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'Network contagion' is key to getting healthier numbers of women on company boards

  • Written by Michael Gilding, Pro Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Business and Law, Swinburne University of Technology
'Network contagion' is key to getting healthier numbers of women on company boardsWhen women make up 30% of boards that's when it starts having an impact. Marvis Wong, CC BY-SA

Female representation of 30% on a company board is the tipping point at which it stops being tokenistic and begins to make a difference on things like innovation.

Norway, France and Sweden have already achieved this target for companies overall. In...

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