This chapter examines the link between board diversity and firm financial performance for a sample of Dutch listed companies during the recent financial crisis. We examine seven dimensions of diversity: nationality diversity, gender diversity, diversity with respect to the level of education,...

It was everyone's worst nightmare; the spectre of systemic collapse. And this time, everyone was in it together. The complexity of modern financial instruments was one obvious culprit. Centuries old legal principles, such as the notion of "insurable interest", were also cast aside; old fashioned...

The recent financial crisis has led to a loss of trust in the quality of corporate governance worldwide. Among other reforms, the European Commission (EC) currently intends to regulate board diversity (at first gender diversity) by quota as companies did not voluntarily meet the EC's...

In the wake of the recent crisis in European banks, we investigate the influence of board diversity on both financial fragility and performance in European listed banks. We believe that different governance mechanisms may influence female representation in Europe. Moreover, we believe that...

Due to the weak financial and governing abilities of the state in many rural areas of India, SHGs have become one of the major means to financially manage the village-based issues. This paper examines the role of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in managing village-level financial and education crises in...