UK: 'Women make better board members'

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2013-11-27 04:09

Article here. Excerpt:

'Female directors are better for their companies and shareholders because they are less likely to engage in overpriced takeovers or empire-building, a study suggests.

Firms with more women on their corporate boards will pay less on average for their acquisitions because they take a more prudent approach to business deals.
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For every female board member companies also attempted 7.6 per cent fewer takeover bids, they reported in a new paper to be published in the Journal of Corporate Finance.

The results suggest that women demand higher promised returns on their investment when evaluating business deals and are less likely to sanction rash bids, researchers found.'

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... women made better vermin exterminators, would we see it reported in print anywhere?

Would a study like that ever get done?

No.

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2013-11-27 04:51

Women play it safe. Men take more risks.

Men can get burned taking risks. On the other hand, men can also discover new continents or go to the moon. Or create whole new industries.

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Submitted by el cid on Wed, 2013-11-27 15:05