Inside the boardroom : how boards really work and the coming revolution in corporate governance /

"Distinguished governance experts offer cures for what ails our boards of directors In light of corporate malfeasance in recent years, the governance of corporations has been receiving great attention from regulators, researchers, shareholders, and directors themselves. Based on Richard Leblanc...

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Autor principal: Leblanc, Richard, 1965-
Otros Autores: Gillies, James M.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Mississauga, Ont. : John Wiley & Sons Canada, c2005.
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245 1 0 |a Inside the boardroom :  |b how boards really work and the coming revolution in corporate governance /  |c Richard Leblanc, James Gillies. 
260 |a Mississauga, Ont. :  |b John Wiley & Sons Canada,  |c c2005. 
300 |a xxi, 314 p. :  |b il. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 285-297) e índice. 
505 0 |a Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Boards of directors have failed and we don't know why -- 2. many forms of the modern corporation -- 3. Contemporary directors : who are they, what do they do, and how well do they do it? -- 4. Best board practices and assessments : necessary but not enough -- 5. traditional board : the triumph of structure -- 6. effective board : function not form -- 7. Effective directors for effective boards : putting them together -- 8. director behavioural types -- 9. special type of director : the chair of the board -- 10. "C-B-S-R" -- how to build a better board -- 11. coming revolution in corporate governance -- Appendix A. Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies : how do they differ? -- Appendix B. research process : getting into the boardrooms, obtaining the interviews and analyzing the data. 
520 1 |a "Distinguished governance experts offer cures for what ails our boards of directors In light of corporate malfeasance in recent years, the governance of corporations has been receiving great attention from regulators, researchers, shareholders, and directors themselves. Based on Richard Leblanc's in-depth five-year study of 39 boards of directors of both for- and not-for-profit organizations, Building a Better Board goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of boards of directors, including how they make decisions."--Descripción del editor. 
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650 0 |a Corporate governance  |z Canada. 
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700 1 |a Gillies, James M.