Additions to corporate boards: the effect of gender

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Board diversity and financial fragility: Evidence from European banks (2017, background): “Similarly, Farrell and Hersch (2005) and Francoeur et al. (2007) find that more gender diverse boards have no impact on company performance in the US and Canada respectively.”
Does Corporate Board Diversity Affect Corporate Payout Policy (2016, positive): “(Hillman, Cannella, and Harris, 2002; Farrell and Hersch, 2005). Indeed, Hillman et al. (2002) provide evidence that most female and racial minority directors come from non-business careers; they often rise to”
Board gender diversity and firm performance: The UK evidence (2020, background): “Shrader, Blackburn, and Iles (1997), Farrell and Hersch (2005), Rose (2007), Carter et al. (2010), and Dale-Olsen, Schøne, and Verner (2013) found no significant relationship between gender diversity and firm performance.”
Board diversity and firm performance: evidence from the U.K. SMEs (2017, methodology): “An alternative methodology to investigate the link between gender diversity and firm performance was employed by Farrell and Hersch (2005), as they used Poisson regression and event study, yet still no significant relationship was revealed.”