The influence of gender in the direction of Spanish cooperative societies on profitability and indebtedness: an empirical analysis

In this paper the claim for the market for a new business management to ensure the presence of women in decision -making to respond to new social needs addressed. Thus, this paper analyzes the influence of gender diversity of the directors on the profitability and the level of debt for a sample of 5...

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Autores principales:	Carmen María Hernández Nicolás, Juan Francisco Martín Ugedo, Antonio Minguez Vera
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Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	AECOOP Escuela de Estudios Cooperativos 2016
Materias:	Consejo Rector Mujer Economía Social Variables Financieras. Economics as a science HB71-74
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:25c8ed8c7b3b4603b922d3971a6757e02021-11-12T13:14:34ZThe influence of gender in the direction of Spanish cooperative societies on profitability and indebtedness: an empirical analysis1135-66181885-803110.5209/rev_REVE.2016.v122.52021https://doaj.org/article/25c8ed8c7b3b4603b922d3971a6757e02016-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/REVE/article/view/52021https://doaj.org/toc/1135-6618https://doaj.org/toc/1885-8031In this paper the claim for the market for a new business management to ensure the presence of women in decision -making to respond to new social needs addressed. Thus, this paper analyzes the influence of gender diversity of the directors on the profitability and the level of debt for a sample of 5,199 Spanish cooperatives. Unlike capitalist societies, these organizations have a number of peculiarities in their government, and that the partners are themselves major time, agents and customers. The study focuses on the Spanish context, where there is an open debate on the importance of women's business management, as in other countries, driven by the proliferation of legislation on gender equality, being, in addition, Spain, the pioneer in having specific legislation on Social Economy. The results show that cooperatives with greater female representation in theirs Boards have higher profitability. On the other hand, those Boards with a higher percentage of women show a lower level of indebtedness.Carmen María Hernández NicolásJuan Francisco Martín UgedoAntonio Minguez VeraAECOOP Escuela de Estudios CooperativosarticleConsejo RectorMujerEconomía SocialVariables Financieras.Economics as a scienceHB71-74ENESRevista de Estudios Cooperativos, Vol 122, Iss 0, Pp 135-164 (2016)
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topic	Consejo Rector Mujer Economía Social Variables Financieras. Economics as a science HB71-74
spellingShingle	Consejo Rector Mujer Economía Social Variables Financieras. Economics as a science HB71-74 Carmen María Hernández Nicolás Juan Francisco Martín Ugedo Antonio Minguez Vera The influence of gender in the direction of Spanish cooperative societies on profitability and indebtedness: an empirical analysis
description	In this paper the claim for the market for a new business management to ensure the presence of women in decision -making to respond to new social needs addressed. Thus, this paper analyzes the influence of gender diversity of the directors on the profitability and the level of debt for a sample of 5,199 Spanish cooperatives. Unlike capitalist societies, these organizations have a number of peculiarities in their government, and that the partners are themselves major time, agents and customers. The study focuses on the Spanish context, where there is an open debate on the importance of women's business management, as in other countries, driven by the proliferation of legislation on gender equality, being, in addition, Spain, the pioneer in having specific legislation on Social Economy. The results show that cooperatives with greater female representation in theirs Boards have higher profitability. On the other hand, those Boards with a higher percentage of women show a lower level of indebtedness.
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title	The influence of gender in the direction of Spanish cooperative societies on profitability and indebtedness: an empirical analysis
title_short	The influence of gender in the direction of Spanish cooperative societies on profitability and indebtedness: an empirical analysis
title_full	The influence of gender in the direction of Spanish cooperative societies on profitability and indebtedness: an empirical analysis
title_fullStr	The influence of gender in the direction of Spanish cooperative societies on profitability and indebtedness: an empirical analysis
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The influence of gender in the direction of Spanish cooperative societies on profitability and indebtedness: an empirical analysis

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