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dc.contributor.authorLambech, Petter
dc.contributor.authorØverland, Marianne Bech
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-29T09:29:57Z
dc.date.available2021-10-29T09:29:57Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2826489
dc.descriptionMasteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Accounting and Business Control - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2021en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we investigate how gender in firms’ top management affects firm profitability, using a large data sample on Norwegian private limited liability firms (AS firms) from 2000 to 2018. We find evidence that female CEOs have a negative impact on profitability in firms without board gender diversity and in small firms, while having a positive effect in larger firms. When dividing into family and nonfamily firms, the results mostly stay consistent for family firms, in particular those with family CEOs. Female directors have a negative impact on all our profitability measures in small firms and no effect in medium-to-large firms. The negative effect was slightly less negative after the Gender Balance Law, and stronger for family firms than non-family firms. Our findings suggest that the effect gender has on profitability depends on a range of factors, highlighting the importance of looking at gender issues through multiple lenses.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherHandelshøyskolen BIen_US
dc.subjectaccountingen_US
dc.subjectbusiness controlen_US
dc.titleThe effect of gender in firms' top management on corporate profitabilityen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US


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