Bradley R Barnes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5645477 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bradley R Barnes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bradley R |
| FAMILY NAME | Barnes |
| SIGNATURE | BARNES B R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Marketing, School of Business The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Can Credit Rating Changes Affect Corporate Carbon Emissions? Some Evidence From the S&P 500
Using panel data on US S&P 500 firms from 2012 to 2024, this study examines how credit rating changes affect corporate carbon performance. Drawing on the resource‐based view and prospect theory, we show that credit rating downgrades lead to a statistically and economically significant deterioration in emission reduction scores. Notably, a downgrade is followed by an average decline of about 1.8 points in the emissions score. In contrast, no signi…
Promoting sustainable human resource management by reducing recruitment discrimination
Equality is an indispensable component in achieving sustainable human resource management. This research addresses an important yet under‐researched global sustainable development issue—recruitment discrimination against immigrants (RDI). Using survey data on 2504 individual managers from 39 nations, we have found that voluntary association activity can reduce human resource managers' RDI by attenuating their out‐group distrust. Moreover, we offe…
Spatial Spillover Effects from Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam
This paper investigates the role of inter-firm interaction and geographical proximity in the determination of productivity spillover effects from foreign to domestic firms. We developed an estimation approach using the Spatial Durbin model and applied this to a firm-level dataset from Vietnam from 2000–2005. We found that productivity spillovers diminished when the distance between foreign and domestic firms increases and that interactions among …
Promoting sustainable human resource management by reducing recruitment discrimination
Equality is an indispensable component in achieving sustainable human resource management. This research addresses an important yet under‐researched global sustainable development issue—recruitment discrimination against immigrants (RDI). Using survey data on 2504 individual managers from 39 nations, we have found that voluntary association activity can reduce human resource managers' RDI by attenuating their out‐group distrust. Moreover, we offe…
Spatial Spillover Effects from Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam
This paper investigates the role of inter-firm interaction and geographical proximity in the determination of productivity spillover effects from foreign to domestic firms. We developed an estimation approach using the Spatial Durbin model and applied this to a firm-level dataset from Vietnam from 2000–2005. We found that productivity spillovers diminished when the distance between foreign and domestic firms increases and that interactions among …
Promoting sustainable human resource management by reducing recruitment discrimination
Equality is an indispensable component in achieving sustainable human resource management. This research addresses an important yet under‐researched global sustainable development issue—recruitment discrimination against immigrants (RDI). Using survey data on 2504 individual managers from 39 nations, we have found that voluntary association activity can reduce human resource managers' RDI by attenuating their out‐group distrust. Moreover, we offe…
Can Credit Rating Changes Affect Corporate Carbon Emissions? Some Evidence From the S&P 500
Using panel data on US S&P 500 firms from 2012 to 2024, this study examines how credit rating changes affect corporate carbon performance. Drawing on the resource‐based view and prospect theory, we show that credit rating downgrades lead to a statistically and economically significant deterioration in emission reduction scores. Notably, a downgrade is followed by an average decline of about 1.8 points in the emissions score. In contrast, no signi…
Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Bond credit rating (1 work) · Collectivism (1 work) · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (1 work) · Credit rating (1 work) · Credit risk (1 work) · Cultural Differences and Values (1 work) · Distrust (1 work) · Downgrade (1 work)