Analysis of a global survey of 21,980 firms from 91 countries suggests that the presence of women in corporate … fact that women increase a firm's skill diversity. Women's presence in corporate leadership is positively correlated with … quotas on firm performance, but they suggest that the payoffs of policies that facilitate women rising through the corporate …

Today women are still struggling to climb the corporate ladder. While existing gender studies have focused on … individual workers or C-suite executives, why men climb the corporate ladder faster than women remains a mystery. To fill this … the performance of frontline managers in a large sportswear retail chain. We observe a substantial performance gap between …