720 research outputs found
Women on corporate boards and corporate performance: Systematic literature review and global empirical evidence
No full textThis thesis seeks to improve existing knowledge of the determinants and role of women on corporate boards (WOCBs) around the world. This is done by conducting the following three separate, but closely related studies: (i) a major systematic review of the existing theoretical and empirical literature on the determinants and role of women on corporate boards; (ii) analysis of the factors that influence the presence of WOCBs; and (iii) an investigation of the effect that WOCBs have on environmental performance. The first study provides a comprehensive systematic literature review (SLR) of the existing research on WOCBs and corporate outcomes. The sample includes 634 mixed, qualitative, quantitative and theoretical studies conducted in over 100 countries from more than 10 disciplines (e.g., accounting, business and economics) from 1981 to 2019 and published in 270 top-ranked journals. The study shows that a large number of existing studies are descriptive and/or they draw on single rather than multi-theoretical perspectives. This study also finds that existing studies have focused on firm-level rather than country-level antecedents of WOCBs and lacked qualitative, mixed-methods and crosscultural/country studies. It also outlines opportunities for future WOCBs research. The second study examines how national culture (NC) and national governance quality (NGQ) affects the appointment of women on corporate boards and the moderating role of NGQ on the relationship between NC and the presence of female directors based on institutional and social role theories. Using data relating to 647 companies located in 78 countries from 2010 to 2017, the findings of this study suggest that the impact of NC on the appointment of WOCBs depends on each national cultural dimension and the extent to which female directors are present on the board. Furthermore, it shows that NGQ has a strong positive influence on the appointment of WOCBs, and although NGQ has a moderating effect on the NC–WOCBs nexus, this relationship depends on each national cultural dimension and the extent to which women directors are present on the board. Following similar analysis, and based on neo-institutional theory, the third study tests how women directors affect environmental performance (ENVIP) and moderate the trade-off between ENVIP and financial performance, as well as whether NGQ and NC can explain the differences in the relationship between WOCBs and ENVIP among countries. Using data relating to 2,179 companies located in 48 countries from 2010 to 2017, this study finds that WOCBs have significant and positive impact on ENVIP, but they do not affect the trade-off between ENVIP and financial performance. It shows that the level of the moderating role of NC and NGQ in the link between WOCBs and ENVIP depends on each national cultural dimension and the extent to which female directors are present on the board
Board gender diversity and firm-level climate change exposure: a global perspective
No full textThis study examines the association between board gender diversity and firm-level climate change exposure. Using a global sample of 14,685 firm-year observations covering 2469 firms across 63 countries from 2000–2021, we find that firms with more gender-diverse boards are likely to exhibit lower climate change exposure. The results remain after we decompose the exposure into three components: exposures to opportunity, physical (e.g., sea level rises), and regulatory shocks (e.g., carbon taxes, cap and trade markets). Our critical mass analysis further confirms that boards with at least two female directors start having such a significant effect
NGUYEN DU’S PERCEPTION ABOUT CHINA UNDER THE QING DYNASTY THROUGH BAC HANH TAP LUC
No full textNguyen Du (1765-1820), with courtesy name To Nhu, poetic name Thanh Hien, and other pseudonym Hong Son Liep Ho, was born into the noble Nguyen clan of Tien Dien village in central Vietnam. Many of his family members served in high positions in the imperial mandarin system of the Le-Trinh dynasty. Inheriting honors from his father, Nguyen Du was bestowed the titles: Hoang Tin Great Man, Guard Commandant of Origin, and Thu Nhac Count. Therefore, deep within his conscience, Nguyen Du always felt indebted to the Le dynasty. However, the rapid replacement of the Le-Trinh by the Tay Son and then by the Nguyen dynasty during the chaotic years of the eighteen century seriously challenged his beliefs and emotions, pushing him into a reclusive lifestyle during his reluctant service to the Nguyen dynasty. In the 12th year of Gia Long (1813), Nguyen Du was appointed the mission leader on a yearly tribute trip to China, during which he wrote a collection of poetry titled “Bac hanh tap luc” (Trivial Notes on the Northward Trip). His “trivial notes” revealed his complicated thinking and feelings about the Chinese landscape, people and culture under the rule of the Jiaqing emperor. This article analyzes Nguyen Du’s rational and emotional perceptions of China, especially Chinese culture as implied in “Bac hanh tap luc”, to better understand a case of direct interaction of a Vietnamese Confucian scholar with imperial China
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam
No full textOstrowski, Sabrina, Do, Dang Trong, Le, Minh Duc, Ngo, Hanh Thi, Pham, Cuong The, Nguyen, Truong Quang, Nguyen, Van Thi Hong, Ziegler, Thomas (2020): A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4789 (1): 171-203, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.
