Getting Women on to Corporate Boards

Contents:

Introduction
Morten Huse and Marina Brogi

PART I: THE NORWEGIAN POLITICAL BACKGROUND
1. The Political Process Behind the Gender Balance Law
Morten Huse

2. Women on Board
Laila Davoy

3. Women Mean Business: Why and How Norway Legislated Gender Balance on the Boards of Listed Companies
Kirsti Bergsto

4. Concluding Remarks to Part I
Morten Huse

PART II: NORWEGIAN AND INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY
5. Institutionalizing Women's Representation on Boards: An Introduction to the Advocacy Movement
Silke Machold

6. Competence at Board Level: The Norwegian Case
Elbjorg Gui Standal

7. Professionalizing Boards: The Work of the Professional Boards Forum
Elin Hurvenes

8. The Swiss Case of Women on Boards of Directors
Christine Wetli

9. Boards and Role Models for Supporting the Climb Upwards: Italy and Women Corporate Directors (WCD)
Cristina Finocchi Mahne

10. Research and Considerations Regarding Women on Boards
Heather Foust-Cummings

11. Concluding Remarks to Part II
Silke Machold

PART III: NORWEGIAN BOARD MEMBERS: STORIES FROM THE FIELD
12. Characteristics and Background of the Norwegian Women Directors
Morten Huse

13. Stories from Four Norwegian Multi-board Women
Nini Hoegh Nergaard, Merete Luetken, Thorhild Widvey, Ingvild Ragna Myhre and Morten Huse

14. Concluding Remarks to Part III
Morten Huse

PART IV: LESSONS FROM RESEARCH ON GENDER ON BOARDS
15. Women on Boards: What We Know, What We Do Not Yet Know and How We Should Further Advance Knowledge
Katrin Hansen

16. Women on Boards: The United States in a Global Comparison
Dorothy Perrin Moore

17. Consequences of the Norwegian Gender Quota Regulation for Public Limited Company Boards
Vibeke Heidenreich

18. Women Directors and Corporate Innovation: A Critical Mass Perspective
Mariateresa Torchia

19. Gender-balanced Corporate Boards
Agnes Bolso, Hilde Bjorkhaug and Siri Oyslebo Sorensen

20. Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards in Norway, Necessary But Not Ideal
Cathrine Seierstad

21. Legitimacy, Inclusion and Influence: Investigating Women Directors' Board Experiences
Gro Ladegard

22. Lessons from Previous Research on Women on Board for Future Research
Andrea D. Buehrmann

23. Concluding Remarks to Part IV
Katrin Hansen

PART V: POLICY IMPLICATIONS AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
24. Policy Approaches to Gender Diversity on Boards: An Introduction to Characteristics and Determinants
Silke Machold and Katrin Hansen

25. Women on Boards: Lessons Learnt from Norway
Monika Schulz-Strelow

26. Professionalization on the Supervisory Board, Diversity and Women
Daniela Weber-Rey

27. Italy's Lessons Learnt from Norway
Marina Brogi

28. Women on Boards in the UK: Accelerating the Pace of Change?
Ruth Sealy and Susan Vinnicombe

29. Winning the Board Game: Europe's Economy Needs More Women in Business
Viviane Reding

30. Concluding Remarks to Part V
Katrin Hansen and Silke Machold

Conclusions
Katrin Hansen and Silke Machold

Index

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• Quadros e dirigentes superiores : papel e responsabilidades
• Gestão corporativa
• Estudos de gênero: as mulheres

Women on boards; quota laws; gender diversity in boards