We argue that the link between women directors in co‐determined supervisory boards and firm innovation depends on two contextual factors: (1) Women directors' power, as measured by their share among shareholder representatives, and (2) on whether women are represented in both representative...

Research Question/Issue Using insights from an in-depth qualitative interview study, we propose an input-process-output model where the link between women directors (input) and corporate financial performance (output) is mediated by board attendance and where board attendance serves as a proxy...

Previous research on women directors mostly explores the link between women directors and firm performance. The potential mediators explaining this link are largely under-researched. In our exploratory paper, we investigate women directors' roles in interviews with female and male board members....

This study seeks to understand the relation between firm size and supervisory board composition. Specifically, we ask if and how firm size influences occupational and international background diversity in supervisory boards. Relying on resource dependence theory and theories of organizational...

Der "überregulierte" deutsche Arbeitsmarkt gilt als eine der Hauptursachen für die diagnostizierte Standortschwäche. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird ein realoptionstheoretischer Ansatz gewählt, um den Einfluss von Arbeitsmarktregulierungen auf Standortentscheidungen zu analysieren. Die...