Download or read book Gender Diversity in Corporate Governance and Top Management written by Claude Francoeur and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article examines whether and how the participation of women in the firm's board of directors and senior management enhances financial performance. We use the Fama and French (1992, 1993) valuation framework to take the level of risk into consideration, when comparing firm performances, whereas previous studies used either raw stock returns or accounting ratios. Our results indicate that firms operating in complex environments do generate positive and significant abnormal returns when they have a high proportion of women officers. Although the participation of women as directors does not seem to make a difference in this regard, firms with a high proportion of women in both their management and governance systems generate enough value to keep up with normal stock-market returns. These findings tend to support the policies currently being discussed or implemented in some countries and organizations to foster the advancement of women in business.

Download or read book Corporate Governance and Diversity in Boardrooms written by Barbara Sveva Magnanelli and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores diversity in boardrooms to highlight the link between the heterogeneous dimensions of board diversity and their impact on the firms. The book provides a brief definition of corporate governance and focuses on the role and functions of the board of directors. The work contributes to the literature enriching the empirical findings about board diversity. After a deep review of the literature within several theoretical frameworks, such as agency, stakeholder, stewardship, resource dependence, and the institutional theory, the focus moves on the impact on financial performance. The board diversity effects are tested through an empirical analysis conducted on a sample of European listed companies, performing both a single and a joint diversity index analysis. Practitioners and academics will find this book particularly timely and useful as it combines both a review of the literature and robust empirical investigation. It will be an excellent reading for academics and practitioners interested in firm performance, corporate governance and stakeholder theory.

Download or read book Women on Corporate Boards and in Top Management written by Colette Fagan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the international trends and associated developments in gender equality policy including corporate governance such as gender quotas. International comparative analysis is combined with detailed analysis of eight European countries with different policy regimes and trajectories.

Download or read book Gender and Corporate Governance written by Francisco Bravo-Urquiza and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender diversity as a corporate governance mechanism is high on the agenda for regulators, firms, and researchers. Particularly, gender board composition has received a great deal of attention in recent years. The theoretical foundations of the benefits associated with the inclusion of female directors on boards, how to measure gender diversity in the boardroom, and its real impact on board decisions and firm strategies remain hotly debated. Drawing on empirical data, this book summarises the current situation regarding gender board diversity and provides a concise overview of the most important concerns about this topic. This will be a vital tool to guide the future debate on gender diversity and corporate governance for researchers and advanced students, as well as regulators, policy makers and board members.

Download or read book The Bottom Line written by Catalyst and published by Catalyst. This book was released on 2004 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores whether there is a demonstrable connection between gender diversity and organizational financial performance.

Download or read book The Making of Economic Policy written by Avinash K. Dixit and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Making of Economic Policy begins by observing that most countries' trade policies are so blatantly contrary to all the prescriptions of the economist that there is no way to understand this discrepancy except by delving into the politics. The same is true for many other dimensions of economic policy. Avinash Dixit looks for an improved understanding of the politics of economic policy-making from a transaction cost perspective. Such costs of planning, implementing, and monitoring an exchange have proved critical to explaining many phenomena in industrial organization. Dixit discusses the variety of similar transaction costs encountered in the political process of making economic policy and how these costs affect the operation of different institutions and policies. Dixit organizes a burgeoning body of research in political economy in this framework. He uses U.S. fiscal policy and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) as two examples that illustrate the framework, and show how policy often deviates from the economist's ideal of efficiency. The approach reveals, however, that some seemingly inefficient practices are quite creditable attempts to cope with transaction costs such as opportunism and asymmetric information. Copublished with the Center for Economic Studies and the Ifo Institute

Download or read book Gender Diversity in the Boardroom written by Cathrine Seierstad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection provides a structured and in-depth analysis of the current use of quota strategies for resolving the pressing issue of gender inequality, and the lack of female representation on corporate boards. Filling the gap in existing literature on this topic, the two volumes of Gender Diversity in the Boardroom offers systematic overviews of current debates surrounding the optimisation of gender diversity, and the suggested pathways for progress. Focusing on sixteen European countries, the skilled contributors explore the current situation in relation to women on boards debates and approaches taken. They include detailed reflections from critical stakeholders, such as politicians, practitioners and policy-makers. Volume 1 focuses on eight European countries having adopted quotas and is a promising and highly valuable resource for academics, practitioners, policy makers and anyone interested in gender diversity because it examines and critiques the current corporate governance system and national strategies for increasing the share of women not only on boards, but within companies beyond the boardroom.

