Does female board representation influence firm performance? The Danish evidence

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 404-413

  Rose, Caspar ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Board diversity; Female board representation and firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947286173     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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