Female board members and company performance : Do companies with female directors perform better than companies without females on their boards? Evidence from Sweden.

Background: Females are underrepresented in Swedish boards, and in 2016 females represented 29 % of all board members. Many researchers have studied the relationship between the gender composition of company boards and company performance, but they have not managed to reach consensus in explaining t...

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Main Authors: Olofsson, Ida, Larsson, Mikaela
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi 2017
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36578