SKEMA Observatory on Corporate Feminisation

The Observatory was created by Prof. Micheel Ferrary, Professor of Management at the University of Geneva and Affiliated Professor at SKEMA Business School. He is also a member of the Haut Conseil à l'Egalité entre les Femmes et les Hommes.

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SKEMA Observatory on Corporate Feminisation

 2025 – Diversity & Inclusion within the French CAC40 companies

The initial effects of the French Rixain Law on the number of women on the executive committees of CAC40 companies
Financial performance and Corporate Social Responsibility: gender diversity in middle management has a greater impact than gender diversity in top management positions

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The objectives of the SKEMA Observatory on Corporate Feminisation:

• Take an overview of the feminisation of the workforce and management of major French companies
• Factors explaining the feminisation of large companies
• Analyze the relationship between feminisation and company performance
• Analytical elements for socially responsible investment 

Michel Ferrary's publications include:

In 2010, in the CNRS journal, Travail, genre et sociétés, the article « Les femmes influencent-elles la performance des entreprises ? » (n°23, pp. 181-191),

In 2013, in the journal Management & Avenir, the article « Bipolarisation sexuelle des entreprises. Une étude des 50 plus grandes firmes françaises » (vol. 3, n°61, pp. 79-89)

In 2013, in the journal Corporate Finance Review , the article «Femina Index : betting on gender diversity is a profitable SRI strategy » (July-August, pp. 12-17)

In 2018, in the journal @GRH, the article « Gender diversity in the labormarket: employer discrimination, educational choice and, professional preferences » (Vol. 2, n° 27, pp. 83-118) which has been nominated as Best Paper in the congress of AGRH-2018

In 2019, in the journal Revue Banque, the article «Diversité femmes-hommes et performance financière » (février, n°829, pp- 81-84)

In 2019, Ferrary M. and Deo S. (2019), "Gender diversity and firm performance: what organizational layer matter to give a sustainable competitive advantage?", Academy of Management Proceedings, n°1

His research on Corporate Feminisation is regularly cited in French newspapers (Le Monde, L'Express, Les Echos, TF1, France 3, BFM TV, RMC…) and abroad (Financial Times, Washington Post, Business Week, BBC,...)

He has worked on issues of diversity and organizational performance for companies such as Accenture, Kering, Mazars, Engie, EMC, Credit Suisse, UBS, Walt Disney,… as well as government departments such as the Minstry of Defense, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Swiss Confederation and the Canton of Geneva…