Gender Diversity in the Boardroom and Risk Management: A Case of R&D Investment

The Role of Enterprise Risk Management in Sustainable Decision-Making: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

“…Risk management and sustainability are interrelated [2,9,10,39]. Doyle et al propose that risk management provides an operational mechanism ensuring ethical and sustainable decision-making [26].…”

Financial Risk Management, Usage of Derivatives and Corporate Governance

“…Prabowo and Simpson (2011) find no significant effect of independent commissioners on firm performance and concluded that it might be due to lack of institution reform on independent commissioners. On the other hand, Wu and Li (2015) found that increase in board independence has reduced the occurrence of connected transactions and violations such as financial Board gender diversity has been promoted as a way to improve board effectiveness around the world (Chen, Ni, & Tong, 2016;Gordini & Rancati, 2017). Studies examining gender diversity found that female directors contribute to improve firm performance (Conyon & He, 2017, Perryman, Fernanda, & Tripathy, 2016) and reduce firm risk (Gulamhussen & Santa, 2015, Perryman et al, 2016.…”

Women in the boardroom and their impact on climate change related disclosure

“…Al-Shaer and Zaman, (2016) find that gender diverse boards are associated with higher quality sustainability reports and independent female directors have greater effect on sustainability reporting quality than male directors. Chen et al (2016) suggest that female directors improve board effectiveness in risk management with respect to R&D investment. Rao and Tilt (2016) observe that board composition seems to be a major factor which can be assumed to have some influence on both CSR activities and CSR reporting.…”