Die Frauenanteile in den Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen in Deutschland sind im vergangenen Jahr weiter gestiegen. In den 200 umsatzstärksten Unternehmen gab es im vierten Quartal des Jahres 2020 mit 101 Vorständinnen sieben mehr als ein Jahr zuvor. Hier wie auch in einigen anderen...

Der Frauenanteil in Aufsichtsräten großer Unternehmen in Deutschland ist in den vergangenen Jahren gestiegen. Wie dieser zweite Teil des DIW Managerinnen-Barometers 2021 zeigt, wirkt sich das deutlich positiv auf die Interaktion, Diskussion und Entscheidungsfindung in den Kontrollgremien...

In Deutschland leben über eine halbe Millionen Menschen mit der Diagnose Rheumatoide Arthritis (RA). Hierbei handelt es sich um eine entzündlich-rheumatische Erkrankung, die chronisch verläuft und meist die Gelenke betrifft. Viele der betroffenen Personen stehen im Arbeitsleben, sodass deren...

The proportion of women on the boards of large companies in Germany continued to increase during 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2020, there were 101 female executive board members in the 200 largest companies, seven more than in 2019. However, growth was slow, as it was in some of the other...

Over the past years, the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of major companies in Germany has increased. As this second report in the DIW Women Executives Barometer 2021 shows, this has a meaningful, positive impact on the supervisory boards of many companies, and affects interactions...

Firms often broadcast commitments to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices, but do these commitments reflect their internal practices? To find out, I introduce an inside measure of ESG practices from 10 million employee reviews via a word-embedding model. The measure predicts a...

This paper investigates whether the presence of advisory directors and monitoring directors varies across firm life cycle stages. We follow a parsimonious life cycle proxy based on the predicted behaviour of operating, investing, and financing cash flows across the different life cycle stages...

This paper examines the role of mutual funds in corporate social responsibility (CSR). Using a fund level holdings-based CSR score, we find that a mutual fund's CSR score is positively related to a firm's future CSR standings. This relationship is not just driven by high-CSR funds selecting...

Corporate culture is integral to business success, yet identifying when culture is misaligned with aspiration is challenging. This study shows a simple mechanism -- communicating culture consistently -- is linked to value creation. Using novel data from 300 U.S. banks reveals that the majority...