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Paulo Bento
University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal

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Journal article
Published: 06 July 2021 in SAGE Open
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This research investigates the corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting for banking industry in Nordic countries and China, and compares the convergence and disparity of disclosed CSR information across these two regimes. The study encompasses a sample of eight largest commercial banks by total assets in Nordic countries and China over a 5-year period of 2013–2017. We employ a disclosure index approach to assess the contents of CSR reporting based on eight categories and a total of 60 CSR indicators. The results indicate that Nordic banks have a higher overall disclosure level of CSR information than Chinese banks, and significantly ahead of their counterparts with respect to the international commitment, and a wider coverage of addressing stakeholders’ needs. In contrast, CSR reporting in Chinese banks put greater emphasis on national public policy and philanthropic activities. Nevertheless, all sample countries share a convergence on underlining the importance of complying with applicable laws and regulations. The study findings assert that the convergence and disparity of CSR reporting across countries is relevant to pre-existing socio-political institutions the firms can rely on. This research probes into an unexplored research territory by comparing the CSR reporting between banks from a so-called Nordic business-society model and a Confucian-tradition model. Hence, it entails some important policy prescriptions for the concerned administrators and corporate practitioners in the sample countries.

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Minghui Yang; Petra Maresova; Ahsan Akbar; Paulo Bento; Weixi Liu. Convergence or Disparity? A Cross-Country Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting for Banking Industry in Nordic Countries and China. SAGE Open 2021, 11, 1 .

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Minghui Yang, Petra Maresova, Ahsan Akbar, Paulo Bento, Weixi Liu. Convergence or Disparity? A Cross-Country Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting for Banking Industry in Nordic Countries and China. SAGE Open. 2021; 11 (3):1.

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Minghui Yang; Petra Maresova; Ahsan Akbar; Paulo Bento; Weixi Liu. 2021. "Convergence or Disparity? A Cross-Country Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting for Banking Industry in Nordic Countries and China." SAGE Open 11, no. 3: 1.

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Published: 14 October 2019 in Sustainability
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This research is carried out in the backdrop of increasing product quality and environmental degradation scandals associated with Chinese Pharmaceuticals in recent years. We examined the data of 125 Chinese Pharmaceuticals between 2010–2016 to investigate the impact of overall corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance as well as the performance on five unique aspects of CSR such as shareholders, employees, customers and suppliers, environmental practices, and the society to gauge the impact of these individual dimensions on the firm’s financial performance. The Hexun rating system is used to gauge a firm’s CSR performance on various stakeholder dimensions as it is one of the widely accepted CSR measurement criteria in China. The firm performance is measured by Tobin’s Q, return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), and earnings per share (EPS) ratios. The outcome of the panel-based regression models reveals that the overall CSR score has a positive and significant influence on a firm’s financial indicators. Moreover, although all the CSR dimensions relate positively to firm performance, the environmental aspect of CSR has the most profound impact on firm performance followed by customers and suppliers, and employees. However, the shareholders and social dimensions have a relatively lesser influence on firm performance. These results imply that Chinese Pharmaceuticals shall further optimize each aspect of CSR performance as it can not only create a favorable brand image for various stakeholders but also results in sustainable financial performance.

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Minghui Yang; Paulo Bento; Ahsan Akbar. Does CSR Influence Firm Performance Indicators? Evidence from Chinese Pharmaceutical Enterprises. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5656 .

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Minghui Yang, Paulo Bento, Ahsan Akbar. Does CSR Influence Firm Performance Indicators? Evidence from Chinese Pharmaceutical Enterprises. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (20):5656.

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Minghui Yang; Paulo Bento; Ahsan Akbar. 2019. "Does CSR Influence Firm Performance Indicators? Evidence from Chinese Pharmaceutical Enterprises." Sustainability 11, no. 20: 5656.

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Published: 01 August 2018 in Cities
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Assessing quality of life (QoL) in urban areas is considered a difficult endeavor. Some of the main reasons for this difficulty are directly related to the complexity inherent in the multiplicity of criteria that must be considered in such an evaluation, as well as the subjectivity intrinsic to the issue under study. This complexity hinders the development of models capable of reflecting the performance of different urban environments in terms of their QoL. This study sought to overcome some of the more common limitations of current evaluation methods, by combining cognitive mapping and the measuring attractiveness by a categorical based evaluation technique (MACBETH), to develop a more informed, coherent and transparent evaluation system. The resulting framework and its application were validated both by the participating panel of experts and a representative of the parliamentary group of the Portuguese ecologist party “The Greens”. The advantages and limitations of our framework are also subject of analysis and discussion. It is worth noting that the whole process assumes a constructivist stance, allowing both objective and subjective elements to be combined in the decision-making framework.

