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The handbook of board governance : a comprehensive guide for public, private, and not-for-profit board members /

"The Handbook of Board Governance provides comprehensive coverage of all topics in corporate governance by subject matter experts. The chapter authors are a combination of practitioners (directors, management, advisors) and academics. The practitioners will bring practical experience and the ac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Leblanc, Richard, 1965- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020.
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. The handbook of board governance : an introduction and overview
  • The board's first responsibility : the right CEO
  • CEO succession planning trends and forecast
  • CEO succession planning
  • CEO succession : lessons from the trenches for directors
  • Appendix 1: Model CEO succession planning charter
  • Appendix 2: Model CEO position description
  • Part II. The board's second responsibility : the right board chair
  • The nonexecutive chairman : toward a shareholder value maximization role
  • Great boards don't exist without great chairs
  • What's in a name? The lead director role at U.S. public companies
  • Appendix 3: Model board chair position description
  • Part III. Who is at the board table? Board composition, dynamics, and decision-making
  • Director independence, competency, and behavior
  • Board behaviors : how women directors influence decision outcomes
  • The state of gender diversity in boardrooms
  • Every seat matters
  • The art of asking questions as a director
  • Board succession, evaluation, and recruitment : a global perspective
  • Appendix 4: Model individual director position description
  • Appendix 5: Model conflict of interest policy for directors
  • Part IV. The work of the board
  • Climate change and directors' duties closing the gap between legal obligation and enforcement practice
  • Board oversight and climate change : what directors need to know
  • Responsible boards for a sustainable future
  • Corporate governance to advance business and society
  • Technology and the corporate board 2020 and beyond
  • Responsive governance in a digital world : the need to up-skill
  • The impact of blockchain technology for corporate governance
  • Blockchain : an introduction for boards of directors
  • Reflections of a board chair on the Christchurch Massacre : governing social media
  • Financial literacy and audit committees : a primer for directors and audit committee members
  • Corporate governance in an age of populism
  • A call to action for geopolitical governance
  • Governing boards, risk management, and deliberative thinking
  • Lawyers' advice to directors on overseeing executive pay
  • Accountant's advice to company directors : directors' obligations to detect top-10 frauds
  • Ten tell-tale signs of possible fraud : a director's primer
  • 100 questions directors should ask when assessing the effectiveness of risk systems
  • Risk oversight for directors : a practical guide
  • Risk governance : leading practice and demographic impacts
  • Agile governance
  • The three dilemmas for creating a long-term board
  • Strategic blindspots in the boardroom
  • Winter is coming : the approaching human capital management storm
  • The effective compensation committee
  • Compensation governance and performance-based executive compensation
  • Measuring and improving pay for performance : board oversight of executive pay
  • Designing performance for long-term value : aligning business strategy, management structure, and incentive design
  • Mind the gap : how human resources can become more integral to the corporate boardroom agenda
  • Board risk and responsibility under regulatory and criminal law
  • Riding between cars : the position of the corporate secretary
  • Ensuring good governance and business successes in international subsidiaries
  • Part V. Shareholder engagement and board accountability
  • The rise of investor stewardship
  • Director/shareholder meetings
  • Dual-class share firms in developed market economies
  • For directors : the long-term relationship between directors, companies, and institutional investors
  • Proxy scorecards will empower investors
  • Part VI. Not-for-profit governance
  • Charitable and not-for-profit organization governance
  • The best of boards, the worst of boards : the not-for-profit experience
  • Fundraising best practices for not-for-profit boards of directors
  • Part VII. Small and medium company governance
  • Governance of small and medium-sized entities
  • Private versus public company governance : top-13 questions for board members to consider
  • Cannabis governance : advice for current and prospective directors in this emerging industry
  • Part VIII. Global corporate governance
  • Cross-border corporate governance
  • Corporate governance in Asia-Pacific
  • Boards of directors of Chinese companies
  • The Russian corporate governance story
  • CARICOM (Caribbean Community) governance
  • King IV : taking corporate governance to the next level.