Abstract: Are female top managers paid less than their male counterparts? Is the gender gap higher in male … the figure-head (CEO), there is strong pay discrimination at the level of the other top managers. These female executive …

performance measures used in the contract.We also find that the power of incentives in the contract is only indirectly related to …

mitigating agency problems between managers and shareholders.We find that both the CEO's industry-adjusted monetary compensation …

This paper gives a survey of insights into inter-firm alliances and networks for innovation, from a constructivist … myopia that, for the sake of innovation, needs to be complemented by means of outside relations with other firms, at larger … cognitive distance. Hence the importance of networks for innovation.On the governance side, the paper gives a review of …

The process of innovation is driven by two main factors: new inventions and institutions supporting the transformation …

This paper uses a cognitive theory of firms and organizations, with a focus on learning and innovation.Here, cognition …, concerning the role of other human resources than managers in organizational learning, problems of conflicts of interest and … collaboration between firms, for learning and innovation, in the combination of capabilities between rather than within the firm …

This paper examines the relationship between competition, innovation and productivity for the Netherlands. We use … innovation data from Community Innovation Survey with accounting data to link innovative activities with performance at the … through more innovation. Nonetheless, there exists an inverted U- curve between competition and innovation for the Netherlands …