Abstract The European Commission has recently proposed the introduction of legally
binding quotas for women on corporate boards of European companies. This proposal has …

Companies have been encouraged by policy to place women on board and top
management positions. Proposals from regulators and governance reforms explicitly stress …

In recent years, there has been an ongoing, worldwide debate about the representation of
females in companies. Our study aimed to meta-analytically investigate the controversial …

Assessing the role of diversity in corporate governance has attracted growing interest. In
addition, significant relationships are expected between diversity dimensions and firm …

This paper analyzes the determinants of women's representation on boards of directors
based on a panel of all privately owned or listed Danish firms with at least 50 employees …

Abstract The European Commission has proposed that member countries develop their
national self-regulation and governance initiatives to increase the number of women on …

Despite a large body of literature examining the relationship between women on boards and
firm financial performance, the evidence is mixed. To reconcile the conflicting results, we …

A number of studies have found little economic impact of board gender diversity on firm
performance. We return to this issue in the context of large European firms. Our contribution …

In recent years, several countries have enacted guidelines and/or mandatory laws to
increase the presence of women on the boards of companies. Through these regulatory …

In this article, we use a sample of Norwegian quoted companies in the period of 2001–2010
to explore whether the gender quota requiring 40% female directors on corporate boards …