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Boards: Independent and committed directors? [PDF]

International Review of Law and Economics, 2015
Abstract Regulators, proxy advisors and shareholders are regularly calling for independent directors. However, at the same time, independent directors commonly engage in numerous outside activities potentially reducing their time and commitment with the particular firm.
openaire   +4 more sources

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Vision Pan-America, 2015
We have just finished the 31st Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology, which took place August 5-8, 2015, in Bogotá, Colombia.  What a wonderful experience of learning and cultural exchange between the colleagues and industry partners from the Americas ...
William de La Peña
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Presenting a suitable model for selecting the board members in economic companies of bonyad Ta'avon Vedja Organization [PDF]

مدیریت نوآوری و راهبردهای عملیاتی
Purpose: Companies board at the top of every company and play key parts in every system of corporate governance. As a result, this issue makes the board of directors the current focal point of various efforts to improve corporate governance Therefore ...
Moslem Moradzadeh, Komeil Mahjori
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Post-graduate medical education in public health: the case of Italy and a call for action

Public Health Reviews, 2017
Summary Public health technical expertise is of crucial importance to inform decision makers’ action in the field of health and its broader determinants.
Anna Odone, Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera, Carlo Signorelli, Board of Directors of the Italian Postgraduate Schools of Hygiene and Public Health   +3 more
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U.S. Continental Scientific Drilling Community Looks to the Future [PDF]

Scientific Drilling, 2011
No abstract available.
A. W. Walton
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

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, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Clinical and Biological Features of Response in Resistant Neuroblastoma to 131I‐Metaiodobenzylguanidine Radiotherapy in the Anti‐GD2 Immunotherapy Era

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background 131I‐metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I‐MIBG) radiotherapy is a key treatment for relapsed and refractory (R/R) neuroblastoma (NB). Patients with R/R disease treated in the modern era are increasingly exposed to anti‐GD2 immunotherapy, which exerts selective pressure and may modify both tumor cell state and microenvironment.
Benjamin J. Lerman, Katherine K. Matthay, Fabienne Hollinger, Catriona Black, Ann A. Lazar, Miguel Pampaloni, Steven G. DuBois, Kieuhoa T. Vo   +7 more
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Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker, Kyle Kemp, Perri Tutelman, Sharon H. J. Hou, Paul Fairie, Maria Santana, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Taryn Fay‐McClymont, Glenda Bendiak, Wendy Pelletier, Nicola Wright, Fiona Schulte   +11 more
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Essays on Board of Directors’ External Connections [PDF]

, 2013
The two essays in this dissertation study issues related to the board of directors’ external connections, i.e., social ties to directors and executives of other firms.
Kim, Sehan
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New farmers and food policies in Canada

Canadian Food Studies, 2018
As the demographics of farmers are shifting, the ways agricultural and food policies affect and influence the decision-making and behaviours of new farmers is also changing.
Julia Laforge, Ayla Fenton, Virginie Lavalée-Picard, Stéphane McLachlan   +3 more
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