The aim of the study was to find out impact of green finance on sustainability of Indian manufacturing companies. Using a method of moment quantile regression (MMQR) model and unique data set of 105 manufacturing companies covering the period of 2016–2023. We found that green finance influences sustainability levels from negative to positive across lower to higher quantiles, with values ranging from ? 0.96 to 0.94, signifying its effectiveness in improving a company's sustainability. These findings provide practical insights for regulators, investors, and financial institutions to enhance the use of green finance, thereby facilitating the shift to sustainable business practices. This study emphasizes the transformational potential of green finance, contributing to the debate on sustainable development and providing a practical approach for incorporating environmental goals into business structures.

Entrepreneurship research constantly evolves, making a comprehensive understanding of current trends necessary. This study addresses this need through a systematic literature review (SLR) following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) framework. The study explores the evolving research landscape in entrepreneurship by analyzing 88 articles published from the earliest available to the present, retrieved across databases including SCOPUS, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Research Gate. The research identifies factors influencing entrepreneurial development and growth and bridges the knowledge gap regarding entrepreneurial attitudes and their impact. This study provides a comprehensive perspective by examining research approaches, methodologies, geographic focus, data collection techniques, and prominent journals. Researchers further explored the antecedents and outcomes of entrepreneurship research, analyzed author demographics, and investigated the research timeframes. This approach provides a rich understanding of the current state of entrepreneurship research by identifying themes in the research area. It offers valuable insights for policymakers and researchers, particularly those seeking to illuminate the role of entrepreneurial mindsets and governance in economic growth

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The study aims to unravel the impact of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) scores on the firm’s market performance of polluting companies. Moreover, the study also finds out moderating effect of green initiatives. The study’s population consisted of 67 companies that were chosen from the list of polluting companies given by the Central Pollution Control Board of India for the post-COVID-19 timeframe of 2020–2023. Regression analysis was conducted to analyze the relationship between the variables. The results indicate that the performance of ESG will improve the financial performance of the company. In most cases, the results suggest that firms with heightened ESG performances have better market performance. Furthermore, the results show that there is no moderating effect of green initiatives. This study’s findings have important implications for stakeholders. The examination’s findings should help managers understand the state of ESG and financial market performance after the coronavirus crisis, as well as the relationship between FP and ESG responsibility fulfilment. The study has significant practical implications that may help managers create plans and guidelines for implementing and improving ESG scores to maximize performance. Population was the major limitation of the study.

The objective of the study was to understand the phenomenon of green finance in polluting companies through a systematic literature review. The methodology involves the search, selection, classification, and categorization of thirty-five articles on green finance in polluting companies which were analyzed for the time span of eleven years, i.e., 2011–2022. The outcome of the review identified the following five themes: (i) green credit and environmental protection; (ii) green finance and green innovation; (iii) green innovation and environmental protection; (iv) green finance and investment; and (v) green innovation and firm performance. The review has put forward recommendations for further advancement in policy strengthening and the utilization of extensive data analysis, indicating potential avenues for future research and development. The findings of the study provide insights to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers about the status of green finance in polluting companies.

Objectives: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a turmoil in the health-care delivery system and challenged consumers' sense of well-being. This study examines the evolving consumer expectations and explores the key interventions that health-care providers can employ to increase engagement with consumers and prepare organisations to cope with post-pandemic challenges. Materials and Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 715 randomly selected patients visiting three secondary diabetes care centres across Andhra Pradesh - Vijayawada, Tenali and Tirupati between December 2020 and January 2021. We collected participants demographic data and history of comorbidities. Results: During lockdown, 59.3% of the respondents were concerned about health management, 63.9% expressed fear of contracting infections while visiting hospitals. Majority (70%) did not prefer visiting hospitals treating COVID-19 patients, while 18.3% reluctantly consider only if COVID-19 ward was kept isolated. Measures such as wearing personal protective equipment sanitisation and thermal screening and social distancing in outpatient settings/waiting areas were demanded by 89.7%, 84.5% and 60% of respondents, respectively. Concurrently, there is an increasing trend (from 2.8% to 24.9%) in teleconsultation. About 31.7% show an inclination to continue teleconsultations even after COVID-19 era with 51.7% recognising telemedicine as a time-saving option. Among interested patients (54%) with no prior experience of telemedicine, 41.5% reported concerns due to lack of technical equipment and improper training. About 23.1% were skeptical of effective personalised treatment. Sample collections at home (75.3%), home monitors (63.3%), medication delivery (47.3%) and telemedicine (31.7%) are preferred choices. Conclusion: On a real-time basis, participants are willing to share their health status-related data with their healthcare team. Succumbing to the worldwide COVID-19 experience, both health-care providers and patients need to adopt and devise a 'new normal', a paradigm for addressing both health-care providers' and patients' requirements.

Generally, the interest of stakeholders is to see the growth of their entities, also they benchmark their entities through business performance metrics or tools like return on equity, return on assets (Mishra & Kapil, 2018), earnings per share, gross profit margin, employee productivity, sales turnover, ratings given by prominent credit rating agencies, such as Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA), Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL), Standard and Poor, etc. In addition to this, internal governance mechanisms, board of directors’ characteristics, their independence, transparency, concentration, and presence of employees in the ownership structure also influence financial and stock market performance (Braendle, Stiglbauer, Ababneh, & Dedousis, 2020). However, assessing the performance of entities through some of these limited angles is not always possible. One more criterion for assessing the performance of entities is corporate governance rating (CGR). However, it is not widely used as a tool to assess a firm’s performance in emerging markets. The present research paper is intended to address the scenario of corporate governance rating in Indian corporate world to assess a firm’s performance. With the help of majorly secondary sources of data, this study was conducted from 2003 to 2021 based on the CRISIL’s rating pattern. The results revealed that only 20 companies adopted the process of corporate governance rating. The findings showed the significance of corporate governance rating, its adoption and future research in the development of the rating mechanisms in India as well as in other emerging markets.

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