Women Directors [electronic resource] : The Italian Way and Beyond /
Profeta, P.author.
Aliberti, L.author.
Casarico, A.author.
D'Amico, M.author.
Puccio, A.author.
Women Directors analyzes the Italian law on gender quotas in boards as a vital opportunity for the country and a key international case. It provides a broad perspective of the new Italian experience, which has the potential of influencing the way of addressing gender issues worldwide.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Preface and Acknowledgements; About the Authors; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Gender quotas: the Italian way and beyond; 1.2 Organization of the book; 2 The International Scenario on Gender Gaps; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The gender gap in the labour market; 2.3 Education; 2.4 Politics; 2.5 Top positions: several fields; 2.6 Discussion: what determines gender gaps?; 2.7 Conclusions; 3 Quotas on Boards: Evidence from the Literature; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Pros and cons of gender quotas; 3.3 Women and performance
3.4 Lessons from gender quotas in politics3.5 Conclusions; 4 Gender Quotas on Boards across Countries; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Private initiatives; 4.3 Hard and soft measures: an introduction; 4.4 Hard measures: gender quotas legislation; 4.5 Soft measures: regulatory initiatives; 4.6 EU legislation; 4.7 Conclusions; 5 Law 120 of 2011; 5.1 The path of the gender 'equal democracy': the constitutional background and Italian Constitutional Court's jurisprudence; 5.2 Details of the legislation and a brief excursus of the various passages in parliament
5.3 The role of the regulatory authorities and sanctions5.4 Consideration on the compatibility between the law and the Italian constitution; 5.5 Appendix; 6 Key Actions and Actors leading to the Law Implementation; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Raising the awareness; 6.3 First initiatives; 6.4 Building the proposal for a bipartisan law; 6.5 Approval of the law and enforcement; 6.6 Conclusions; 7 First Evidence; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The 'limbo' period; 7.3 The Golfo-Mosca law on the starting blocks,spring 2013; 7.4 What role will women have?; 7.5 Director networks and the role of multiple seats
7.6 The departure of listed companies from the stock exchange7.7 The selection process, initial evidence; 7.8 Corporate governance courses; 7.9 State-owned companies, initial evidence; 7.10 Spillover effect on companies not subject to quotas; 7.11 Conclusions; 8 A Comparative Evaluation of the Italian Experience; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Overall effect: trends in the share of women directors; 8.3 The effects of different initiatives; 8.4 Conclusions; 9 Key Learnings from Italy to Other Countries; 9.1 Introduction
9.2 Ten lessons from Italy: the ten things to take a country to a higher threshold female representation on corporate boards10 What Is Next?; Appendix; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Women Directors analyzes the Italian law on gender quotas in boards as a vital opportunity for the country and a key international case. It provides a broad perspective of the new Italian experience, which has the potential of influencing the way of addressing gender issues worldwide.
International business enterprises.
Management.
Leadership.
Corporate governance.
Sociology.
Personnel management.
International Business.
Management.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Corporate Governance.
Gender Studies.
Human Resource Management.