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Women billionaires in 2018: A gender analysis of business elites in the leading countries of the world
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2018-8-148-157
Abstract
The author analyzes the women billionaire community in leading countries of the world in 2018. The global billionaire rankings were used as the empirical basis of the research. Such indicators of women billionaires as number, average age, self-made quality, territorial distribution, industry specifics and average number of children are considered. The paper deals with six types of business cultures dominating in different countries. These cultures differ in the chances for the women to join the business elite and perform their parental functions at the same time.
About the Author
A. B. Rakhmanov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Azat B. Rakhmanov
Moscow
References
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Rakhmanov A.B. Women billionaires in 2018: A gender analysis of business elites in the leading countries of the world. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2018;(8):148-157. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2018-8-148-157
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