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Exclusive extract from IBCR 3.0: The Business Case for cultural diversity

What are the bottom-line effects of cultural or ethnic diversity? How can companies benefit from this kind of diversity and at the same time avoid possible negative side effects? This exclusive extract from IBCR 3.0 presents two sample studies featured in the unique compendium of business case studies.

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Study Results: D&I now more prevalent in Annual Reports (for Investors) than in Corporate Responsibility Reports

D&I is on the move from a social context (previously) to a more business-focused stakeholder positioning. This key finding is based on the analysis of all Annual Reports, CSR Reports and Websites of Europe’s 50 largest corporations as listed in the STOXX ® 50 Europe index. The research carried out by EMEA’s D&I pioneer research […]

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To add or not to add value: How and why scientific research delivers different answers on the business case

The basic question IF Diversity CAN add value in a business organisation has been investigated by many scientific studies. Due to the nature of academic approaches, each study had to focus on selected aspects and found – depending on the chosen approach – different answers. More recent research tried to

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Study shows lack of international diversity on German executive boards

What role does cultural Diversity play in the context of business management and diversity management in major corporations in Germany? This was the key question that business economist Insa Harms, former associate of European Diversity, followed when starting her analysis of the DAX30 company websites and executive director profiles, and she came to some amazing, […]

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IBCR 2012-XL: International Business Case Report (upgraded)

Success through Diversity Management: 135 empirical studies (up from 90) on the economic relevance, benefits and value-added from D&I Diversity and Inclusion has been established as a strategic approach in the U.S., across EMEA, in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and other countries worldwide. But, what in fact can organisations gain from Diversity? Which empirically measurable […]

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The Business Case for Global Gender Balance

According to a new report from the European Commission, the economy would benefit by having full representation of both men and women in top positions. The report, “More women in senior positions – key to economic stability and growth,” shows that women continue to be severely under-represented in economic decision-making. In the corporate world, men […]

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META-STUDY PROVES ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF DIVERSITY

The Business Case for Diversity through 90 Empirical Studies For the first time, a comprehensive compendium of international studies on the added value of Diversity & Inclusion has been published. The International Business Case Report (IBCR) is now available from ‘European Diversity Research & Consulting’, Cologne (Germany). “Especially in tough times, organisations need this kind […]

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Pepsi Bottling discusses the Business Case for Diversity

Pepsi Bottling has created one of the most diverse boards, in terms of gender and ethnicity, of any company in the Fortune 500 with four women, one of them Hispanic; one African-American man; and one Mexican man among its 10 members. Eric J. Foss, chairman and chief executive of the Pepsi Bottling Group, sat down […]

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Diversity Management at European business schools – the business case

The survey “Diversity Management in Business Schools” conducted by EABIS, EIMD and EFMD in Spring 2008 mapped and analysed the best of teaching methods and research programmes on diversity management in European and international business schools. The role of education is paramount for raising awareness and further promoting the importance of workforce diversity management. Business […]

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