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Patrícia A.M. Faria; Fernando A.F. Ferreira; Marjan S. Jalali; Paulo Bento; Nelson J.S. António. Combining cognitive mapping and MCDA for improving quality of life in urban areas. Cities 2018, 78, 116 -127.

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Patrícia A.M. Faria, Fernando A.F. Ferreira, Marjan S. Jalali, Paulo Bento, Nelson J.S. António. Combining cognitive mapping and MCDA for improving quality of life in urban areas. Cities. 2018; 78 ():116-127.

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Patrícia A.M. Faria; Fernando A.F. Ferreira; Marjan S. Jalali; Paulo Bento; Nelson J.S. António. 2018. "Combining cognitive mapping and MCDA for improving quality of life in urban areas." Cities 78, no. : 116-127.

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Published: 03 April 2018 in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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The tourism sector has experienced remarkable growth over the past few years. Its relevance to the economy of a wide range of countries has made it the subject of analysis of researchers and tourist destination managers alike; in part, due to the increasing competition among tourist destinations. Interest has thus emerged in the design, development and application of methodologies that might allow the competitiveness of tourist destinations to be evaluated. Notwithstanding, many studies reveal shortfalls with regard to the definition and weighting of evaluation criteria. By combining knowledge- and experience-based techniques (i.e. cognitive mapping and the measuring attractiveness by a categorical based evaluation technique (MACBETH)), this study follows a socio-technical approach, aiming to create a consistent evaluation index for tourist destinations, as a measure of their competitiveness. Grounded on a real-world application, the results were validated both by a panel of experts and the head of one of the largest travel agencies operating in Portugal, and show that cognitive mapping allows the cause-and-effect relationships between determinants of tourist destination competitiveness to be better understood, while MACBETH introduces realism into the calculation of the respective trade-offs. The limitations and managerial implications of the system created are also discussed.

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Elias G. Carayannis; Fernando A.F. Ferreira; Paulo Bento; João J.M. Ferreira; Marjan S. Jalali; Bernardo M.Q. Fernandes. Developing a socio-technical evaluation index for tourist destination competitiveness using cognitive mapping and MCDA. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2018, 131, 147 -158.

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Elias G. Carayannis, Fernando A.F. Ferreira, Paulo Bento, João J.M. Ferreira, Marjan S. Jalali, Bernardo M.Q. Fernandes. Developing a socio-technical evaluation index for tourist destination competitiveness using cognitive mapping and MCDA. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2018; 131 ():147-158.

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Elias G. Carayannis; Fernando A.F. Ferreira; Paulo Bento; João J.M. Ferreira; Marjan S. Jalali; Bernardo M.Q. Fernandes. 2018. "Developing a socio-technical evaluation index for tourist destination competitiveness using cognitive mapping and MCDA." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 131, no. : 147-158.

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Published: 27 July 2017 in International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology
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As interest in sustainability-related issues has increased over recent years, so too has urban sustainability risen to the fore, in academic, practitioner, and policymaking circles alike. Urban sustainability requires a balance between environmental concerns, the economy, and social development in urban areas. However, over the years, there has been an exponential increase in urban density, accompanied by increased economic activity and high levels of consumption, which have hindered urban planning and made the sustainable management of urban areas more difficult. It has therefore become increasingly necessary to combine the interests of the various stakeholders involved in – or affected by – urban planning measures, in order to achieve a balance between their needs, those of the environment and future generations, and the need for economic development. Sustainability evaluation models can in this sense be considered a baseline condition for sustainable development. However, most existing evaluation systems present limitations in terms of criteria identification and the calculation of the respective trade-offs. To address these issues, the current study aims to combine cognitive mapping and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to prioritize the determinants of sustainable development in urban areas. The advantages and limitations of our proposal are also analyzed.

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Inês D. S. Fernandes; Fernando Ferreira; Paulo Bento; Marjan S. Jalali; Nelson Antonio. Assessing sustainable development in urban areas using cognitive mapping and MCDA. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 2017, 25, 216 -226.

