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Philip McIlkenny
Researcher at University of Ottawa
Publications - 12
Citations - 794
Philip McIlkenny is an academic researcher from University of Ottawa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gender diversity & Corporate governance. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 11 publications receiving 453 citations.
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Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Response to Sustainability Initiatives: Evidence from the Carbon Disclosure Project
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of female representation on the board of directors on corporate response to stakeholders' demands for increased public reporting about climate change-related risks is investigated based on the Carbon Disclosure Project as a sustainability initiative supported by institutional investors.
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Board Effectiveness and the Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Information
Walid Ben-Amar,Philip McIlkenny +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between board of directors' effectiveness and voluntary climate change disclosures and found a positive association between board effectiveness and the firm's decision to answer the CDP questionnaire as well as its carbon disclosure quality.
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Board effectiveness and firm performance of Canadian listed firms
TL;DR: This paper investigated the relationship between board effectiveness and company performance and found a positive association between the firm's measure of board effectiveness, Tobin's Q, and the stock market measure of performance.
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Gendering merit: How the discourse of merit in diversity disclosures supports the gendered status quo on Canadian corporate boards
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the diversity disclosures by Canadian corporations to show how references to "merit" and "diversity" are used strategically by many corporations to support the gendered status quo and to resist pressures to increase the representation of women on boards.
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Directors' Share Dealings and Company Financial Performance
TL;DR: This paper examined the response of security prices to share dealings by directors of small capitalised firms in the United Kingdom and tests as to whether the share dealings contain information with regard to the firm's future financial performance.