Nueve familias de una zona rural del sureste de India disponen ahora de una casa libre de contagios. Gracias al impulso de la Fundación Vicente Ferrer y a la colaboración de cuatro empresas navarras
Este aporte que hace llegar la Fundación Cable & Wireless Panamá contribuirá a los esfuerzos de UNICEF a lograr un país con más y mejores servicios de cuidado y desarrollo infantil.
Philology and Communication Thursdays: Woman and war in Ancient Greece
New edition of the cycle Philology and Communication Thursdays! The fourth session will be carried out by the lecturer of Greek Philology Pilar Gómez Cardó, who will give the talk Woman and war in Ancient Greece .
This activity will be held online, and one can access without registration, through the website of the Faculty of Philology and Communication. Conferences will be recorded and will be later available on the Youtube channel of the Faculty.
Research study links the presence of women on directive boards to competition policies
08/03/2021
A greater presence of women in directive boards in companies is related to a lower participation in cartels, agreements between companies to reduce competition and harm consumers. This is the main conclusion of an interuniversity research study funded by OCDE, which counts on the participation of Joan-Ramon Borrell, lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the UB. Joan-Ramon Borrell and funded by the OECD.
Researchers have analyzed more than a hundred companies. They have estimated that when a company ends up in a cartel situation, there is also an increase in the presence of women on the board of directors. Specifically, women go from representing 11% to 20%. “Our study has not yet been able to identify whether the cartel breaking occurs due to the incorporation of women on directive boards, or whether sanctioned companies for participating in illegal car