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The aim of this article is to contribute towards a better understanding of the systems of governance1 in a business. This involves identifying what it is that meshes among a small number of individuals with parallel but different backgrounds, a variety of economic, cultural and social capital and multiple personal attributes, within an executive committee, and how that fabric of affinities will influence the performance of the business they manage.
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Prud’homme, L. (2010). Performance of Top Management Teams: The Dynamics of Elective Affinities. In: Bournois, F., Duval-Hamel, J., Roussillon, S., Scaringella, JL. (eds) Handbook of Top Management Teams. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230305335_5
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