12–13 February 2026 The First workshop of Laser Lab Spain will be a valuable opportunity to present and interface the Spanish scientific community working in the field of intense photonics with the ma...

<p>This study investigates whether top executive traits shape the appeal of environmentally oriented firms to institutional investors committed to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Using firms quoted on the Spanish Stock Exchange over the period 2018–2022, we analyzed how managerial narcissism and decision-making authority affect capital allocation toward green assets. The analysis further incorporated governance and demographic contingencies, including executive age and the existence of a dedicated CSR committee, as well as heterogeneity across investor locations and investment horizons. The empirical evidence indicated that elevated levels of CEO narcissism and power are associated with a lower propensity of responsible investors to hold green assets. This adverse relationship is particularly pronounced when corporate leadership is older, consistent with perceptions of weaker strategic alignment with sustainability-oriented innovation. By contrast, the presence of a CSR committee functions as a credibility-enhancing mechanism that offsets, and in some cases neutralizes, the detrimental influence of CEO traits on sustainable investment decisions. We found no systematic variation in these relationships across countries or between short- and long-term-oriented PRI investors. Overall, the findings advance the corporate governance and sustainable finance literature by highlighting how executive psychology and internal monitoring structures jointly condition investor responses to firms' environmental strategies.</p>

This session dives into a project by the University of Turku, funded by the European Media and Information Fund, tackles the pressing problem of unreliable scientific information permeating mainstream...

Surface acoustic waves have previously been used, in conjunction with electric currents and assisting magnetic fields, to manipulate magnetization. Here, Rivelles, Yanes, and coauthors succeed in driv...

Moiré superlattices formed at the interface between stacked 2D atomic crystals offer limitless opportunities to design materials with widely tunable properties and engineer intriguing quantum phases o...

Aurora Crego García estudió el Grado en Física (2016), el Máster en Física y Tecnología de los Láseres (2017), Máster en Animación Digital (2018) y Máster Universitario en Formación de Profesorado …