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Corporate

Sep. 26, 2013

Corporate boards may benefit from bringing on more women

Women are still underrepresented in corporate boardrooms both globally and in California. But legislative changes and recent studies that reveal business benefits of having female board members could help change that, observers say.


By Caitlin Johnson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


As companies and governments around the world increasingly push for greater gender parity in the corporate boardroom, many are noticing something else: Including women on company boards tends to be good for the bottom line.


"The best boards have a diversity of ideas," said Alison Davis, a venture capitalist who serves on the boards of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, Unisys Corp. and...

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