High-performing companies have women in senior management: “Cristian Dezsö at the University of Maryland, and David Ross at Columbia University Business School applied Standard & Poor’s ExecuComp data to the top 1,500 US firms from 1992 to 2006. They examined the relationship between firm quality as measured by Tobin’s Q (the market value of a company divided by the replacement value of its assets) and female participation in senior management. Based on this data, Dezsö and Ross concluded that firms that promote women to senior management positions enjoy superior e superior economic performance, especially companies that are focused on innovation. Women, they say, bring a complementary set of interpersonal management skills, such as inclusiveness, and represent other employee voices.”