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...

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...