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Opening the black box: Unpacking board involvement in innovation [PDF]

, 2020
Corporate governance research suggests that boards of directors play key roles in governing company strategy. Although qualitative research has examined board-management relationships to describe board involvement in strategy,
Klarner, Patricia, Probst, Gilbert, Useem, Michael   +2 more
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FirstLight: Pluggable Optical Interconnect Technologies for Polymeric Electro-Optical Printed Circuit Boards in Data Centers [PDF]

, 2012
The protocol data rate governing data storage devices will increase to over 12 Gb/s by 2013 thereby imposing unmanageable cost and performance burdens on future digital data storage systems.
Baghsiahi, H, Dangel, R, Graham-Jones, J, Milward, D, Offrein, BJ, Papakonstantinou, I, Pitwon, RCA, Selviah, DR, Wang, K   +8 more
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The governance of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute: Towards a restructuring of its highest governing body?

Revista Facultad de Jurisprudencia, 2021
The composition of the IESS Board of Directors is tripartite. In 2016, the Constitutional Court declared the deferred unconstitutionality of the second and third paragraphs of article 28 of the Social Security Law, until the National Assembly approves ...
Patricia Elizabeth Borja Laverde
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Implications of the taxation of tobacco in the European Union in the period 2005-2014

Financial Theory and Practice, 2015
The paper aims to analyze the implications of excise policy in member states and at the EU level in the period 2005-2014 in the field of tobacco taxation for policy convergence, revenues and the tobacco market.
Dinka Antić
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Governing boards and perceived performance of secondary schools: Preliminary evidence from a developing country [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a study carried out to determine the effect of governing boards on the performance of Ugandan secondary schools.
Muhwezi, M., Nkundabanyanga, S.K., Tauringana, Venancio   +2 more
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Efficiency of a single-rate and broad-based VAT system: the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Financial Theory and Practice, 2014
The aim of this paper is to analyze the performance and efficiency of the VAT system in B&H and explore the effects of internal and external factors influencing VAT collection.
Dinka Antić
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Does universal health insurance act as a driver of increased life expectancy? Evidence from selected emerging economies

Christian Journal for Global Health, 2020
Background: The world currently has experienced an unimaginable increase in life expectancy rate (LER). There are many factors that influence LER, including faith and forgiveness. However, an ongoing argument among scholars is whether health insurance is
Sabina Ampon-Wireko, Zhou LuLin, Henry Asante Antwi, Ebenezer Wireko Brobbey, Arielle Doris Kachie   +4 more
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Representative Board Governance: What Role Do Board Directors Have in Representing the Interest of Their Constituents?

Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 2020
The current ethos of most nonprofit boards of directors focuses on role clarity between board directors and the executive director. The board’s role is to collectively set strategic direction and provide oversight while leaving day-to-day operations to ...
Anthony Piscitelli, Sean Geobey
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Global Governance Behind Closed Doors : The IMF Boardroom, the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility, and the Intersection of Material Power and Norm Change in Global Politics [PDF]

, 2012
Up on the 12th floor of its 19th Street Headquarters, the IMF Board sits in active session for an average of 7 hours per week. Although key matters of policy are decided on in the venue, the rules governing Boardroom interactions remain opaque, resting ...
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Impact of Firm’s Scope of Operation on the Board of Director’s Structure (Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange) [PDF]

مجله دانش حسابداری, 2011
By separating management from ownership, and the emergence of the agency theory, the board of directors has been identified as one of the mechanisms of implementing internal controls and governing firms.
Mohammad Namazi, Mohammad Monfared Maharlouie   +1 more
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