How can social responsibility enhance the green value of financial enterprises? Empirical research based on the qualitative comparative analysis method

Given the high revenues of financial enterprises, they should carry out their social responsibilities to contribute to sustainable social and economic development. The purpose of this study is to provide a more efficient strategy for China’s listed financial enterprises to improve their green value...

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Main Authors: Zhe Zhang, Qingjin Wang, Binbin Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1005768/full
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description Given the high revenues of financial enterprises, they should carry out their social responsibilities to contribute to sustainable social and economic development. The purpose of this study is to provide a more efficient strategy for China’s listed financial enterprises to improve their green value under the condition of realizing the optimal allocation of their resources in the future. To this end, the present study adopts the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis method on 26 domestic listed banks to examine the impact of social responsibility undertaking on the improvement of the green values of enterprises. The findings show that the promotion of green values of listed financial enterprises in China does not simply depend on a one-dimension social responsibility investment but requires a combination of multiple dimensions. Accordingly, policy recommendations are provided to help ensure the long-term development of financial enterprises while achieving sustainable economic development.
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spelling doaj.art-8307f05720d14537a18685d954624cfd2022-12-22T02:23:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2022-08-011010.3389/fenvs.2022.10057681005768How can social responsibility enhance the green value of financial enterprises? Empirical research based on the qualitative comparative analysis methodZhe Zhang0Qingjin Wang1Binbin Lu2School of Business, Qingdao University, Qingdao, ChinaSchool of Business, Qingdao University, Qingdao, ChinaSchool of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, ChinaGiven the high revenues of financial enterprises, they should carry out their social responsibilities to contribute to sustainable social and economic development. The purpose of this study is to provide a more efficient strategy for China’s listed financial enterprises to improve their green value under the condition of realizing the optimal allocation of their resources in the future. To this end, the present study adopts the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis method on 26 domestic listed banks to examine the impact of social responsibility undertaking on the improvement of the green values of enterprises. The findings show that the promotion of green values of listed financial enterprises in China does not simply depend on a one-dimension social responsibility investment but requires a combination of multiple dimensions. Accordingly, policy recommendations are provided to help ensure the long-term development of financial enterprises while achieving sustainable economic development.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1005768/fullfuzzy set qualitative comparative analysisgreen valuegreen developmentsocial responsibilityfinancial enterprises
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How can social responsibility enhance the green value of financial enterprises? Empirical research based on the qualitative comparative analysis method
Frontiers in Environmental Science
fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis
green value
green development
social responsibility
financial enterprises
title How can social responsibility enhance the green value of financial enterprises? Empirical research based on the qualitative comparative analysis method
title_full How can social responsibility enhance the green value of financial enterprises? Empirical research based on the qualitative comparative analysis method
title_fullStr How can social responsibility enhance the green value of financial enterprises? Empirical research based on the qualitative comparative analysis method
title_full_unstemmed How can social responsibility enhance the green value of financial enterprises? Empirical research based on the qualitative comparative analysis method
title_short How can social responsibility enhance the green value of financial enterprises? Empirical research based on the qualitative comparative analysis method
title_sort how can social responsibility enhance the green value of financial enterprises empirical research based on the qualitative comparative analysis method
topic fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis
green value
green development
social responsibility
financial enterprises
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1005768/full
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