Download or read book Gender and Diversity Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 2045 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, gender inequality and diversity are at the forefront of discussion, as the issue has become an international concern for politicians, government agencies, social activists, and the general public. Consequently, the need to foster and sustain diversity and inclusiveness in the interactions among various groups of people is relevant today more than ever. Gender and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a critical look at gender and modern-day discrimination and solutions to creating sustainable diversity across numerous contexts and fields. Highlighting a range of topics such as anti-discrimination measures, workforce diversity, and gender inequality, this multi-volume book is designed for legislators and policy makers, practitioners, academicians, gender studies researchers, and graduate-level students interested in all aspects of gender and diversity studies.

Download or read book New Living Cases on Corporate Governance written by Martin Hilb and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique open access book features a selection of Living Cases on Corporate Governance, which were developed and compiled by chairpersons, members of the board of directors, and CEOs in various countries, working in close collaboration with prominent researchers. Each Living Case addresses a current issue that a given company or institution needs to resolve. For every Case, the goal is formulated by the researcher, in consultation with the client. The participants of internal or external board seminars, or university students, then work in teams to analyze the problem, develop an innovative and feasible solution, and summarize the most important lessons learned.

Download or read book Performance impact of female representation on boards and the top management written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2022-10-12 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject Business economics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: 1,3, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, course: Seminar Unternehmensethik, Corporate Governance, Controlling, language: English, abstract: Due to the under-representation of female directors within the top management and boards of organizations, many countries have introduced laws to challenge this development and encourage female representation in the highest echelons, for instance through the introduction of a female quota. While Norway (2003) and Spain (2007) have been the first countries that introduced such a quota, many other nations have followed. This development leads to the question whether female representation on boards and in the top management has an impact on company performance.

Download or read book The Role of Gender Diversity in Corporate Governance written by Terry Morehead Dworkin and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Women work No 2 Women on Boards Moving Beyond Tokenism written by Véronique Bourez and published by EuropeanPWN. This book was released on 2005 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Women in corporate boards A critical state of the art discussion written by Thorsten Wenke and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011-08-08 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich BWL - Unternehmensführung, Management, Organisation, Note: 1,7, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät), Veranstaltung: Corporate Ownership and Control, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Mittlerweile liegt der Anteil der weiblichen Universitätsabsolventen in den USA und der EU im Mittel bei ca. 60 %, doch sind Frauen im Top-Management bzw. dem board of directors mit ca. 10,5 % deutlich unterrepräsentiert (BIS 2011, 25). Daher sind insbesondere seit mehr als zehn Jahren vermehrt Forderungen von Seiten der Politik, wie auch von Seiten der Öffent-lichkeit nach einer Erhöhung des Frauenanteils insbesondere in der Unternehmensleitung/-überwachung wahrzunehmen. In der aktuellen wissenschaftlichen bzw. auch öffentlichen Diskussion werden zunehmend zwei verschiedene Argumentationsebenen vermischt. Zum einen wird eine stärkere Präsenz von Frauen in Vorständen und Aufsichtsräten (V/AR) aus Gleichstellungsgründen und der Forderung nach mehr Einbezug in die wirtschaftlichen Entscheidungsprozesse erhoben. In dieser gesellschaftspolitischen Sichtweise stellt ein höherer Frauenanteil einen Wert an sich dar. Zum anderen werden Argumente angeführt, dass Unternehmen mit stärkerer Repräsen-tanz von Frauen in Aufsichts-/Führungsgremien eine bessere Performance zeigen würden. In dieser betriebswirtschaftlichen Sichtweise wird hingegen eine Sicherung bzw. Qualitätssteige-rung der Unternehmensführung/-überwachung gesehen (BCCG 2010, 2786). Diese Diskussi-onen brachten noch kein Patentrezept hervor, weshalb auch alle Länder unterschiedlich mit diesem wirtschafts-, sozial- aber auch familienpolitischen Sachverhalt umgehen. In Deutsch-land haben sich infolge des öffentlichen und politischen Drucks sowie hinsichtlich Gleichbe-rechtigungsbestrebungen v. a. drei Lösungsmöglichkeiten herauskristallisiert. Zu diesen zäh-len gezielte Förderprogramme für Frauen, die Verabschiedung von Frauenquoten wie auch die Aufnahme von Diversity-Grundsätzen in die corporate governance codizes. Nun stellt sich die Frage, inwieweit diese im Rahmen guter corporate governance vorteilhaft sind. Diese reale und tagesaktuelle Problematik wird auch von den Wissenschaftlern/-innen ver-ständlicherweise emotional behandelt. Daher hat die vorliegende Arbeit den Anspruch, eine sachliche Diskussionsgrundlage darzustellen, in der versucht wird, sich der Thematik (gen-der) diversity allein auf Basis wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse sich anzunähern.

