Switzerland. Swiss firms are mainly located in two cultural areas, the German and French speaking parts of Switzerland. Swiss …. Although we only find few differences, we observe that board composition is significantly driven by language-related factors … importantly, however, boards of these two parts of Switzerland are more likely to be structured as in their respective neighboring …

landscape of Switzerland provides. Within a single institutional framework (e.g., Swiss federal corporate law), we use language … (German and French) and religion (Roman Catholicism and Protestantism) as proxies for culture. These groups share a distinct …We investigate the effect of culture on corporate governance using the extraordinary opportunity that the corporate …

Switzerland. Swiss firms are mainly located in two cultural areas, the German and French speaking parts of Switzerland. Swiss …. Although we only find few differences, we observe that board composition is significantly driven by language-related factors … importantly, however, boards of these two parts of Switzerland are more likely to be structured as in their respective neighboring …

Publikation untersucht diese Fragestellungen anhand der Daten der Erhebung zur Sprache, Religion und Kultur (ESRK) aus dem Jahr …? Und decken sich diese Sprachwünsche mit dem Sprachgebrauch in den Unternehmen der drei Sprachregionen der Schweiz? Diese … Wünsche, eine Sprache aus beruflichen Gründen zu lernen. Das letzte Kapitel widmet sich dem Gebrauch des Englischen am Arbeits­platz. …

religion and national culture characteristics on the level of corporate risk-taking around the world and the channels through … influence of religion on corporate risk-taking is not felt, unlike when the main shareholder is an individual or a family. …