The study analyzes the relationship between the board diversity and some profiles of the operating performance of BoD .The research is based on a sample of 237 Italian listed firms during the period 2007-2009. The results show a positive relationship between the monitoring activity and the...

This paper analyses the relationship between board diversity and some board operating performance but also the relationship between board diversity and enterprise risk. The analyses, carried out on a sample of 249 Italian companies during the period 2006-2009, show that diversity affects the...