The effect of women directors on innovation activity and performance of corporate firms - evidence from China

Töpfer, Marina

The effect of women directors on innovation activity and performance of corporate firms - evidence from China

dc.contributor.author	Töpfer, Marina	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:56:01Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:56:01Z
dc.date.created	2018-07-13
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	This paper elaborates whether women bringing their diversity, cross-cultural awareness and transformational leadership skills to corporate boards offer strategic advantages for firms. In the analysis the effect of women in the board room on innovation activity and corporate firm performance as well as the joint consequences of female directors and innovation activity on the firms success are examined. The latter may be particularly important in the context of gender diversity as more gender-diverse boards allow for higher levels of creativity and hence innovation. In order to account for endogeneity issues, different model specifications are employed (two-way fixed effects models and linear dynamic panel data models). Unconditional quantile regressions are used in order to go beyond the mean. The analysis is conducted using Chinese firm-level data from 2006-2015. The results suggest positive ef- fects of gender diversity in corporate boards and patenting activities on firm performance. Women directors are found to have statistically significant effects on both input-(positive) and output-oriented (negative) innovation activity.	en
dc.identifier.swb	507572130
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6285
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-15034
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2018,15
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Women directors	en
dc.subject	Innovation activity	en
dc.subject	Firm performance	en
dc.subject	Gender-diverse boards	en
dc.subject	Unconditional quantile regression	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	China	de
dc.subject.gnd	Weibliche Führungskraft	de
dc.title	The effect of women directors on innovation activity and performance of corporate firms - evidence from China	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1503
local.series.issueNumber	2018,15
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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