We estimate short-term capital-market effects of unionization efforts at publicly-listed firms and their subsidiaries in the United States between 2011 and 2019. Our short-horizon event study reports significant negative average cumulative abnormal returns at the public announcement of...

Increasing the participation of women in top-level corporate boards is high on the agenda of policymakers. Yet, we know little about director appointment dynamics and the drivers and impediments of women appointments. This study builds on organizational and group-level behavior theories and...

Do unions protect workers from releasing or handling toxic waste? This paper studies the impact of organized labor on toxic waste management at US facilities between 1991 and 2020. If unions, as collective voice, bargain for worker benefits such as workplace safety and member health, their...

Increasing the participation of women in top-level corporate boards is high on the agenda of policymakers. Yet, we know little about director appointment dynamics and the drivers and impediments of women appointments. This study builds on organizational and group-level behavior theories and...

Do unions protect workers from releasing or handling toxic waste? This paper studies the impact of organized labor on toxic waste management at US facilities between 1991 and 2020. If unions, as collective voice, bargain for worker benefits such as workplace safety and member health, their...

Do unions protect workers from releasing or handling toxic waste? This paper studies the impact of organized labor on toxic waste management at US facilities between 1991 and 2020. If unions, as collective voice, bargain for worker benefits such as workplace safety and member health, their...

Increasing the participation of women in top-level corporate boards is high on the agenda of policymakers. Yet, we know little about director appointment dynamics and the drivers and impediments of women appointments. This study builds on organizational and group-level behavior theories and...

Nachhaltigkeitsmaßnahmen und Innovationstätigkeit gehen bei der Bewältigung neuer Herausforderungen Hand in Hand: Junge Unternehmen müssen flexibel auf Corona, Ukraine-Krieg und Umweltherausforderungen reagieren. Ein Fokus auf Nachhaltigkeit kann jedoch auch einen Wettbewerbsvorteil...