The presence, and proportion, of female directors is found to strongly influence the level of acquisitiveness of a company. This finding is made through a novel dataset covering significant size acquisitions made by FTSE 100 constituents between 2000 and 2011 and includes multiple controls for...

We show that the presence, and proportion, of female directors are strongly related to the level of acquisitiveness of a company. This finding is made through a dataset covering significant size acquisitions made by FTSE 100 constituents over a 12-year time period from 2000 to 2011 and includes...