Paola Paoloni & Rosa Lombardi 
When the Crisis Becomes an Opportunity 
The Role of Women in the Post-Covid Organization

This edited volume analyzes how the COVID-19 crisis could be transformed into opportunities for those organizations that correctly interpret the change, adapt their strategies accordingly, and increase their chances of success in a post-pandemic scenario. Through this lens, the female role and contribution to recovery are analyzed and discussed in the economic, financial and social context.

Even if many aspects set the COVID-19 crisis apart from the latest global financial crises – such as the unusual shutdown of businesses in specific sectors, social distancing regulations, and general uncertainty sparked by the pandemic – the challenges facing all organizations in the current recovery phase can present an opportunity for extraordinary growth and development in Europe. The focus of the contributions gathered here is not on “counting” the damages and losses but rather on monitoring the recovery and on emerging instruments to support national and global economic recovery, while payingspecial attention to women’s role in it.

 

Table of Content

Challenges for the new generation of female entrepreneurs: an assessment of the studies.- Relational capital between online and offline: the case of Cristina Fogazzi.- Gender Contribution to the Agenda 2030.- Gender and Social Media in the Entrepreneurship: a structured literature review.- Relational Capital to revamp the pink side of agri-food.- Women-led startups: a literature analysis.- Entrepreneurship, gender issues and different perspectives in eco-nomic theory.- Female businesses between crisis and resilience: economic and generational opportunity.- An Overview on Immigrant Female Entrepreneurship in Italy.- Access to public grants during the Covid-19 pandemic. What are the differences between women and men entrepreneurs?. – The resilience of Italian social enterprises led by women during sys-temic crises. Empirical investigation at the time of COVID-19.- Pandemic crisis and remote working: another step towards gender equal pay and bigenitoriality.- The Issue of Gender Inequalities in the Non-Financial Statements. An empirical analysis.- The right to disconnect, the EU strategy and gender equality.- Making women protagonist: how to foster participation in gender budgeting.- The prioritization of the SDGS: analysis of European policies in favor of gender equality.- A short reflection on multidisciplinary approaches to women’s health after radiotherapy.- The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s enterprises: anal-ysis of a pilot case.- Accountability for gender equality: a bibliometric and content analysis of gender budgeting in the public sector.- Do females impact the probability of corporate default? Primary evidence for future research.- New opportunities in the time of a crisis: perspectives on virtual rela-tional capital through a CAOS 4.0.- Gender equality in Italian non-listed banks: a step forward, but there is still a long way to go.- Women directors and strategic disclosure.- Board Gender Diversity as a key indicator of sustainability. A study on the top twenty Italian listed companies.- Challenges working mothers face. A discussion exploring the obsta-cles of balancing motherhood and career progression.- A Quantile-Based Composite Indicators Approach on Woman’s Entrepreneurship as measured by Google Search Activity.- Increasing the participation of women in aviation. Analysis and strategies in a male-dominated industry.- Board gender diversity, female leaders and corporate environmental responsibility: a structured literature review

About the author

Paola Paoloni is full professor at Sapienza University, Faculty of Economy, in Rome (Italy), where she teaches business administration and strategic decisions. Her research interest includes general management, financial reporting, female entrepreneurship, and intellectual-based management. She is the head of Ipazia, scientific observatory on gender studies. 
Rosa Lombardi is associate professor of accounting and business plan at Sapienza University of Rome (Italy). She is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism as well as associate editor and editorial board member of several high-quality scientific journals. Her research interests and scientific publications mainly cover financial and non-financial information, sustainability accounting, intellectual capital, ethics and corruption prevention models, entrepreneurial universities, and management control.