How Gender Affect Corporate Financial Decisions and Risk Taking

A Study of General Motors Company from 2009 - 2015

Étude de cas , 2016 , 16 Pages , Note: 83%

Gestion d'entreprise - Investissement et Financement

It is now becoming increasingly evident that gender plays a vital role in investment and financing decisions of many organisations today as men and women tend to behave and act differently. Women are generally perceived to be detail-oriented, keen and sceptical in decision making relative to their male counterparts who are more risk tolerant. This study examines a number of empirical studies and other relevant literature to help justify as to whether or not, there is a relationship between gender, corporate financial decisions and risk taking.
Using General Motors (GM-US), a company that experienced a CEO and Board Chair changeover from male to female in early 2014 and 2016 respectively as a case study, the essay examines measures like leverage, solvency, M&A activities, and other metrics that can directly be attributed to CEO/Board chair’s decisions and how these decisions alter the company’s risk profile in the period prior to and after the transition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Literature Review

A Case Study of General Motors (GM) Limited
Background Information

The Case Evaluation Criteria
(i) Leverage Position/Solvency Position
(ii) Altman’s score measure of bankruptcy
(iii) GM’s Mergers and Acquisition Activities

Conclusion

References

Appendices

Appendix I: Formulas and Other Footnotes

Appendix II: Computed Ratios and Extracts

• Université: University of Westminster
• Cours: MSc Finance, Banking and Insurance
• Note: 83%
• Auteur: Richard Ondimu (Auteur)
• Année de publication: 2016
• Pages: 16
• N° de catalogue: V358716
• ISBN (ebook): 9783668432949
• ISBN (Livre): 9783668432956
• Langue: anglais
• mots-clé: gender, affect, corporate, financial, decisions, risk, taking, study, general, motors, company