Essays about: "Business law and women"
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1. An Empirical Study About Young People's Risk Preferences and Determinants Affecting them
University essay fromAbstract : In this report, the aim was to investigate what determinants or associations may affect an individual’s choice when facing different risk-related prospectus. Through surveys based on previous literature, a study on a sample of 119 respondents, containing students from the School of Business, Economics, and Law in Gothenburg was done. READ MORE
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2. Exploring the STEM Gender Ratio
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Abstract: The gender-equality paradox is the phenomenon of finding more developed, egalitarian countries generally experience higher gender equality while, for example, having a relatively low share of female graduates from STEM fields in tertiary education. The presence of the paradox in several developed egalitarian countries indicates that the female share of STEM graduates must be influenced by other than gender inequality. READ MORE
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3. Consequences of Corporate Quotas : A quantitative study of the effects of boardroom gender quotas on German companies’ attention to gender equality
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Despite global progress on gender equality, women continue to be underrepresented in politics and business. One widely debated policy measure aimed at tackling this issue is statutory gender quotas for the boards of directors of listed companies – so-called corporate quotas – which have been adopted in more than a dozen countries worldwide, yet remain understudied in the gender and politics literature. READ MORE
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4. Are Gender Board Quotas Effective? A Synthetic Control Method Analysis of the Italian Case.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The lack of women in leadership positions in the corporate sector is widespread throughout Europe. In this thesis, I study the efficacy of the Italian Gender Board Quota law no. 120/2011 in reducing such disparity in the Italian context. READ MORE
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5. Overt and covert practices of gender (in)equality at the workplace in Scandinavian companies in Ukraine
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Based on ethnographic data, this study sheds light on gender (in)equality in Scandinavian workplaces in Ukraine. More specifically, the study aims to investigate how managers in Scandinavian companies in Ukraine present and legitimize company-practices in relation to gender equality. READ MORE