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Corporate reporting provides insight into companies' commitment to gender equality
Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Thompson, Philipp … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 3/4, pp. 32-39
useful signal to outside stakeholders of how serious companies are about gender equality. …
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Gender quotas in the board room and firm performance : evidence from a credible threat in Sweden
Tyrefors, Björn; Jansson, Joakim - 2017 - This version: 2017-04-05
Board room quotas have recently received an increasing amount of attention. This paper provides novel evidence on firm performance from an exogenous change in female board participation in Sweden. We use the credible threat, aimed at listed firms, of a quota law enacted by the Swedish deputy...
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Introduction : Indispensable and Other Myths: Why the CEO Pay Experiment Failed and How to Fix It
Dorff, Michael B. - 2014
Prodded by economists in the 1970s, corporate directors began adding stock options and bonuses to the already-generous salaries of CEOs with hopes of boosting their companies' fortunes. Guided by largely unproven assumptions, this trend continues today. So what are companies getting in return...
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Gender quotas in the board room and firm performance: Evidence from a credible threat in Sweden
Tyrefors Hinnerich, Björn; Jansson, Joakim - 2017
Board room quotas have recently received an increasing amount of attention. This paper provides novel evidence on firm performance from an exogenous change in female board participation in Sweden. We use the credible threat, aimed at listed firms, of a quota law enacted by the Swedish deputy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917041
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Impact of Gender Diversity on Indian Firm's Financial Performance
Racheal - 2018
Gender diversity has tremendously gained attention in the corporate world both among policy makers and researchers …. This is because it has been believed that gender diverse board brings different perspectives of idea to the board which … enhances the firm financial performance. The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of gender diversity on Indian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914096
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Gender Quotas in the Board Room and Firm Performance : Evidence from a Credible Threat in Sweden
Tyrefors, Björn - 2017
Board room quotas have recently received an increasing amount of attention. This paper provides novel evidence on firm performance from an exogenous change in female board participation in Sweden. We use the credible threat, aimed at listed firms, of a quota law enacted by the Swedish deputy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958385
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Dancing with the Stars : How Talent Shapes Firm Performance
Eriksen, Bo H. - 2012
In spite of the attention that attracting and retaining talent receives, little is known about effective talent management. What is the impact of talent on firm performance, among which employee types should firms build talent and do complementarities between employee talent and firm resources...
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Feminist firms
Bennett, Benjamin; Erel, Isil; Stern, Léa; Wang, Zexi - 2019
We explore how lowering labor market frictions for female workers affects corporate performance. Using the staggered adoption of state-level Paid Family Leave acts, we provide causal evidence on the value created by relieving frictions to accessing female talent, for private and public firms....
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Top management team diversity impact on financial performance : evidence from VW group affiliated firms
Velinov, Emil - In: Financial internet quarterly 19 (2023) 3, pp. 1-15
such as gender, age, ethnicity, and educational background. The analysis unveils distinct patterns of impact. Gender …
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Organizational Culture and Firm Performance : A Reflection of Theory, Research and Practice
Dasgupta, Mayuk - 2014
Organizational culture has been studied widely by researchers over the past three decades and the literature on Organizational Culture is vast and diverse. This paper intends to find answers to certain questions such as: 'how does culture evolve in the organization?' and 'Can culture really...
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