As the oversight role of the corporate board in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) expands, companies feel the need to fill a knowledge gap on effective risk governance practices.The concept of correlating risk management, governance, and strategy in an enterprise-wide structure first appeared in...

European family-controlled public companies tend to perform less well in the stock market than their American counterparts. Also, while more and more investment funds that focus on family-firm opportunities are being formed in the United States, data indicates that institutional investors remain...

Having focused heavily on Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and more rigorous corporate governance and compliance standards, U.S. corporate boards are now beginning to assess their evolving role in providing oversight in the area of enterprise risk management (ERM).This paper documents how boards of...

The paper is the fourth in The Conference Board series of reports on the oversight role of the board of directors in the current economic crisis. It provides board members with a checklist of issues they should consider addressing in their relations with shareholders and, in particular, how to...

What should the board of directors of a public company do in critical economic times like these? The paper highlights quot;pressure pointsquot; for boards to consider, including practical actions that can be followed to help ensure directors fully meet their fiduciary responsibilities toward...

As Indian firms expand beyond national borders, they are increasingly exposed to a new array of strategic and operational risks, including those derived from different geopolitical and cultural contexts. This study is the result of research conducted by The Conference Board in late 2007 and...

Despite the recent surge in research on the topic, corporate reputation remains a highly disjointed field of study. Existing literature is primarily management-focused and there is still very little debate among scholars on the oversight functions of the board of directors in protecting and...