European Women on Boards, 2016
Based on the Stoxx 600 companies the study describes the most important trends and drivers of change with respect to the participation of women in top management positions.

EY, 2015
Based on world wide research among 400 companies EY elaborates suggestions how to accelerate the process of achieving gender parity at the work place.

Cranfield University, 2016
This annual study looks at the share of women in top management in the british FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies.

European Commission, 2014
This study examines the situation in terms of gender equality, equal pay and equal participation in politics and working life for each of its member countries. Recommendations are given for every country.

Deloitte, 2014
This study looks at the share of women in supervisory boards of companies if the 45 economically most important countries and describes the respective initiatives to increase the share of women.

World Economic Forum
This studies examines every country with respect to the chances of their male and female citizens to participate equally in the economic, political and social life. The study concludes that the four Scandinavian countries plus Island are the countries where there is the least discrepancy between men and women.

McKinsey
This study looks at the status quo of women in top management, the economic potential of having more women in management, examines different paths to success, discusses compamy specific support models and emphasises the role of the CEO in the related change processes.

Credit Suisse Research Institute
The study examines quoted companies around the world and concludes that there is a clear correlation between an abvove average share of women in top management positions and the financial and stock market results of these companies.

Credit Suisse, 2014
Surprised by the clarity of the findings of their own study from 2012, the CS Research Institute followd up with a new study enlarging the sample size. The results were confirmed: Companies with an above average share of women in top management have a higher return on capital and performed better in stock markets.

MSCI, 2015
The study looks at 1650 companies represented in the MSCI World Index. The key finding is that those companies that are charaterized by an above average share of women in their supervisory boards have a return on capital 35% higher than the rest.

Thomson Reuters, 2013
This study examines the diversity of supervisory boards of 4100 quoted companies worldwide.

The Diana Project
This study explores why less than 5% of companies that have received funding from venture capital funds have women in their management team.