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Corporate

Sep. 25, 2014

Gender diversity of boards: What's the holdup?

While gender diversity on boards correlates with improvements in stock price and other performance indicators, the vast majority of today's corporate directors continue to be men. By Teresa Johnson and Rachel Vranich


By Teresa Johnson and Rachel Vranich

In the abstract, if there was an action that a corporation could take that would likely both improve the corporation's public image and its performance, without incurring additional costs, one would think that would be an easy "yes." However, the facts suggest that it's not so simple when it comes to gender diversity on corporate boards. Despite decades of discussion about the need for more women ...

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