... governance Chief executive officers Boards of directors Communication skills Business models Strategy maps Performance The CEO drew a long breath and continued, “As we informed you at the last meeting, our revenues and profits are expected to be lower next year” The CEO then quickly rattled...

... disclosures Resource allocation Boards of directors Board roles Information asymmetry Top management Stakeholders Corporate Governance (CG) entails ensuring transparency to capital markets, regulators, governments and shareholders. Disclosures made by companies to their shareholders...

... IT value Strategic evaluation Information technology Communication Boards of directors Senior executives are often faced with a dual challenge. On the one hand, they need to demonstrate to the market – in commonly understood terms – that their enterprises are creating value...

... that have substantially affected boards of directors’ planning for and execution of CEO succession. The second part provided some practical guidelines that may facilitate boards’ responsibilities for CEO succession in the challenging new governance environment. In this commentary, we provide some finer...

...Dan R. Dalton; Catherine M. Dalton Purpose The purpose of the paper is to look at CEO succession in light of regulations and post‐Sarbanes‐Oxley (post‐SOX) dynamics. Design/methodology/approach Describes best‐in‐class practices for boards of directors responsible for CEO...

... argued that the formal CEO succession process is in disrepair. The post‐SOX dynamics described in previous sections promise to even further confound boards of directors' responsibilities for succession planning and execution. Practical implications The paper provides executives...

... Group Publishing Limited 2006 Boards of Directors Corporate governance Disclosure Financial management Related party transactions, like many other aspects of corporate governance, have received renewed attention in the post‐Enron era. While Enron has become a bit of a corporate “poster...

.... Originality/value Of particular value to CEOs and other board members. Catherine M. Dalton can be contacted at: cdalton@indiana.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Boards of directors Compensation The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently distributed...

.... Findings One answer to the continued failure of corporate governance, albeit not likely the answer, is a misplaced focus on structural aspects of the board of directors at the expense of process issues. Practical implications Provides executives with information on important factors...

... to internal and external constituents the importance of growth to the overall strategic mission of the organization. We would also observe that a CGO can serve an invaluable function in keeping the board of directors abreast of current and planned growth opportunities. Such advance preparation can greatly...

...Grahame Dowling Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline the major sources of risk to a company's reputation that a board of directors should take responsibility for monitoring. Design/methodology/approach The paper looks at numerous corporate scandals around the world...

... ten countries, namely: Belgium (20), France (40), Germany (30), Italy (40), the Netherlands (25), Portugal (10), Spain (35), Sweden (24), Switzerland (20) and the United Kingdom (50). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Corporate governance Boards of Directors Europeans Surveys...

... diversity include constructive debate and full consideration of the issue at hand, generating alternatives, enhanced innovativeness, and greater likelihood of championing change. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Boards of directors Corporate governance Chief executives Chairmen...

...Bob Garratt Purpose This essay argues that many directors are never inducted and developed into their board directoral roles. By not understanding their legal roles and tasks as a director, as distinct from a manager, they can rarely extract themselves for long enough to become skilled...

...; elimination of executive committees; refraining from related party transactions. Practical implications Provides managers with information on important factors to consider when selecting, measuring and evaluating boards of directors. Originality/value Of particular value to CEOs...

... toward SOX compliance, and leverage the associated opportunities, before they have little or no choice in the matter. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Boards of Directors Corporate governance The US Congress’ enactment of the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act (SOX) introduced a new era...

.../value Of particular value to CEOs and other board members and outside recruiters of board members. We have outlined but a few of the potential benefits of a LID. There are numerous additional ways in which this individual can aid the effective functioning of a corporate board of directors...