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A Diverse View on Board Diversity
2023<div> Using a newly constructed comprehensive database spanning 2000-2022, we show that demographically diverse directors make a positive or neutral contribution to the professional diversity of US corporate boards. Such relations hold based on plausibly exogenous variations from the California gender quota and George Floyd shocks. <
Vyacheslav Fos, Wei Jiang, Huasheng Nie
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Board Diversity and Shareholder Voting
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020The lack of board diversity across gender and race has been one of the most controversial topics in corporate board governance in recent years. Given the central role that shareholders have in approving director appointments, we investigate whether shareholders value diversity on corporate boards by analyzing their voting patterns in director elections.
Ian D. Gow +2 more
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2022
Abstract The time is now to diversify boards of publicly traded companies in the United States. The U.S. has struggled to combat racism and sexism in businesses since the inception of modern companies. By requiring meaningful diversity at the board level, it will set the tone at the top for diversity throughout all levels of the ...
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Abstract The time is now to diversify boards of publicly traded companies in the United States. The U.S. has struggled to combat racism and sexism in businesses since the inception of modern companies. By requiring meaningful diversity at the board level, it will set the tone at the top for diversity throughout all levels of the ...
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Annual Review of Financial Economics, 2021
This article reviews existing research on board diversity. What role does diversity of board members play in board governance, and how does it influence firm behavior and firm value? First, given the recent focus on board diversity among institutional investors and regulators, we present stylized facts and time trends in board diversity.
Anzhela Knyazeva +2 more
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This article reviews existing research on board diversity. What role does diversity of board members play in board governance, and how does it influence firm behavior and firm value? First, given the recent focus on board diversity among institutional investors and regulators, we present stylized facts and time trends in board diversity.
Anzhela Knyazeva +2 more
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Board configuration: are diverse boards better boards?
Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society, 2006PurposeThe purpose of this research paper is to explore the proposition that diversifying the board in terms of gender, ethnicity or skill base may require consideration of the specific strategic environment of the organisation. The proposition arises from the question as to whether or not greater diversity in board configuration is desirable in ...
Van der Walt, Nicholas +3 more
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2016
This Research Spotlight provides a summary of the research literature on whether companies with diverse boards (in terms of background, gender, or ethnicity) exhibit better performance and governance quality than companies without diverse boards. It reviews the evidence of: The relation between diversity and corporate performance, the relation between ...
Larcker, David F., Tayan, Brian
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This Research Spotlight provides a summary of the research literature on whether companies with diverse boards (in terms of background, gender, or ethnicity) exhibit better performance and governance quality than companies without diverse boards. It reviews the evidence of: The relation between diversity and corporate performance, the relation between ...
Larcker, David F., Tayan, Brian
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2014
Examinations of public company board composition have focused on the absence of women but rarely on the absence of visible minorities. Given an increasingly diverse domestic population and increased participation of second-generation immigrants in the professional cadre, we think that board diversity, and in particular visible minority directors (VMDs),
Anand, Anita, Jog, Vijay
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Examinations of public company board composition have focused on the absence of women but rarely on the absence of visible minorities. Given an increasingly diverse domestic population and increased participation of second-generation immigrants in the professional cadre, we think that board diversity, and in particular visible minority directors (VMDs),
Anand, Anita, Jog, Vijay
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2020
The international literature has deepened the importance of analysing the composition of BoDs in order to understand their effectiveness and efficiency. Along this path of research, this chapter aims to investigate the board diversity reviewing the main contributes developed on this topic.
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The international literature has deepened the importance of analysing the composition of BoDs in order to understand their effectiveness and efficiency. Along this path of research, this chapter aims to investigate the board diversity reviewing the main contributes developed on this topic.
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Economic Thought journal, 2017
The paper examines the diversity on banks’ boards as an innovative tool to reduce the effects of the global crisis and a beginning of a long-term sustainable development worldwide. The expectations with regard to diversified boards are mainly associated with improving the quality of decisions, risk management methods and remuneration of executive ...
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The paper examines the diversity on banks’ boards as an innovative tool to reduce the effects of the global crisis and a beginning of a long-term sustainable development worldwide. The expectations with regard to diversified boards are mainly associated with improving the quality of decisions, risk management methods and remuneration of executive ...
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