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We have argued, in this book, that the most urgent challenge faced by our largest companies at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century is to find new ways to govern themselves that will reduce the chances of a recurrence of what Marcus Agius, Group Chairman of Barclays, called the “near death experience” of the world banking system in 2007–08 (see Chapter 2).
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“Sir Richard Greenbury calls time on own boardroom rules,” Patrick Hosking, The Times, 27 March 2009.
Groundbreakers: Using the Strength ofWomen to Rebuild the World Economy, Ernst & Young, 2009.
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Thomson, P., Lloyd, T. (2011). Action this day. In: Women and the New Business Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306882_9
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