been explored within large companies. The presence of these activities in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is still in its early stages in the literature, requiring further empirical evidence. Given the importance of SMEs in economy and based on Stakeholder Theory, a set of hypotheses regarding the influence of ESG on financial and risk performance has been tested using a sample of 538 Spanish SMEs. S… Show more
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