Download or read book Women on Corporate Boards of Directors written by Ronald J. Burke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both the practitioner and academic communities have voiced strong opinions regarding the progress of women in reaching the executive suite and the corporate boardroom. Proponents on each side of the current debate offer evidence suggesting the accuracy of their respective positions. One view holds: "The fight is over. The battle is won. Women are now accepted as outside directors in the preponderance of corporate boardrooms" (Lear, 1994: 10). An alternative perspective, however, suggests there is much progress left. An illustration of the type of remaining barriers is provided by T. J. Rodgers, chief executive officer (CEO) of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. , who has commented that "a 'woman's view' on how to run our semiconductor company does not help us" (Rodgers, 1996: 14). Regardless of where one falls along the spectrum anchored at one end by the view that women have made substantial progress in reaching the upper echelons of corporations and anchored at the other end by the view that women have barely begun to penetrate the "inner sanctum" of corporations, the central issue is the extent to which women have succeeded in cracking the proverbial "glass ceiling. " The glass ceiling is a metaphorical barrier which prevents women from attaining the upper-most organizational positions (e. g. , Karr, 1991; Morrison, White, Van Velsor, and the Center for Creative Leadership, 1992; Powell & Butterfield, 1994; U. S. Department of Labor, 1991).

Download or read book Board Directors and Corporate Social Responsibility written by S. Boubaker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-14 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume introduces readers to recent developments in the fields of board of directors and corporate social responsibility. It also provides new insights and perspectives on corporate governance practices in different countries.

Download or read book Getting Women on to Corporate Boards written by Silke Machold and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting Women on to Corporate Boards will prove an invaluable resource for policy-makers, principle-setters, practitioners and students interested in the international lessons from Norway, as well as for current and potential female directors.

Download or read book Women on Corporate Boards of Directors written by Susan Vinnicombe and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . . . a thorough and insightful examination of women on corporate boards of directors. . . I recommend the book as a read for practitioners, scholars, educators and others having an interest in human resource management. . . With its wealth of information, Women on Corporate Boards of Directors is a good addition to the extant literature that should represent an affordable value for the buyer. Mark Mone, Personnel Review After the first two chapters I was so absorbed I was almost reluctant to go to coffee and, as other coffee addicts will know, it is a rare book, especially a rare academic book that can make one careless in observing the customary coffee break. . . I found that the way this book is written helped me to reflect on much of the gender research that I am involved in currently because the questions raised are so searching and far-reaching. Once again, the chapter authors combine brevity with thoroughness and depth in their examination of the themes, which made this a very rewarding book because it takes you so far in your thinking in just 240 pages. . . I feel energised by the debates that the book has opened up for me. I have done research in this particular area, but I now feel that I have explored different perspectives and new depths and I am grateful to the editors for that. Marianne Tremaine, Gender in Management: An International Journal This timely collection of case studies and research from top academics around the world, will be of tremendous value to all those engaged in bringing about greater gender diversity in corporate boardrooms. Jacey Graham, Brook Graham LLP This book provides an excellent overview of contemporary international research and practice relating to women on corporate boards of directors. An important lesson learnt from this book is: rather than having only one or two competent and committed women on the boards of directors, an ideal number of three is not only the right thing but also the bright thing to do. Why? Research has documented a strong positive correlation between the share of board seats held by women and financial performance. Martin Hilb, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland There are still common barriers that women face across many countries that keep their representation on boards of directors low and relatively unchanging. I commend this excellent, outstanding book to both academics and business management constituencies, as well as individuals interested in serving on corporate boards. The authors should be congratulated for this important contribution to the literature. Marilyn Davidson, The University of Manchester, UK This important new book addresses the growing international interest in women on corporate boards of directors. The contributors explore the position of women on corporate boards and future trends in different countries including Australia, Canada, France, Iceland, Jordan, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Tunisia, the UK and the USA. They go on to report the latest research on the experiences and different contributions made by women directors on corporate boards. Issues discussed include: How women directors champion difficult issues and debates How women influence boardroom behaviour The contribution of women directors human and social capital Gendered experiences and the glass cliff The glass ceiling or a bottleneck? Networking to harness local power for national impact Women on board in best practice companies Whether critical mass makes a difference? Future directions for research. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors brings together the significant international research base with suggestions aimed at individuals aspiring to board membership, women and men currently serving on corporate boards, companies interested in attracting women to their boards, and government bodies wanting to identify the challenges and opportunities facing them as they consider various options for increasing women s representation on corporate