Una revisión de la investigación de Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) con informes de sostenibilidad: conjunto de datos 1999-2020

This review paper aims to identify the main areas of studies in the field of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) research with sustainability reports. Using a bibliometric analysis, this study evaluated 955 published documents retrieved from the Scopus database to find a research review structure on GRI with sustainability topics from 1999 to 2020 by utilizing the bibliometric package in VOSviewer and Harzing’s Publish or Perish. This paper examined the most effective journals, authors, countries, institutions, subject area, keywords, citation, co-authorship, co-citation, bibliographic coupling, and co-occurrences networks. Also, this paper demonstrated the intellectual structure of the research and perceived obstacles to growth in the literature. The results show that the trend of publications has been growing over the past 20 years. This study offers a comprehensive understanding and publication of past studies trends and suggests that it will be a much greater number of articles in this field over the next decade which help the future direction of researchers in this area.Este trabajo tiene como objetivo identificar las principales áreas de estudio en la investigación de Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Mediante un análisis bibliométrico, este estudio evaluó 955 documentos publicados recuperados de la base de datos Scopus para encontrar una estructura de revisión de la investigación sobre GRI con temas de sostenibilidad desde 1999 hasta 2020 utilizando el paquete bibliométrico de VOSviewer y Publish or Perish de Harzing. Este trabajo examinó las revistas, autores, países, instituciones, área temática, palabras clave, citación, coautoría, co-citación, acoplamiento bibliográfico y redes de co-ocurrencias más eficaces. Asimismo, este trabajo demostró la estructura intelectual de la investigación y los obstáculos percibidos para el crecimiento de la bibliografía. Los resultados muestran que en los últimos 20 años la tendencia de las publicaciones ha ido en aumento. Este estudio ofrece una comprensión global y la publicación de las tendencias de los estudios anteriores y sugiere que habrá un número mucho mayor de artículos en este campo durante la próxima década

The role of entrepreneurial orientation and social capital toward technology innovation among SMEs in Kurdistan

The emergence of the fourth industrial revolution has made fundamental changes to technology, industries, and societal patterns and processes. SMEs are familiarizing themselves with new technological innovations to adapt to the current shifts. SMEs significantly contribute to economic progress by creating jobs, generating revenue, reducing poverty, and launching new ventures, especially in developing economies. However, the contribution of the SMEs in Kurdistan is limited due to the weak capacity to produce technological innovations and the inability to execute manufacturing processes effectively. So, the study aims to investigate the impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation (EC) and Social Capital (SO) on the Technological Innovation (TI) of Kurdistan SMEs in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. This study used the resource-based theory as the underlying theory for its presumptions, and its model was constructed using self-administered questionnaires. Three hundred forty-four business owners participated in this study, yielding a response rate of 68%. The results of the current study showed that social capital and entrepreneurial orientation both significantly and positively affect technological innovation. The study will contribute to technology innovation adoption among small industrial companies in Kurdistan and reduce potential setbacks for technology adoption, highlighting externally generated knowledge of entrepreneurial orientation and social capital

Generate FAIR Literature Surveys with Scholarly Knowledge Graphs

Reviewing scientific literature is a cumbersome, time consuming but crucial activity in research. Leveraging a scholarly knowledge graph, we present a methodology and a system for comparing scholarly literature, in particular research contributions describing the addressed problem, utilized materials, employed methods and yielded results. The system can be used by researchers to quickly get familiar with existing work in a specific research domain (e.g., a concrete research question or hypothesis). Additionally, it can be used to publish literature surveys following the FAIR Data Principles. The methodology to create a research contribution comparison consists of multiple tasks, specifically: (a) finding similar contributions, (b) aligning contribution descriptions, (c) visualizing and finally (d) publishing the comparison. The methodology is implemented within the Open Research Knowledge Graph (ORKG), a scholarly infrastructure that enables researchers to collaboratively describe, find and compare research contributions. We evaluate the implementation using data extracted from published review articles. The evaluation also addresses the FAIRness of comparisons published with the ORKG

Corporate governance, corporate social responsibility reporting and firm performance in ASEAN-4 countries / Sahar E-Vahdati

