Estructura del consejo de administración y rendimiento de la empresa española cotizada

Gender policies on board of directors and sustainable development

“…We have considered the most active and largest companies that operate in the Spanish Stock Market, that is, the companies included in the IBEX35 Index, but omitting financial companies because these exhibit characteristics that make them very different from those of other sectors (Furlotti, Mazza, Tibiletti, & Triani, ; Rodríguez Fernández, Fernández Alonso, & Rodríguez Rodríguez, ; Gallego‐Álvarez, García‐Sánchez, & Rodríguez‐Domínguez, ; Jackling & Johl, ; Reverte, ). Therefore, the 28 nonfinancial companies which in August 2018 were included in the IBEX35 Index were analysed during the 15‐year period 2003–2017 regarding their GRI disclosure and during the 18‐year period 2010–2017 with regard to their inclusion in the DJS Index.…”

Company financial performance: Does board size matter? Case of the EUROSTOXX50 index

“…There are studies in samples of Eurozone countries that have found a positive relationship between size and profitability: Alves and Mendes (2004) in Portugal; Barroso et al (2009Barroso et al ( , 2010Fernández et al (1998);and Rodríguez Fernández et al (2013) in Spain. This has also been the case in international samples, or from countries outside Europe: Dalton et al (1999) and Larmou and Vafeas (2010) in international companies; Jackling and Johl (2009) and Raja and Kumar (2008) in India; Kiel and Nicholson (2003) in Australia; McIntyre et al (2007) in Canada; Reddy et al (2010) in New Zealand, and finally, Uadiale (2010) in Nigeria.…”

“…For the formulation of the hypotheses we will use as framework the work of Rodríguez Fernández et al (2013) where the authors compiled a comprehensive series of studies that related various structural characteristics of the board with company financial performance. Specifically, for board size they identified 12 studies where the relationship was positive, 8 where it was negative, and 5 where no relationship existed.…”

Ornithophily for the nonspecialist: Differential pollination efficiency of the Macaronesian island paleoendemicNavaea phoenicea(Malvaceae) by generalist passerines

“…In addition to its evolutionary distinctiveness, Navaea phoenicea is a threatened taxon (Rodríguez Núñez et al, 2004) with low population numbers. It is therefore important to ascertain the extent of reproductive success mediated by current flower visitors.…”