THE BUSINESS CASE FOR WOMEN ON BOARDS

US and Canada Studies

Adler, Roy D.  “Women in the Executive Suite Correspond to Higher Profits” Harvard Business Review. (2001)

http://www.csripraktiken.se/wp-content/uploads/adler_web.pdf

Adler, Roy D. “Profit, Thy Name Is … Woman?” Miller-McCune Research Review. (February 2009)

http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/profit-thy-name-is-woman-3920/

Carter, David A., Betty Simkins, Frank D’Souza, and W. Gary Simpson. “The Diversity of Corporate Board Committees and Financial Performance,” Oklahoma State University. (September 20, 2007)

http://papers.ssrn.com/soL3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=304499

Catalyst, The Bottom Line: Connecting Corporate Performance and Gender Diversity (2004)

http://www.catalyst.org/file/44/the%20bottom%20line%20connecting%20corporate%20performance%20and%20gender%20diversity.pdf

Catalyst, The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance and Women’s Representation on Boards (October 2007)

http://www.catalyst.org/file/139/bottom%20line%202.pdf

Conference Board of Canada. Women on Boards: Not Just the Right Thing … But the “Bright” Thing” (May 2002)

http://www.europeanpwn.net/files/women_on_boards_canada.pdf

Kramer, Vicki W., Alison M. Konrad, and Sumru Erkut. “Critical Mass on Corporate Boards: Why Three of More Women Enhance Governance.” Wellesley Centers for Women. (2006)

http://vkramerassociates.com/writings/NACD%20article.pdf

Ross, David and Cristian Dezso.  “Girl Power: Female Participation in Top Management and Firm Performance.” Working Paper. (August 2008)

http://www.en.cams.bwl.uni-muenchen.de/files/girlpower1.pdf

The Corporate Library. “Beyond the Boilerplate: The Performance Impacts of Board Diversity.” (July 29, 2010)

http://www2.gmiratings.com/reports.php?reportid=327&keyword=boilerplate

Virtcom Consulting, Board Diversification Strategy: Realizing Competitive Advantage and Shareholder Value”, A Whitepaper on behalf of CalPERS, 2008)

http://www.calpers.ca.gov/eip-docs/about/press/news/invest-corp/diversification-strategy.pdf

Europe Studies

McKinsey and Company, Women Matter: Gender Diversity, A Corporate Performance Driver (October 2007)

http://www.mckinsey.com/locations/swiss/news_publications/pdf/women_matter_english.pdf

Denmark

Smith, Nina, Valdemar Smith, Mette Verner.  “Do Women in Top Management Affect Firm Performance? A Panel Study of 2500 Danish Firms” Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany, Discussion Paper No. 1708 (August 2005)

ftp://repec.iza.org/RePEc/Discussionpaper/dp1708.pdf

Finland

Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA). Female Leadership and Firm Profitability. (September 2007)

http://www.frauen.bka.gv.at/DocView.axd?CobId=37906

Netherlands

Luckerath-Rovers, Mijntje. “Women on Board and Firm Performance,” Erasmus University. (April 2010)

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1586832

Ranzijin, Marieke, Sabine Verboom.  Connecting Corporate Performance and Gender Diversity. Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands. (September 2004)

http://www.europeanpwn.net/files/connection_corporate_performance_and_gender_diversity.pdf

Spain

Campbell, Kevin and Antonio Minguez-Vera.  “Gender Diversity in the Boardroom and Firm Financial Performance.” Journal of Business Ethics (Spring 2008)

https://springerlink3.metapress.com/content/34313nm42744p524/resource-secured/?target=fulltext.pdf&sid=fuewuq55nfhc3x3pxrczcw45&sh=www.springerlink.com

Turkey

Ararat, Melsa, Mine Aksu, Ayse Tansel Cetin.  “Impact of Board Diversity on Boards’ Monitoring Intensity and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Istanbul Stock Exchange,” Sabanci University. (April 2010)

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1572283

Asia-Pacific Studies

New Zealand

Business NZ, Institute of Directors New Zealand, and Ministry of Women’s Affairs. “Women on Boards: Why Women on Company Boards are Good for Business”. (May 2009)

http://www.mwa.govt.nz/women-on-boards/find-a-candidate/women-on-boards-why-women-on-company-boards-are-good-for-business-3

Vietnam

Mekong Capital. “Outperformance of Listed Companies with Female CEOs in Vietnam,” Intellasia (February 11, 2009)

http://vccinews.com/news_detail.asp?news_id=15399