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Determinants of Board Size and Composition: A Theory of Corporate Boards
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004AbstractThis paper models the interaction of firm insiders and outsiders on a corporate board and addresses the question of the board's ideal size and composition. In the model, the board is responsible for monitoring projects and making CEO succession decisions.
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Board Size, Firm Risk and Equity Discount
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009AbstractPrior literature documents that larger boards pursue conservative investment policies and that their decision outcomes are moderate, which promote an environment of risk aversion. I argue that this risk aversion hurts equity holders when firms hold a larger amount of long‐term debt.
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Complexity of checkers and draughts on different board sizes
ICGA Journal, 2019Estimates for the complexity of checkers and draughts on different board sizes are calculated and experimentally determined. The estimates found for international draughts are a correction of previous estimates in the literature. The estimates found for the other board sizes are first estimates, with the exception of 8 × 8 checkers, which is used as a ...
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The size and composition of corporate boards in Japan
Asian Business & Management, 2012We analyse the structure of corporate boards in Japan to determine whether they are matched to each firm's specific needs. Consistent with US findings, our results show that board size is positively related to firm size and firm complexity, and negatively related to monitoring costs.
Hiroyuki Aman, Pascal Nguyen
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‘Winning boards’ get board size right in bylaws
Board & Administrator for Administrators Only, 2016In the “10 Things Every Board Member Needs to Know” series from the First Nonprofit Foundation, consultant Terrie Temkin (Miami, Fla.) contributed “A Winning Board: Steps That Bring Out the Best,” where she states that board size is a key matter to get right in the organization's bylaws.
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Board of Directors' Size and Performance in the Banking Industry
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the relationship between board size and performance in a sample of 174 bank and savings‐and‐loan holding companies, over the period 1995‐2002.Design/methodology/approachIn order to examine the relationship between board of directors' size and performance in the banking industry, the paper uses various statistical ...
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A method for managing the water sorption of a board by layered sizing is provided, such that the sizing of a central layer is effected with a hydrophobic and fast-curing adhesive, and the surface sizing in preparation for calendering is effected with an adhesive which is hydrophilic during its curing period, such that, during a surface wetting process,
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Boarding of Finite-Size Passengers to an Airplane
2016An airplane boarding model, introduced earlier by Hemmer and Frette, is considered. In this model, N passengers have reserved seats, but enter the airplane in arbitrary order. Here we focus on the blocking relations between passengers. The total boarding time is equal to the longest blocking sequence, represented by a line, connecting points of the two-
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