Women on Board and Performance of Family Firms: Evidence from India
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- Jayati Sarkar & Ekta Selarka, 2015. "Women on board and performance of family firms: Evidence from India," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2015-026, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
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"Women on Board and Performance of Family Firms: Evidence from India,"
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"Women on Board and Performance of Family Firms: Evidence from India,"
Working Papers
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- Jayati Sarkar & Ekta Selarka, 2015. "Women on board and performance of family firms: Evidence from India," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2015-026, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
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Keywords
Board of Directors; gender diversity; promoter control; ownership; regulation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
- G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2016-12-04 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CFN-2016-12-04 (Corporate Finance)
- NEP-CSE-2016-12-04 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-DEM-2016-12-04 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EFF-2016-12-04 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-GEN-2016-12-04 (Gender)
- NEP-HRM-2016-12-04 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
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