Inside the Boardroom: How Boards Really Work and the Coming Revolution in Corporate GovernanceDistinguished 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. Recently chosen as one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40"(TM), Dr Richard Leblanc is an award-winning teacher and researcher, certified management consultant, professional speaker, professor, lawyer and specialist on boards of directors. He can be reached at rleblanc@yorku.ca. James Gillies, PhD (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is Professor Emeritus at the Schulich School of Business, York University, where he serves as Chair of the Canada-Russia Corporate Governance Program. |
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... organization that to all intents and purposes is a form of private government - a legal entity , separate from its mem- bers , with a permanent existence . A modern corporation has the following characteristics : ⚫ the right to acquire ...
... organization and that they can replace the chief executive officer , the person who probably invited them on the board in the first place . Many do not know that by law they are entitled to receive an answer to any question that they ...
... organization - categorically and chrono- logically , by respondent and site - and the repeated review and coding of the data . Adhering to the research design of three classes and four sources of data , above ( particularly the third ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Boards of Directors Have Failed and We Dont Know Why | 5 |
The Many Forms of the Modern Corporation | 31 |
Copyright | |
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