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Brunswick Review Journal: ”The Boardroom Issue”

2016-04-20 posted by

Brunswick Review is a Journal of Communication and Corporate Relations that features insights from global business leaders, policy makers, political critical and journalists as well as Brunswick consultants.

In this edition, the Journal features diverse topics on Directors and Boardroom issues. Among them is an Interview with Mr. Osamu Nagayama titled ‘The View from Outside’ on page 16. Mr. Nagayama is the Chairman and CEO of Chugai Pharmaceutical. He is also a member of the Enlarged Corporate Executive Committee of Rochel besides being a member of board of directors at Sony.

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Kato Takao and Kodama Naomi: ”Corporate Social Responsibility and Gender Diversity in the Workplace: Evidence from Japan”

2016-04-15 posted by

”Abstract: Using panel data on corporate social responsibility (CSR) matched with corporate proxy statement data for a large and representative sample of 1,492 publicly-traded firms in Japan over 2006-2014, we provide rigorous econometric evidence on the effects of CSR on gender diversity in the workplace. Our fixed effect estimates point to positive and significant effects on gender diversity of CSR, yet the effects are felt only after two to three years.

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David A. Katz et al ”Gender Diversity on Boards: The Future Is Almost Here”

2016-03-27 posted by

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‘‘A board composed of directors representing a range of perspectives leads to an environment of collaborative tension that is the essence of good governance. In a room where everyone has different points of view and there is a greater opportunity for cross-pollination of ideas, there are fewer unspoken assumptions, less “group think” and a greater likelihood of innovation. This allows the board to ask the probing questions and tackle the challenging issues, such as risk management and succession planning, which are at the center of good corporate governance.

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”Korea’s Lessons for Japan”

2016-03-18 posted by

”There’s one thing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could learn from a Korean woman: respect — for minority shareholders, that is. President Park Geun Hye’s push for better corporate governance at the nation’s largest conglomerates is bearing fruit, and exciting some of the world’s biggest investors.

Last week, Samsung Electronics, by far the biggest member of the country’s $1 trillion Kospi stock index, adopted a proposal to allow non-CEOs to take up the chairman’s role for the first time, while Hyundai Motor pledged to strengthen transparency. The moves drew praise from Mark Mobius, the executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group at Franklin Resources. Across the strait, only 1 percent of Japan’s Topix 500 companies have “good” board structures, Jefferies analyst Zuhair Khan said in a note Tuesday.

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Research Paper by Kodama et al ” Transplanting Corporate Culture across International Borders: FDI and female employment in Japan”

2016-03-11 posted by

 

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”This paper examines the effect of foreign ownership on gender-related employment outcomes and work practices in Japan. The data indicate that the proportion of females among workers, managers, directors, and board members is higher, and the gender wage gap is smaller, in foreign affiliates than in domestic firms of comparable size operating in the same industry. Foreign affiliates are also more likely to offer flexible working arrangements, telecommuting, and child care subsidies. These effects are mostly visible in older affiliates and are more pronounced in affiliates with a larger foreign ownership share. These patterns are in line with the view that it takes time to transplant corporate culture to an overseas affiliate and that a higher ownership stake may facilitate this process……”

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Diversity Action Committee: ”Women stepping up in Singapore boardrooms”

2016-03-01 posted by

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”Singapore’s top companies have led from the front in helping to remedy one of the blights on the local corporate scene – the under-representation of women on company boards.

A new report has found that across the 30 listed companies comprising the blue chip Straits Times Index (STI), 10.2 per cent of board seats were held by women last year, up from 7.6 per cent in 2014.

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