In a new era of “open governance”, in which societal and corporate change is taking place,
15 predominantly European countries, including Spain, enacted board gender quotas to …

Purpose This study aims to provide a comparative portrait of the profile of men and women
in the boardrooms of listed companies (Euronext Lisbon, Portugal) during the first stage of …

In this article, the use of gender quotas to strengthen gender equality on corporate boards is
explored. Examining national practices in ten European countries we provide an overview …

Spain was the first European country to pass a” Gender Equality Act” to improve gender
balance on corporate boards. Motivated by this vital development in Spanish law, we …

This study analyses the relationship between board gender diversity and the ESG scores for
Spanish, French, German, and English listed companies. Previous academic literature …

We explore how a code, soft quota and a proposal for supranational law for board gender
diversity affects women directors' human capital characteristics and corporate outcomes with …

Using a sample of 630 firm-year observations of non-financial Spanish listed companies for
the period 2004–2020, this study examines linkages of family and non-family female …

This study examines the impact of board gender diversity reforms (ie voluntary and
regulatory) on both their effectiveness in increasing independent female directors on boards …

Purpose This paper examines the relationship between women on boards and board
monitoring tasks depending on group categories identified in the Kanter's theory …

The board‐level gender quota enacted in France has induced the massive arrival in
corporate boards of a new population—namely, women with no prior board experience. We …