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Building board expertise through key supporting processes
Measuring Business Excellence, 2008PurposeAlthough board expertise has been identified as an important determinant of board performance, some surveys are still reporting that the overall level of board expertise is insufficient to carry out current and emerging roles. Consequently, companies must ensure that board members have the required skills and knowledge.
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Leveraging board expertise: strategy mapping as teaching tool
Journal of Business Strategy, 2013PurposeAs a result of the many governance failures in the past decade, new legislation, increased regulation, and best practices have been adopted by boards in an effort to improve corporate governance. Unfortunately, not all of the changes, such as increasing the number of external directors, have favorably impacted the quality of board governance ...
Vince Bruni‐Bossio, Norman T. Sheehan
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Incentive contracting when boards have related industry expertise
Journal of Corporate Finance, 2016Abstract We posit that presence of informed directors, by enhancing the board's information and ability to advise and monitor management, will affect the nature of incentive contracts offered to CEOs. In particular, we study the effect of directors from related industries ( DRIs ) i.e., downstream or upstream industries: our premise is that DRIs ...
Nanda, Vikram, Önal, Bunyamin
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Do Green Boards Make a Difference? Board Environmental Expertise and Stakeholder Orientation
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018We examine the influence of board environmental expertise on corporate environmental performance.
Veronika Anna Haas, Jana Oehmichen
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
This paper examines the association between corporate governance mechanisms and audit report lag among 288 companies listed at Bursa Malaysia for a three year period from 2007 to 2009. It examines on one of the corporate governance mechanisms, namely board of directors’ characteristics.
Ummi Junaidda Hashim +1 more
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This paper examines the association between corporate governance mechanisms and audit report lag among 288 companies listed at Bursa Malaysia for a three year period from 2007 to 2009. It examines on one of the corporate governance mechanisms, namely board of directors’ characteristics.
Ummi Junaidda Hashim +1 more
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Board technology expertise and data breaches
This dissertation examines how the presence of specialized board committees and director expertise influences organizations' vulnerability to cybersecurity breaches. Using a comprehensive dataset of 70,606 firm-year observations from 2004-2021, including 1,080 confirmed breach incidents, the study investigates whether technology committees ...Wendy L. Frank, Curtis Hall
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"Minding the store: Board independence, board expertise, and white-collar crime"
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014The board of directors is typically viewed as the first line of defense in monitoring inappropriate firm activity. In this study, we examine the relationship between board characteristics and the incidence of white-collar crime. We distinguish between formal and social independence of the board and theorize about how each is likely to affect the ...
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Draw on ex officio board members for expertise, guidance
Board & Administrator for Administrators Only, 2023For some nonprofits, their location mission or programming results in a limited number of people who are willing to serve as volunteer board members. But they can still get input and valuable advice and guidance from knowledgeable members of the community through the use of ex officio board members—individuals who provide some of the expertise and ...
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Board characteristics and firm performance: the moderating role of board expertise
EuroMed J. of Management, 2023Meshach Auta Bulusson +2 more
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Professional Expertise on Boards, Corporate Lifecycle, and Firm Performance
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016This study demonstrates that suitable professional expertise on corporate boards can have a significant impact on firm outcomes. The analysis examines diversity of expertise on boards, its link to shareholder value, and adds to the literature by introducing corporate life cycle and industry sectors to explore when specific types of expertise matter ...
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