Women on corporate boards of directors: The French perspective

Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: International Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 47-56

  Maclean, Mairi ^a   Harvey, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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