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Inês D. S. Fernandes, Fernando Ferreira, Paulo Bento, Marjan S. Jalali, Nelson Antonio. Assessing sustainable development in urban areas using cognitive mapping and MCDA. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 2017; 25 (3):216-226.

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Inês D. S. Fernandes; Fernando Ferreira; Paulo Bento; Marjan S. Jalali; Nelson Antonio. 2017. "Assessing sustainable development in urban areas using cognitive mapping and MCDA." International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 25, no. 3: 216-226.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
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Chunbo Wang; Paulo Bento; Lu Yin. Determinants of Emerging Technology Commercialization: Empirical Evidences from MEMS Technology. International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2017, 5, 124 .

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Chunbo Wang, Paulo Bento, Lu Yin. Determinants of Emerging Technology Commercialization: Empirical Evidences from MEMS Technology. International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2017; 5 (6):124.

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Chunbo Wang; Paulo Bento; Lu Yin. 2017. "Determinants of Emerging Technology Commercialization: Empirical Evidences from MEMS Technology." International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 5, no. 6: 124.

Journal article
Published: 22 February 2016 in International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
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Entrepreneurship, and individuals’ predisposition toward entrepreneurial activities in particular, i.e. Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation (IEO), has been gaining increasing relevance in academia and management practice alike. Understanding IEO is a critical element not only for its promotion, but for better and more informed managerial and investor decision making as well. As such, this study proposes a new framework for understanding and measuring IEO based on the integrated use of cognitive mapping and the interactive multiple criteria decision making (TODIM) method. We present the steps for building such a framework, as well as a practical application of these steps. The results are promising: the methodology applied allowed a large number of determinants of IEO and their relationships to be mapped; and, subsequently, ranked and weighted for the creation of an IEO measurement tool. The implications of the resulting framework for theory and practice, its limitations and possibilities for further research are also discussed.

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Fernando A. F. Ferreira; Marjan S. Jalali; Paulo Bento; Carla S. E. Marques; João J. M. Ferreira. Enhancing individual entrepreneurial orientation measurement using a metacognitive decision making-based framework. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal 2016, 13, 327 -346.

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Fernando A. F. Ferreira, Marjan S. Jalali, Paulo Bento, Carla S. E. Marques, João J. M. Ferreira. Enhancing individual entrepreneurial orientation measurement using a metacognitive decision making-based framework. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. 2016; 13 (2):327-346.

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Fernando A. F. Ferreira; Marjan S. Jalali; Paulo Bento; Carla S. E. Marques; João J. M. Ferreira. 2016. "Enhancing individual entrepreneurial orientation measurement using a metacognitive decision making-based framework." International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal 13, no. 2: 327-346.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2015 in Journal of Business Research
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Fernando Ferreira; Carla Marques; Paulo Bento; João J.M. Ferreira; Marjan S. Jalali. Operationalizing and measuring individual entrepreneurial orientation using cognitive mapping and MCDA techniques. Journal of Business Research 2015, 68, 2691 -2702.

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Fernando Ferreira, Carla Marques, Paulo Bento, João J.M. Ferreira, Marjan S. Jalali. Operationalizing and measuring individual entrepreneurial orientation using cognitive mapping and MCDA techniques. Journal of Business Research. 2015; 68 (12):2691-2702.

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Fernando Ferreira; Carla Marques; Paulo Bento; João J.M. Ferreira; Marjan S. Jalali. 2015. "Operationalizing and measuring individual entrepreneurial orientation using cognitive mapping and MCDA techniques." Journal of Business Research 68, no. 12: 2691-2702.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2014 in Global Economics and Management Review
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Paulo Bento; Ralitza Nikolaeva; Ana Simaens; Nathan Berg; Jorge Lengler. Why Global Economics and Management Review? Global Economics and Management Review 2014, 19, 1 -2.

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Paulo Bento, Ralitza Nikolaeva, Ana Simaens, Nathan Berg, Jorge Lengler. Why Global Economics and Management Review? Global Economics and Management Review. 2014; 19 (1-2):1-2.

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Paulo Bento; Ralitza Nikolaeva; Ana Simaens; Nathan Berg; Jorge Lengler. 2014. "Why Global Economics and Management Review?" Global Economics and Management Review 19, no. 1-2: 1-2.