ESG and Value Creation from a Corporate Finance Perspective

Integrating Sustainability into Financial Strategy
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-032-03146-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 181 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 457 g

Reihe: Sustainable Finance

This book offers a rigorous examination of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) integration within corporate finance, bridging key gaps in existing academic research. The author reframes ESG not as a peripheral concern, but as a strategic imperative in contemporary corporate value creation. Drawing on recent theoretical advances and empirical findings, it analyses how ESG factors influence capital costs, financial performance, risk management, and long-term competitiveness for companies. The book is an essential reading for researchers and finance scholars wanting to deepen their knowledge on the topic. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Quintiliani, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen Externes Rechnungswesen, Rechnungslegung, Bilanzierung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Risikobewertung, Risikotheorie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Betriebliches Energie- und Umweltmanagement
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- ESG principles and conceptual foundations.- ESG metrics, indices and financial instruments.- ESG factors and firm financial performance.- Capital structure, risk management and ESG strategies.- Literature review (years: from 2020 to 2025 - journal: indexed Scopus & WOS).- Empirical studies and applications.- Final reflections on ESG and corporate finance.

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Quintiliani is Assistant Professor of Corporate Finance at the University of "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara, Department of Management and Business Administration (Italy). He has held several academic positions, including Full Professor and Researcher in Financial Intermediation and Corporate Finance. His research focuses on corporate finance, the bank-firm relationship, internal credit rating systems,business valuation, and financial sustainability.