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Can Female Directors Shrink the Gender Gap? Evidence from France

Is board representation the answer to reducing gender inequality in the workplace? FX Ladant, Tanoto Postdoctoral Fellow, and co-author Louise Paul-Delvaux, find that increasing women’s representation on corporate boards has a positive impact on achieving pay equity. Their research shows that France's 2010 gender board quota boosted female representation among top earners and CEOs, and reduced the gender pay gap— without compromising business performance.
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Whitepaper
2022
Get Continuity Right in Your Family

Jennifer Pendergast, Jonathan Flack, David Novick, Belinda Sneddon, Danielle Valkner, Heather O'Keefe 

Whitepaper 
2021 
Whitepaper 
2021 
Sustaining Wealth Through a Well-Defined Shared Family Capital Strategy 
German Herrera, Jennifer Pendergast, Jon Flack, Belinda Sneddon, Danielle Valkner 
Whitepaper 
2020 

Where it all began: The John L. Ward Papers 1984-2017

As a pioneer in the academic study of family enterprises at the Kellogg Center for Family Enterprises, Professor John L. Ward's scholarly papers represent a comprehensive body of work that provides rich insights into this uniquely complex segment of the global economy. The collection is contained in 37 boxes and spans the years 1976-2017 and are available at the Northwestern University archives.

Storytelling for Family Business Success

Kellogg Alumni Esther Choy, ‘09 founded Leadership Story Lab and partnered with The John L. Ward Center for The Family IN Business podcast. Leaders of well-known family-owned businesses share how they navigate succession, market challenges, and launch new ventures, not just as “family businesses” but as families who are in business—determined to stick together.   

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