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Women and Multiple Board Memberships: Social Capital and Institutional Pressure
No full textWe show unintended consequences of quota regulations to get women on boards. Board members may have different characteristics, and even among women, there are variations. We assume that the characteristics of the board members have an influence on their contributions to boards, to businesses as well as to society. In this paper, we argue that different types of societal pressure to get women on boards have an influence on the social capital characteristics of the women getting multiple board memberships. The paper is drawing on institutional theory and social capital theory, and we distinguish between mimetic, normative, and coercive types of pressure. Through a cluster analysis of 58 Italian “golden skirts”, we show that different types of societal pressure may lead to differences in social capital characteristics. The study has implications for the ongoing international debate about women and diversity on boards, and we propose developing a pressure theory for getting women on boards
Assetti proprietari e autonomia manageriale. Evidenze empiriche dal contesto italiano
No full textIl presente lavoro intende investigare la relazione che intercorre fra gli assetti proprietari e l’autonomia manageriale. A tal fine, dopo una ricognizione dei principali filoni di studio, rintracciabili nella letteratura economico-aziendale, è stata condotta un’indagine empirica su di un campione di società quotate nel mercato mobiliare italiano. I risultati empirici conseguiti forniscono interessanti spunti di riflessione per gli indirizzi di ricerca futuri, in quanto confermano i costrutti teorici analizzati
Private Equity, Earnings Management and Financial Disclosure. The Case of Venture-backed Firms in Italy
No full textPrivate Equity, Earnings Management and Financial Disclosure. The Case of Venture-backed Firms in Ital
CEO succession with gender change in troubled companies: The effect of a new woman CEO on firm risk and firm risk perceived
No full textThe replacement of the CEO is one of the first actions a troubled company may take to recover from a critical situation. In this paper, we analyze the change in firm risk and firm risk perception when women are replacing men as CEOs of troubled companies. The analyses are based on a comprehensive dataset covering all registered companies in Norway from 2005 to 2014. We argue that a new woman CEOs increase the chances of improving the risk situation of troubled companies. Building on CEO succession and social identity theories, we study the firm risk situation under the lenses of risk perception and firm risk, and we find that a newly appointed woman CEO, following a man, tend to decrease the level of risk of the company. Furthermore, we find counterbalancing effects on these changes given the moderation effect of women on the board
La dichiarazione non finanziaria in tema di governance: analisi di un campione di società quotate italiane
No full textCorporate Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance. The influence of board of directors and owner identity
No full textIn this book we propose to understand the elements that affect both board functions and their impact on Corporate Entrepreneurship. We highlight two key variables that influence boards’ entrepreneurial function and their involvement in Corpo- rate Entrepreneurship: board attributes and major shareholder type. To investigate how these elements draws on role of board and Corporate Entrepreneurship we apply agency theory, resource dependence theory and social network theory. We attempt to support our discussion with empirical evidence, using a multiple case studies method
Assetti proprietari e autonomia manageriale. Evidenze empiriche nel contesto italiano
No full textl presente lavoro intende investigare la relazione che intercorre fra gli assetti proprietari e l’autonomia manageriale. A tal fine, dopo una ricognizione dei principali filoni di studio, rintracciabili nella letteratura economico–aziendale, è stata condotta un’indagine empirica su di un campione di società quotate nel mercato mobiliare italiano. I risultati empirici conseguiti forniscono interessanti spunti di riflessione per gli indirizzi di ricerca futuri, in quanto confermano i costrutti teorici analizzati
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