KIMEP University

About: KIMEP University is a education organization based out in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Corporate governance & Government. The organization has 185 authors who have published 426 publications receiving 5098 citations.

Do board sustainability committees contribute to corporate environmental and social performance? The mediating role of corporate social responsibility strategy

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of board sustainability committees on environmental and social performance and to examine the mediating effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy on the relationship between the presence of board sustainability committees and corporate sustainability performance. Using data of U.K. listed firms for the period of 2009–2016, the study employs panel regression analysis and bootstrapping techniques to test study hypotheses. The results suggest that the presence of a sustainability committee improves the effectiveness of CSR strategies. The results also indicate that firms with effective CSR strategies exhibit better environmental and social performance. Further, the empirical results show that the effectiveness of CSR strategy explains the positive relationship between board sustainability committees and corporate environmental and social performance, thus supporting the theoretical framework of the study. The findings of the study shed new light on this research direction and could be of interest to board members, managers, practitioners, investors, policy makers, and regulators that plan to promote sustainability practices and strategies needed for sustainable development.

Chi-Squared Goodness of Fit Tests with Applications

Abstract: "Chi-Squared Goodness of Fit Tests with Applications" provides a thorough and complete context for the theoretical basis and implementation of Pearson's monumental contribution and its wide applicability for chi-squared goodness of fit tests. The book is ideal for researchers and scientists conducting statistical analysis in processing of experimental data as well as to students and practitioners with a good mathematical background who use statistical methods. The historical context, especially Chapter 7, provides great insight into importance of this subject with an authoritative author team. This reference includes the most recent application developments in using these methods and models. Systematic presentation with interesting historical context and coverage of the fundamentals of the subject. Presents modern model validity methods, graphical techniques, and computer-intensive methods. Recent research and a variety of open problems. Interesting real-life examples for practitioners.

Integrated models of capital adequacy – Why banks are undercapitalised

Abstract: With the majority of large UK and many US banks collapsing or being forced to raise capital over the 2007-9 period, blaming bankers may be satisfying but is patently insucient; Basel II and Federal oversight frameworks also deserve criticism. We propose that the current methodological void at the heart of Basel II, Pillar 2 is filled with the recommendation that banks develop fully integrated models for economic capital that relate asset values to fundamental drivers of risk in the economy to capture systematic eects and inter-asset dependencies in a way that crude correlation assumptions do not. We implement a fully integrated risk analysis based on the balance sheet of a representative Eurobank using an economic scenario generation model calibrated to conditions at the end of 2007. Our results suggest that the more modular, correlation-based approaches to economic capital that currently dominate practice will have led to an undercapitalisation of banks, a