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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807878203321

Autore

Demb Ada

Titolo

The corporate board : confronting the paradoxes / / Ada Demb, F.-Friedrich Neubauer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1992

ISBN

0-19-770271-6

1-280-52585-1

0-19-536139-3

1-4294-0729-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

NeubauerFranz-Friedrich

Disciplina

658.4/22

Soggetti

Directors of corporations

Corporate governance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Assessing the Discomfort; 2. Corporate Governance: Lifespace and Accountability; 3. The ""Job"" of the Board: Defining the Portfolio; 4. Whose Responsibility: The Board or Management?; 5. Commitment and Depth Versus Detachment and Breadth; 6. ""Cozy Club"" Versus Independent ""Personalities""; 7. Dealing with Board Performance; 8. Imperatives for the Twenty-first Century; Name Index; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on interviews with 70 company directors, this study of corporate governance and the role of the board of directors in modern multinational corporations examines the nature of the challenges faced and suggests ways to analyze and confront them.