No seat at the table: How corporate governance and law keep women out of the boardroom

No Seat at the Table: How Corporate Governance and Law Keep Women Out of the Boardroom

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-238

  Branson, Douglas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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