Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to corporate boards.
Gender quotas work in “tight” cultures, says new paper from the University of Toronto.
Rotman University of Toronto
The Rise of Gender Capitalism
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Investing with a gender lens can create financial and social impact by increasing women’s access to capital, promoting workplace equity, and creating products and services that improve the lives of women and girls.
What Women Add to Boards
The Wall Street Journal
Long seen as a ‘dirty word,’ many view quotas as key to getting women on boards
Sarah Kaplan and Rotman Alum Tanya van Biesen featured in MetroNews on the potential for quotas to achieve greater diversity on corporate boards
Aaron Dhir on “Challenging Boardroom Homogeneity”
Aaron Dhir presented the findings of his latest book: Challenging Boardroom Homogeneity: Corporate Law, Governance, and Diversity | May 3, 2017
Investing: Why gender is material to investors
Eve Ellis of Morgan Stanley and Angela Sun of Bloomberg L.P. discussed why gender is “material” to investors.
Investing: The rise of gender capitalism
This panel from US Trust, Barclays and Rotman discussed how investing with a gender lens can create financial and social impact.