The European Union becomes from day to day more integrated unit. With the loosening of the labour market the organizations in the EU encounter increased diversity of employees, i.e. characteristics of the humans, by which they differ from each other. As the diversity management process depends...

The COVID19 pandemic is changing the face of Europe. Member States' divergent responses to this crisis unveils lack of unity in the face of a humanitarian catastrophe. At best, this undermines the effectiveness of health protection within the EU. At worst, it risks breaking up the Union...

The widespread assumption that ‘Europe must speak to China with one voice' misses important advantages of the EU's divided sovereignty structure. European states frequently secure economic benefits from China while deflecting Beijing's demands for reciprocal policy concessions off to Brussels....

This paper explores new data sources on multi-lateral trade in films among EU countries and with the US in offline cinema and in online video-on-demand (VoD) distribution. We observe variations in trade patterns across countries and films and explore how they affect cultural diversity. We find...

This study explores the relationship between board diversity and firm performance for a sample of companies listed in Italy, France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom. We consider different dimensions of diversity, both demographic (gender, age and nationality diversity) and cognitive or...

Facing major external and internal challenges (climate change, redistribution of power in the world economy, increased EU complexity following the Eastern enlargement etc), the European Union needs to overhaul its budget, observing some basic principles such as: solidarity, interdependence of...

How to manage a growing cultural and religious diversity with its origin in human mobility across the globe is a pressing theme in Europe. A process of shrinking tolerance of diversity in favour of the imposition of prohibitions of certain acts grounded in culture is now observed. Both female...

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...