... the prerogative to use them or not, so as to exert control and demand accountability. Corporate governance Management effectiveness Information systems Agency theory focuses on the notion of an agency relationship in which the principal delegates work to the agent, where there is risk sharing...

..., independence of mind can neither be the goal, because it is just a state of mind, which has no use, unless it serves something else. So, before continuing, we have to ask the question: what is the goal? Why do we care about independence? Corporate governance Board of directors Management effectiveness...

... roles, namely monitoring and controlling, strategizing, providing advice and counsel and providing access to resources; and Boards of directors Corporate governance Intellectual capital Management effectiveness Thus far we have identified how the roles required of a board will determine...