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It will surely not have escaped the notice of the reader that we believe that the boards of our large companies would be more effective and create more value for shareholders if they included more women.
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Thomson, P., Graham, J., Lloyd, T. (2005). Any other business. In: A Woman’s Place is in the Boardroom. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230514126_12
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