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Edwards, Martin - 2019

Corporate boards of directors mediate the agency costs between the corporation's managers and shareholders. For boards … independent director. Indeed, it is important that boards have independent directors to deal with clear conflicts between managers …, the board's general business skills and experience are insufficient to discern whether the managers' course of action is …

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Board Risk Oversight : What Knowledge & Skills Do Directors Need?

Gupta, Parveen P. - 2018

This article provides an overview of the risk oversight knowledge and skills required to equip directors to better …

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Impact of board independence on the quality of community disclosures in annual reports

Yekini, Kemi C.; Adelopo, Ismail; Andrikopoulos, Panagiotis - In: Accounting forum : advancing the interdisciplinary and … 39 (2015) 4, pp. 249-267

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Board Diversity and Proxy Disclosure

Hazen, Thomas Lee - 2012

In Part I, this Article describes some of the different approaches to the lack of representation of women and minorities on corporate boards. Part II explores two aspects of proxy statement regulation -- shareholder proposals related to corporate diversity and the recent amendments to the proxy...

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Recent Boardroom Reforms in Japan and the Roles of Outside/Independent Directors

Goto, Gen - 2018

In recent years, Japan has been working on corporate governance reforms, focusing on the roles of outside/independent directors. Among others, the 2014 Reform of the Companies Act and the 2015 Japanese Corporate Governance Code introduced “comply or explain” rules regarding appointment of...

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Evaluation of Corporate Board & Independent Director in India

Pakhira, Aparup - 2015

Concept of corporate board was incepted in Indian soil by the Englishmen. Present days Indian corporate board has found much of it's antecedents from of Anglo-Indian company act. The initial days of company act in India witnessed replicating effect of English company act. These years witnessed...

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Directions for Directors

Dilloff, Neil Joel - 2014

When a client proudly announces that he has been named director of a prominent local corporation or financial institution, a red warning light ought to go on. Heartily congratulate the client on this distinction, then ask, "Are you aware of the responsibilities and liabilities of a director?" If...

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The basic governance structure of public corporations : the interests of shareholders as a class

Armour, John; Enriques, Luca; Hansmann, Henry B.; … - 2017

This paper is the third chapter of the third edition of The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach, by Reinier Kraakman, John Armour, Paul Davies, Luca Enriques, Henry Hansmann, Gerard Hertig, Klaus Hopt, Hideki Kanda Mariana Pargendler, Georg Ringe, and Edward Rock...

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Horizontal Directors

Nili, Yaron - 2020

Directors wield increasing influence in corporate America, making pivotal decisions regarding corporate affairs and management. A robust literature recognizes directors' important role and examines their incentives and performance. In particular, scholars have worried that “busy...

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Effectiveness of the Board of Directors in Monitoring Executive Management : Preliminary Evidence From Saudi Arabia

Al-Adeem, Khalid Rasheed; Al-Sogair, Ibrahim - 2022

for monitoring managers in Saudi Arabia through a survey. A questionnaire that was developed and employed by Elyas (2015 …

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