The growing interest of association between corporate governance (CG) and firm performance has been apparent with most of the research focus on the direct relationship between them. Paying attention to corporate social responsibility reporting (CSRR) from the perspective of developed and developing countries cause some ambiguity about the direct relationship of CG-firm performance. The reason might be due to the indirect effect of CSRR on this association. This study advances the previous research by considering the mediating role of CSRR through investigating CG mechanisms association namely CEO duality, board diversity, and institutional ownership with firm performance in four ASEAN countries; Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines. Due to the probably different influence of CSRR for CG-firm performance in each of these four ASEAN countries, the current research also contributes a literature through investigating moderating effect of the country for the mediating role of CSRR in the CG-firm performance association. To achieve these, the researcher conducts a pooled data sample based on 264 ASEAN firms. The examination of the longitudinal data involves firms using GRI (global reporting initiatives), as CSR international initiatives, for their CSR reporting during 2011 to 2013. Results from SEM analysis through SPSS AMOS 21 show only institutional ownership as CG dimensions that affects firm performance. Total CG, deriving of summed up CG mechanisms, also has a positive effect on firm performance. In addition, the findings of path data analysis show that the existence of CEO and chairman as the same person and also total CG increases CSRR. It is also found that CSRR has a direct positive effect on short-term firm performance and direct negative influence on long-term firm performance. The presence of CSRR as a mediator indicates that there is no effect of CSRR as a mediator for CG dimensions and financial performance. However, there is a mediation effect of CSRR, when total CG is taken as one variable with firm performance link. Moreover, According to the findings of multi group analysis in explaining the moderating effect of the country on the relationship between CG mechanisms and firm performance with CSRR as a mediator, there is a significant difference with the presence of country variable as a moderator for the mediation effects of these countries. Findings from this study may serve as guidance for authorities in enhancing the existing regulation and enforcement on corporate governance, CSRR. The findings could also be beneficial for multinational companies working in developing countries to further conceptualize the importance of CSRR insights when looking into corporate governance determinants in relation to firm performance. Overall, the current research contributes to the extended legitimacy and institutional theories by using new institutional theory in the context of Asian countries that possesses different legitimation and religions in applying corporate governance and CSRR unlike that of the western developed countries

Una revisión de la investigación de Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) con informes de sostenibilidad: conjunto de datos 1999-2020: A Review of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Research with Sustainability Reporting: 1999-2020 dataset

This review paper aims to identify the main areas of studies in the field of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) research with sustainability reports. Using a bibliometric analysis, this study evaluated 955 published documents retrieved from the Scopus database to find a research review structure on GRI with sustainability topics from 1999 to 2020 by utilizing the bibliometric package in VOSviewer and Harzing’s Publish or Perish. This paper examined the most effective journals, authors, countries, institutions, subject area, keywords, citation, co-authorship, co-citation, bibliographic coupling, and co-occurrences networks. Also, this paper demonstrated the intellectual structure of the research and perceived obstacles to growth in the literature. The results show that the trend of publications has been growing over the past 20 years. This study offers a comprehensive understanding and publication of past studies trends and suggests that it will be a much greater number of articles in this field over the next decade which help the future direction of researchers in this area.Este trabajo tiene como objetivo identificar las principales áreas de estudio en la investigación de Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Mediante un análisis bibliométrico, este estudio evaluó 955 documentos publicados recuperados de la base de datos Scopus para encontrar una estructura de revisión de la investigación sobre GRI con temas de sostenibilidad desde 1999 hasta 2020 utilizando el paquete bibliométrico de VOSviewer y Publish or Perish de Harzing. Este trabajo examinó las revistas, autores, países, instituciones, área temática, palabras clave, citación, coautoría, co-citación, acoplamiento bibliográfico y redes de co-ocurrencias más eficaces. Asimismo, este trabajo demostró la estructura intelectual de la investigación y los obstáculos percibidos para el crecimiento de la bibliografía. Los resultados muestran que en los últimos 20 años la tendencia de las publicaciones ha ido en aumento. Este estudio ofrece una comprensión global y la publicación de las tendencias de los estudios anteriores y sugiere que habrá un número mucho mayor de artículos en este campo durante la próxima década

A Moderated Mediation Model for Board Diversity and Corporate Performance in ASEAN Countries

Despite the major investigations in prior studies for direct links among board diversity and corporate performance, the literature has not covered many indirect associations among them. This article analyzes the association between board diversity (gender and foreigner) and corporate performance by focusing on the mediating role of corporate social responsibility reporting (CSRR) and the moderated mediation role of South East Asian (ASEAN) countries through new institutional theory, which consists of legitimacy and institutional theories. According to a sample of 264 corporates from all industries by using GRI G3 guideline from 2011 to 2013, we found that foreign and gender diversity have partial and full mediation effects in ASEAN countries. The main conclusion of the current article indicates that board diversity affects directly with corporate performance and indirectly with CSRR through moderated path analysis. The implications are valuable for academics, managers, and policy makers who are interested to determine the impact of intervening variables on the board diversity and corporate performance relationship in ASEAN countries

The Literature Landscape of Covid-19 and Socio-Economic Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

This study reviews the literature on COVID-19 and socio-economic studies to identify current research areas and suggest ways forward through bibliometric analysis of 426 published documents retrieved from the Scopus database concerning COVID-19, scientific and socio-economic research in the year 2020. The findings reveal that the pandemic affected the socio-economic domain through the imposed social distancing, applied based on different severity levels in various countries. This study shows that the most common keyword used in titles, abstracts and author keywords is “COVID-19”. Twoauthored documents have the highest number of total publications. The top affiliations are the University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The United States is the top country in terms of total publications. The findings highlighted the increase in stress levels in the healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic and the necessity of scientific research to help scholars understand the various socio-economic impacts of this crisis. The most influential aspects of research are virus and protein interaction maps and the effects of the pandemic on economics and psychology. The main search stream is COVID-19 and its effects on health. This study has practical implications for policymakers and governments in implementing social policies to reduce anxiety in social situations among households and protect public health