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4. Board Diversity and Firm Effects

Authors : Barbara Sveva Magnanelli, Luca Pirolo

Published in: Corporate Governance and Diversity in Boardrooms

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter proposes a systematization of the different impacts of board diversity on the firm. Since the board acts as the main governing body, its characteristics affect its way of operating and, as a consequence, its outcomes. The authors review extant literature on the various types of effects that board diversity generates in relation to the corporate social performance of the firm, the organizational performance, the firm’s innovation, and the risks faced by the firm. Furthermore, the chapter provides a deeper focus on the effects of the board diversity on the firm’s financial performance, being also propaedeutic to the development of a new conceptual framework proposed by the authors and illustrated in Chapter 5.

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Metadata
Title
Board Diversity and Firm Effects
Authors
Barbara Sveva Magnanelli
Luca Pirolo
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Corporate Governance and Diversity in Boardrooms

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-56119-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-56120-8

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56120-8_4