Of the companies examined in the study, 46% had a banker on the board, compared with 32% for equivalent firms in America.In this section On the brink Calling the shots A sugary mouthful Jobs for the girls Money spinners One-pronged attack Labour pains Take two Reprints Related items European boards (1): Jobs for the girlsMay 1st 2008Why is this practice so widespread?
We find that once relevant controls and comparisons to observationally equivalent firms beyond the index are included, DJSI events have only limited significance and/or materiality.
For example, one study found that employment rates for women and minorities increased faster in firms with federal contracts (who were thereby subject to affirmative action), than at otherwise equivalent firms without such contracts.
It was the equivalent of a firm and friendly handshake in the pub car park.
Teams whose payrolls exceed a given threshold would be subject to a punitive tax and prevented from taking advantage of most exceptions to the cap, making it all but equivalent to a firm ceiling.
In Bangalore and Mumbai prices doubled during 2005 and 2006.According to Global Property Guide, a research firm, equivalent apartments in South Mumbai now cost three times more than in Shanghai, and not much less than in Tokyo even though Indian incomes are much lower.
It is equivalent to the firm having a portfolio of call and put options.
Everton's former Celtic midfielder Aiden McGeady says the Merseyside derby lacks the "hatred" of its Old Firm equivalent.
That could reduce demand for tranches of nearly equivalent risk, as firms become less keen to hold them.
Barclays equities analysts have calculated that the 14-percentage-point cut in the corporate tax rate will add $1 billion to the profits of the U.S. oil and gas exploration and production firms, equivalent to a $1 a barrel increase in oil prices.
"Mitsubishi's announcement was the equivalent of a Japanese firm saying you are part of the family," Mr. Hintz said.
