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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Profeta, P
• Aliberti, L
• Casarico, A
• D'Amico, M
• Puccio, A

Titel

Women Directors : The Italian Way and Beyond [electronic resource]

Auflage

1st ed. 2014

Ort / Verlag

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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
• 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.
• English