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Establishing and Leveraging the Expertise of Advisory Boards [PDF]
Behavior Analysis in Practice, 2020 The advisory board's makeup tends to consist of professionals with domains of expertise relevant to the organization they serve. Organizations invite advisory board members to guide the organization's efforts over an extended period. Still, they do not have fiduciary, operational, or decision-making responsibilities for the organization in the way that
William T, Courtney +4 more
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Board Expertise, Networked Boards and Environmental Performance [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 We analyze the role of board expertise in environmental issues (measured by the presence of non-executive directors with previous experience in environmental issues, EEDs) and director networks on GHG emissions. Using emission data of FTSE 350 firms, we show that the presence of EEDs on the board reduces GHG emissions. Also boards with better networked
Swarnodeep HomRoy, Aurrlie Slechten
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Board financial expertise and the capital decisions of US banks [PDF]
Journal of Corporate Finance, 2021 We examine whether increasing financial expertise among independent directors facilitates bank capital decisions that promote financial stability. We find US banks with more financial expert independent directors opt for higher target capital ratios and adjust faster their capital structure when they are below the target. We provide evidence suggesting
Gilani, U, Keasey, K, Vallascas, F
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Do Board Expertise and Networked Boards Affect Environmental Performance? [PDF]
Journal of Business Ethics, 2017 We examine the resource provision role of the board of directors in ensuring substantive corporate sustainability practices. Specifically, we examine two channels of resource provision (i.e. the presence of non-executive directors with previous experience in environmental issues -EEDs- and network connections of EEDs) that can affect a firm's ethical ...
Swarnodeep Homroy, Aurelie Slechten
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Accounting conservatism and banking expertise on board of directors [PDF]
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2017 Previous studies show mixed evidence of the role of banking expertise on the board of directors on accounting conservatism. In this paper, we add to this growing literature by providing an innovative way to measure banking expertise based on life-time working history in banks of all individual directors on the board.
Tri Tri Nguyen +3 more
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Industry Expertise of Independent Directors and Board Monitoring [PDF]
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2013 AbstractWe examine whether the industry expertise of independent directors affects board monitoring effectiveness. We find that the presence of independent directors with industry experience on a firm’s audit committee significantly curtails firms’ earnings management.
Cong Wang, Fei Xie, Min Zhu
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Feminine expertise on board and environmental innovation: the role of critical mass
Review of Managerial Science, 2023 AbstractThis paper examines whether women’s attitudes toward environmental innovation are impacted by their individual differences in skills, expertise, experience, and technical knowledge, as well as their visibility and legitimacy on boards. Using the categorization of directors developed by Hillman et al (J Manag Stud 37(2):235–256, 2000) and a ...
Emma García-Meca +2 more
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The diversity of expertise on corporate boards in Australia
Accounting & Finance, 2015 AbstractExpertise diversity is expected to enhance the monitoring and advising functions of boards of directors. Yet, little is known about the expertise that actually exists on corporate boards. In this study, we examine the diversity of professional expertise on corporate boards in Australia and implications for shareholder value.
Gray, Stephen, Nowland, John
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook +6 more
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