Study: The Female Factor (Harvard Business Review, Woolley and McGovern, 2011). A study on women in groups and working in groups. Finding: The IQ of individuals in a group is not as important as how balanced it is in terms of social perceptiveness. Gender-diversity and women's statically...
Study: Does Female Representation in Top Management Improve Firm Performance? (Social Science Research Network, 2011, Deszo, Ross) Finding: Female representation in top management brings informational and social diversity benefits to the top management team, enriches the behaviors exhibited by...
Study: How Investors React when women join boards (Harvard Business Review, July 2012, Macrow, Gallant) Finding: When women join boards of directors, the market does not reward the company, as measured by stock price. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by...
Title: Women in Technology - High Performance Entrepreneurs Study: High Performance Entrepreneurs: Women in High-Tech (Illuminate Researchers, Illuminate Ventures, 2011) Finding: In the last decade women in technology have played a bigger part in tech startups than ever before, and their...
Study: The Business Benefits of Gender Diversity and Working Women on the Front Lines (Gallup, Badal, 2014) Finding: The study of more than 800 business units from two companies representing two different industries -- retail and hospitality -- finds that gender-diverse business units have...
Title: Women on boards get better deals in mergers and acquisitions Study: Women directors get better deals in mergers and acquisitions (Li, Sauder School of Business, 2013) Finding: The more women on a corporate board the less a company pays for its acquisitions. InPower Insight: Women's...
Title: Women on Boards, and Board Size, Matters For Performance Study: The Evershed Board Report (John Heaps, Chairman. PR Moment 2011) Finding: The size and shape of a board play a tangible part in the success, or otherwise, of an organization. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This...
Title: Gender Balance Helps More Than Corporate Profits Study: Gender and Corporate Responsibility: It's A Matter of Responsibility (Rachael Soares, Christopher Marquis, Matthew Less, Catalyst 2011) Finding: Companies with both male and female leaders in the boardroom and at the executive table...
Title: Women-Owned Small Businesses Growing Quickly Study: Women-Owned Companies (Phillips, American City Business Journals 2011) Finding: Women-owned small businesses are the fastest-growing segment of the business market. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by...
Study: The Impact of Gender Diversity on the Performance of Business Teams: Evidence from a Field Experiment (Tinbergen Institute, 2011, Hoogendoorn, Oosterbeek, van Praag) Finding: Teams with an equal gender mix perform better than male-dominated and female-dominated teams in terms of sales,...
