The CSR perspective: Interplay of technological innovation, ethical leadership and government regulations for sustainable financial performance

• Yongming Zhu,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Henan, China

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• Muhammad Salman ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: salman.muhammad2017@yahoo.com

  Affiliation School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Henan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3855-3749

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• Saima Kiran,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Henan, China

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• Faisal Sajjad,

  Roles Software, Validation

  Affiliation School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China

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• Muhammad Sibt-e-Ali,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation School of Business, Zhengzhou University, Henan, China

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• Shahid Sherwani,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Henan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4857-1470

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• Muhammad Wajid Kamran

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Henan, China

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