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1. Introduction

Authors : Barbara Sveva Magnanelli, Luca Pirolo

Published in: Corporate Governance and Diversity in Boardrooms

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This introduction aims at offering a synopsis of the most relevant topics proposed in this book. This volume is composed by two main parts. The first one (Chapters 2, 3, and 4) presents an extensive review of the literature on (i) the board, (ii) the board diversity, and (iii) the board diversity and its effects on the firm, by reviewing the most relevant theoretical frameworks used to investigate on the board diversity phenomenon. The second part (Chapters 5 and 6) presents the empirical investigation that was conducted on a sample of European listed companies. This second part describes the data and the empirical methodology to finally present and discuss the results, the theoretical and managerial implications and propose a future research agenda.

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Title: Introduction
Authors: Barbara Sveva Magnanelli
Luca Pirolo
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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_1