Introduction

Giuliana Birindelli and Antonia Patrizia Iannuzzi ()
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Antonia Patrizia Iannuzzi: “Aldo Moro” University of Bari

Chapter Chapter 1 in Women in Financial Services, 2022, pp 1-10 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter opens with considerations on the growing importance of the debate on gender equality in firms, both financial and non-financial, which is now at the heart of regulatory proposals, laws, and voluntary rules all over the world. For financial firms, the centrality of the issue is due, among other things, to one of the causes of the financial crisis triggered in 2007–2008, known under the term “group-think”. This expression underlines a dysfunction in governance mechanisms, namely the lack of adequate diversity in the opinions, skills, and backgrounds of those who assume a key role in corporate decision-making processes. The structure of the book is then explained, with a brief description of each chapter to give the reader an overview of the many facets of this topic.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93471-2_1

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