Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; PART I Overview; Introduction; PART II Concepts and models; 1 Women on corporate boards: backgrounds, drivers and mechanisms; 2 Gender diversity on boards in Norway and the UK: a different approach to governance or a case of path dependency?; 3 Regulation of the gender composition of company boards in Europe: experience and prospects; PART III Regulation and compliance; 4 Gender balance in Australian boardrooms: the business case for quotas

5 Women on corporate boards in Poland and Estonia in the context of the EU gender equality policy6 Socio-economic perspective on women on boards: an African perspective; 7 Women's experiences in top management teams (TMTs): the case of Israeli national majority and national minority women; PART IV Business practice; 8 Female entrepreneurship and boardroom diversity: the case of Russia; 9 Female representation on Swedish corporate boards; 10 Females on corporate boards: French perspectives: towards more diversity?

11 The 2017 New Zealand Stock Exchange directors' network analysis and the effect of 'soft' reporting regimes on board diversity12 Women on boards: perspectives from BRIC and Turkey; PART V Conclusion; Conclusion: women on boards: what will be the next step?; Index