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The ascent of women up the hierarchies of organisations, to boards and their equivalents, has accelerated in recent years, thanks in part to the stimulus provided by targets set by Lord Davies in his 2011 Women on Boards Review.
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Thomson, P., Laurent, C., Lloyd, T. (2015). The Big Project. In: The Rise of the Female Executive. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-45143-9_2
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