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Networking to the top: networks and women's access to board positions (WOMBOARDNET)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 29, 2018,

Existing research shows that the numbers of women on boards are still very low except in countries that have implemented quota laws. The aim of the proposed IEF project is to explore the role of networks in relation to women’s access to board positions. The project will contribute to reinforce European excellence in questions of diversity and governance, and bring new insights into the much-debate ...
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Financial Frictions (FRICTIONS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

"Financial economics is at a crossroads: Academics are struggling to redefine the theory of finance and practitioners and regulators to restructure the financial industry. The current financial crisis will have significant impact on how we regulate financial markets and how we manage risk in companies and financial institutions. It will continue to inspire an intense discussion and research agenda ...
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Research and Competence Training Network for Sustainability-Driven Innovation (I4S)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The EC is committed to a research and innovation policy that drives ‘smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’. The I4S training network is designed to study sustainability-driven innovation (SDI) in support of this objective. This is much needed as SDI is poorly understood, with companies only now experimenting with practice in this emerging field. This provides opportunity for a new program of r ...
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The Privacy Policies of Internet Intermediaries: High-tech Responsibility in the Multi-stakeholder Nexus (INTERNET PRIVACY)

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

"This project advances and interrelates two new conceptual insights – i.e. the ‘high-tech responsibility’ and ‘multi-stakeholder nexus’ concepts – and uses these concepts to conduct an empirical analysis of the privacy policies, and broader political context, of the four internet intermediaries (IIs) that dominate the European search engine and social media market: i.e. Facebook, Google, Microsoft ...
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"The ""Hidden Architecture"" of Organizations: A Study of Organizational Secrecy" (ORGSEC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

"Secrecy, defined as intentional concealment of information by insiders from outsiders, is a fundamental part of organizations. It serves as the basis for the “hidden architecture” of organizations: how organizational groups, such as exclusive and powerful ones, are established, organized and regulated can be an outcome of the workings of secrecy. This “hidden architecture” significantly shapes or ...
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