Publicação
Gender diversity in corporate governance and its effect on financial performance: a study on FTSE-MIB listed companies
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Sociais : Economia e Gestão | pt_PT |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Leite, António Nogueira | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cammarata, Marco | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-10T10:51:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-11-10T10:51:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | I examine the presence of women in Italian corporate boards after the inception of the Act 120/2011 by the Italian Government. I considered all the directors of the 40 companies listed in the FTSE – MIB index in 2015 and analyze the implications of gender diversity in corporate boards. Furthermore I study the correlation between gender diversity and financial performance. Different conclusions can be extrapolated from my analysis. My study shows a statistical significance between the presence of female directors in a company and its Return on Asset (ROA) in two different periods. The analysis led to the existence of a statistical significance between ROE and the percentage of female directors in administration boards. Finally I did not find any significant relation between Profit Margin and a diverse boards | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.tid | 201524066 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10362/19332 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Corporate governance | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Performance | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Gender diversity | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Correlation | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Gender diversity in corporate governance and its effect on financial performance: a study on FTSE-MIB listed companies | pt_PT |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | masterThesis | pt_PT |
| thesis.degree.name | A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics. | pt_PT |