Women on corporate boards and corporate financial and non-financial performance: a systematic literature review and future research agenda
No full textThis paper provides an up-to-date and comprehensive systematic literature review (SLR) of the existing research on women on corporate boards (WOCBs) and corporate financial and non-financial performance. The aim is to synthesise and extend current understanding of both the existing (i) theoretical (i.e., economic, psychological and social) perspectives and (ii) empirical evidence on the (a) multi-level (i.e., individual-, social-, firm- and country-level) antecedents of WOCBs, and (b) the effects that WOCBs have on a wide range of corporate financial and non-financial performance. We achieve this by adopting a three-step SLR approach to analyse/review one of the largest SLR datasets to be employed to date, consisting of 634 mixed, qualitative, quantitative and theoretical studies conducted in over 100 countries from more than 10 disciplines (e.g., accounting, finance, economics and governance) from 1981 to 2019 and published in 270 top-ranked journals. Our findings are as follows. First, a large number of existing studies are descriptive and/or they draw on single rather than multi-theoretical perspectives. Second, existing studies have focused on firm-level rather than country-level antecedents of WOCBs. Third, observable methodological limitations include the dearth of qualitative, mixed-methods and cross-cultural/country studies. Finally, we outline opportunities for future WOCBs research
Spatial regulation of RBOHD via AtECA4‐mediated recycling and clathrin‐mediated endocytosis contributes to ROS accumulation during salt stress response but not flg22‐induced immune response
No full textVarious environmental stresses can induce production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) to turn on signaling for proper responses to those stresses. Plasma membrane (PM)-localized respiratory burst oxidase homologs (RBOHs), in particular RBOHD, produce ROS via the post-translational activation upon abiotic and biotic stresses. Although the mechanisms of RBOHD activation upon biotic stress have been elucidated in detail, it remains elusive how salinity stress activates RBOHD. Here, we present evidence that trafficking of PM-localized RBOHD to endosomes and then its recycling back to the PM is critical for ROS accumulation upon salinity stress. ateca4 plants that were defective in recycling of proteins from endosomes to the PM and clc2-1 and chc2-1 plants that were defective in endocytosis showed a defect in salinity stress-induced ROS production. In addition, ateca4 plants showed a defect in transient accumulation of GFP:RBOHD to the PM at the early stage of salinity stress. By contrast, ateca4 plants showed no defect in the increase in the ROS level and accumulation of RBOHD to the PM upon flg22 treatment as wild-type plants. Based on these observations, we propose that factors involved in the trafficking machinery such as AtECA4 and clathrin are important players in salt stress-induced, but not flg22-induced, ROS accumulation. © 2021 Society for Experimental Biology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.11Nsciescopu
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No full textSupplemental material, sj-pptx-2-sci-10.1177_00368504221148843 for Evolutionary analysis and expression profiling of the HSP70 gene family in response to abiotic stresses in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) by Nam Tuan Vu, Ngoc Bich Thi Nguyen, Hanh Hong Ha, Linh Nhat Nguyen, Ly Han Luu, Ha Quang Dao, Trinh Thi Vu, Hue Thu Thi Huynh and Hien Thu Thi Le in Science Progress</p
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No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-3-sci-10.1177_00368504221148843 for Evolutionary analysis and expression profiling of the HSP70 gene family in response to abiotic stresses in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) by Nam Tuan Vu, Ngoc Bich Thi Nguyen, Hanh Hong Ha, Linh Nhat Nguyen, Ly Han Luu, Ha Quang Dao, Trinh Thi Vu, Hue Thu Thi Huynh and Hien Thu Thi Le in Science Progress</p
Supplemental Material - Increase in human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis prevalence and incidence among men who have sex with men, vietnam 2015 – 2020
No full textSupplemental Material for Increase in human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis prevalence and incidence among men who have sex with men, vietnam 2015 – 2020 by Ha Thi Thanh Nguyen, Ly Thuy Nguyen, Ha Thi Thanh Hoang, Duc Hoang Bui, Huong Thi Thu Phan, Nghia Van Khuu, Hanh Thi Hong Ngo, Duc Anh Dang, Ali Mirzazadeh, Willi McFarland and Thang Hong Pham in International Journal of STD & AIDS</p
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