The Woman on the Edge of the Story. Some examples of female presence in the Spanish cinema of the 1940s

This paper discusses questions of the gender diversity of corporate boards vis-à-vis firm performance. Typically, researchers have asked if a female presence is associated with improved performance and more transparent governance. The paper’s first part reports on several econometric attempts in the quest to prove the existence of such an association. The primary outcome is that the results vary over geographical, cultural, and time settings. The study presented in the second part examines European firms’ annual reports from 2015. Binomial models, multiple regression, and quantile regression are applied resulting in the finding that female presence on a board is not significantly related to firm performance for this sample. Together with the picture that emerged from the paper’s first part, this result leads to the possibility that the search for an association between women on boards and company performance is not fundamental. Nevertheless, modern business societies worldwide may need to boost the female presence on managerial bodies. Current econometric evidence indicates that this is not harmful to corporate results.

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Stars and Masculinities in Spanish Cinema: From Banderas to Bardem

Hispania ◽

10.2307/20140878 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 87 (4) ◽

pp. 714

Author(s):

David William Foster ◽

Chris Perriam

Keyword(s):

Spanish Cinema

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Review of Bernard P.E. Bentley,A Companion to Spanish Cinema

New Review of Film and Television Studies ◽

10.1080/17400300903307100 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 479-483

Author(s):

Alberto Mira

Keyword(s):

Spanish Cinema

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IZGUBLjENO DETINjSTVO I SLOBODA U FILMOVIMA O ŠPANSKOM GRAĐANSKOM RAT

Lipar ◽

10.46793/lipar74.215s ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (74) ◽

pp. 215-230

Author(s):

Irena Selakovic ◽

Keyword(s):

Civil War ◽

Spanish Civil War ◽

Growing Up ◽

Spanish Cinema

The paper deals with the presentation of children’s lives and the consequences of the Spanish Civil War in the film achievements of Spanish cinema. The corpus material consists of the films The Language of Butterflies (La lengua de las mariposas) and Black Bread (Pan negro) in which children interpret the roles of the protagonists. Taking into account the consequences that almost every war brings with it, we want to examine the extent to which children in Spain were deprived of a normal childhood and freedom at that time. Based on the analyzed scenes, we will show the gradational change of children from innocent victims of war to brave fight- ers for their own ideals. A peaceful and happy childhood was replaced by growing up and maturing prematurely, and the consequences of the war remained present in the years after this horrific event.

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Board gender diversity: performance and risk of Brazilian firms

Gender in Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/gm-06-2019-0088 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Mauro Mastella ◽

Daniel Vancin ◽

Marcelo Perlin ◽

Guilherme Kirch

Keyword(s):

Firm Performance ◽

Boards Of Directors ◽

Gender Diversity ◽

Ordinary Least Squares ◽

Firm Risk ◽

Content Type ◽

Study Approach ◽

Female Presence ◽

Board Gender Diversity ◽

The Impact

Purpose This study aims to intend to check if female board representation affects performance and risk and to analyse the evolution of the demographic aspects of the presence of women on boards in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a sample of 150 Brazilian publicly traded companies from 2010–2018, with different measures of firm performance, firm risk and women’s presence on the board. The study approach is based on a set of ordinary least squares, quantile and panel data regressions. Findings The presence of women on the board has a positive effect on all of our accounting and market performance measures. However, the result of the impact on risk is not conclusive. The study also found that the number of females on the board has a more significant effect at the lower levels of firm performance measured by return on equity, but at the higher levels when measured by Tobin’s Q. Regarding return on assets, the more significant effect happened on the extremes of the performance distribution. The study findings point that market investors place more value in female presence on the board than in director positions. Originality/value By estimating the impact of women’s presence on the boards of directors in firm performance and risk, this study aimed to verify this impact in different aspects of the company. In addition, the authors did so in a sample with many years, making it possible to evaluate the historical evolution of the feminine presence in the boards of administration as well as in the groups of directors, assisting Brazilian legislators with new evidence about the possible impacts of Draft Law 7179/2017.

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