This volume covers the proceedings of the ZAFIN Finance and Sustainability conference, organized by the Wroclaw University of Economics in cooperation with the Corvinus University of Budapest and the University of Economics in Prague. The authors analyze a variety of issues related to recent finance problems, including corporate finance, public finance, monetary and fiscal policy issues, and risk management. The book also discusses topics related to sustainable finance, the transition to green economies, corporate sustainability and sustainable development. The target audience for this book includes researchers at universities and research and policy institutions, graduate students, and practitioners in economics, finance and international economics working for private or government institutions.

Autorentext

Karolina Daszyska-ygado is an assistant professor at the corporate finance department at Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland, where she also received her PhD in finance. Her major fields of research are corporate valuation, financial planning and corporate sustainability. 

Agnieszka Bem is an assistant professor at the Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland. She holds a master's degree and PhD in economics from the same university. Her main fields of research are public finance, health economics and financial management in non-profit organizations.

Bozena Ryszawska is an associate professor at the Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland, where she received her PhD in Economics in 1990. Her research includes energy economics, green economics and environmental economics. 

Erika Jáki is an assistant professor at the Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary, where she is also the leader of the venture capital research group and a member of the Responsible Business Education Board. Her research fields are behavioral corporate finance, venture capital and business planning, and internal audit at governmental owned investment companies. She is the internal auditor of three subsidies of the Hungarian Development Bank. She received her doctoral degree in business administration at CUB in 2013. 

Taána Hajdíková is an assistant professor at the University of Economics, Prague, faculty of management in Jindichv Hradec, where she also successfully completed her doctoral studies in the economics and management field. Her main research interest lies in the evaluation of financial performance, primarily for non-profit organizations.

Zusammenfassung

This volume presents the proceedings of the ZAFIN Finance and Sustainability conference, organized by the Wroclaw University of Economics in cooperation with Corvinus University of Budapest and the University of Economics in Prague. The contributing authors analyze a variety of issues concerning recent finance problems, including corporate finance, public finance, monetary and fiscal policy issues, and risk management. The book also addresses topics connected to sustainable finance, the transition to green economies, corporate sustainability and sustainable development. The target audience for this book includes researchers at universities and research and policy institutions, graduate students, and practitioners in economics and finance working for private or government institutions.

Inhalt

Driving public organisations towards sustainability.- Debt management of urban gminas on the example of the Silesian Voivodeship.- The Impact of Limiting Tax Costs for Expenditure on the Purchase of Intangible Services from Related Entities on the Level of Tax Charges.- Environmental aspects in Polish public procurement system.- Divestment from coal sector in response to higher risk assessment by insurance companies. Poland case study.- Sustainable management of commercial real estate in the context of investment performance.- Financial Aspects of the Common Agricultural Policy for the Environmental Sustainability of Polish Agriculture.- Transition to a green economy - programming for a low-carbon economy at the voivodeship level.- Fostering eco-innovation through smart specialization strategies and support of EU funds.- Risk management in innovative startups and the role of investors and business accelerators.- Local development as a function of budgetary policy and entrepreneurship.- Overall assessment of corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility - a map of responsibility.- System for Financing Investments in Renewable Energy Sources in Poland.- Selected errors made in economics, in research on global climate change.- Crowdfunding campaigns and success - A systematic literature review.- Literature review on the Governmental Venture Capital academic articles between 2000 and 2018.- Do Polish hospitals perform well? Selected aspects of financial performance.- Special Aspects of the Loan Agreement in the Conditions of the Slovak Republic.- Bill of exchange and its application problems in Slovak republic.- Selected aspects of custody of securities in the conditions of the Slovak Republic.- Liquidity of the European indices: the developed versus the emerging markets.- ESG Awareness and Perception in Sustainable Business Decisions: Perspectives of Indian Investment Bankers vis-à-vis selected European financial counterparts.- Influence of deregulation on sustainable development of sector of professional financial and accounting services in Poland an empirical study.- Private insurance and unmet health needs.- Can we own the energy transition? From policy to practice within the framework of psychological ownership theory.- Eco-labeling as a tool to implement the concept of corporate social responsibility - the results of a pilot study.- Corporate Social Responsibility Activities and The Firm's Value: The Case of Containers and Packaging Industry Sector.- Corporate social performance in construction industry in the search for added value.