Corporate Board articles from November 1998

Corporate Board archives from November 1998

Worldwide changes in corporate governance.
November 1, 1998... The essence of corporate governance is how effectively corporations are able to represent and respond to the interests of their shareholders. Learning the views of shareholders is an increasingly complex challenge in an era in which...

Evaluating CEO job performance.(includes related article on CEO standards for financial functions)
November 1, 1998... The competence and quality of a board are reflections of the competence and quality of the CEO. It is illusory to believe a high-performing corporation can have a poor CEO, or that a superb CEO will have a continually poor performing...

Better due diligence leads to better mergers.(includes related article on best practices)
November 1, 1998... New data suggest that many of the benefits claimed by acquiring companies to support their acquisitions are rarely achieved. Indeed in a few well publicized cases, the acquiror has lost significant shareholder value through an acquisition. ...

Beyond stock-related compensation for directors.
November 1, 1998... The role of the board of directors in corporate America has become significantly more important and complex over the last decade. Many observers believe that to maximize a board's performance, it is essential that senior-level management and...

Board independence: so what?(corporate boards)
November 1, 1998... One of the more enduring themes in corporate governance, common in both the business/financial press and the academic literature, is the extent to which inside and outside directors provide the firm with different benefits. The independence, or...