Essays about: "Female CEO"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words Female CEO.
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11. Mandatory Gender Quotas vs. Voluntary Targets in Corporate Boards: Can we Expect Different Types of Women Being Hired? : Evidence from Norwegian and Australian Corporate Boards
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The objective of this study is to empirically investigate the differences in human capital profile of new appointed female directors to corporate boards as a result of mandatory quotas and voluntary targets. By exploring differences in age, and human capital differences in board tenure, executive experience (CEO, CFO), number of qualifications, and the number of directorships held by these women, this study contributes to the important and current international public policy decision debate on relevance and wisdom of adopting a mandatory gender quota or introducing voluntary targets. READ MORE
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12. Revealing the life above the ceiling - A study of the glass cliff in Sweden
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : We study the correlation between company performance and the selection of gender in 236 CEOs appointments in Sweden over the years 2005-2016. We seek to investigate whether the "glass cliff" is prevalent in Sweden, a phenomenon which states that female leaders are appointed to leadership positions associated with higher risk of failure to a larger extent than men. READ MORE
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13. Navigating the Gender Equality Maze: A study investigating how gender diversity reflects corporate value
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This thesis explores if corporate value can be created through increased gender diversity in top management and board positions, using a unique dataset of 209 companies listed on Nasdaq Stockholm between 2013 and 2016. Firstly, we aim to determine the effect of female inclusion in leading positions on corporate financial performance, estimated through accounting- and market-based measures. READ MORE
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14. Investors Trust and the Gender of Senior Executives: An empirical study of investors trust and whether it is dependent on the gender of the senior executives of a company
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This study examines whether investors’ trust in senior executives is dependent on the gender of these, by investigating the relationship between the gender of the CEO/CFO and investors perceived risk of investing in the company. To make the result more robust, we control for factors that are generally known to influence the size of the bid-ask spread, such as size, trading volume, sector and market-to-book ratio, as well as for personal characteristics. READ MORE
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15. Do investors care about gender? A study on stock market reactions to female CEO appointments in Scandinavia
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This paper studies the stock market reactions to the announcements of CEO successions, employing signaling theory and token status theory to highlight potential gender effects. Using a sample of 455 CEO succession events in Scandinavia between 2005 and 2016, we find that the investor reactions to female CEO appointments are significantly more positive than the investor reactions to male CEO appointments. READ MORE
