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The Motley Fool April 8, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Corporate Boards Need to Wake Up One of investors' biggest problems -- whether they know it or not -- has been a tendency toward ineffective, entrenched boards of directors that don't do their primary job, which is to look out for shareholder interests.  |
HBS Working Knowledge July 11, 2012 Jay Lorsch |
Book Excerpt: 'The Future of Boards' In an excerpt from "The Future of Boards," the author discusses why directors are newly questioning their roles.  |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
Risk, Rot, and the Road to Recovery It's high time shareholders demanded better corporate governance from boards.  |
HBS Working Knowledge August 9, 2004 Lucian A. Bebchuk |
Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders.  |
CFO June 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan |
Not-So-Modest Proposals For board members the choice is clear: support shareholder proposals that win a majority vote or risk losing the director seat.  |
U.S. Banker April 2010 Michael Sisk |
Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now.  |
BusinessWeek April 3, 2006 |
An Acid Test for Boards Institutional Shareholder Services is making financial performance a metric for supporting directors' reelection.  |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Best and Worst Corporate Boards Did any of your companies make the Hall of Fame or Hall of Shame?  |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Let's Fix Director Independence The Shareholder Bill of Rights would separate the chairman and CEO roles.  |
Financial Advisor June 2004 Gary Schneider |
Fund Industry Being Forced In Wrong Direction In the aftermath of some of America's biggest scandals in the history of the mutual fund industry, proposed standards are wrongheaded and unnecessary.  |
Registered Rep. June 10, 2003 Will Leitch |
Citi Board Receives Dubious Distinction Well, here's more bad news for Citigroup, in case the company isn't immune to it by this point. A study released by Portland, Maine-based The Corporate Library (TCL) says that Citigroup has the worst board of directors in the country.  |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2010 Alyce Lomax |
The Battle for Independence Shareholders need more independent minds and critical thinkers on corporate boards.  |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Ilan Moscovitz |
Let's Fix Director Nominations Should we make it easier for shareholders to nominate their own representatives?  |
BusinessWeek April 3, 2006 Emily Thornton |
ISS Looks Like It's Channeling Icahn The proxy advisory firm says Fifth Third's CEO should go despite stellar governance.  |
The Motley Fool May 30, 2007 Alyce Lomax |
Shareholders Have Spoken at Applebee's Two independent directors have been elected to the restaurant's board. Seeing an activist's candidates get elected by shareholders certainly seems like a good sign that shareholders are starting to take ownership more seriously.  |
HBS Working Knowledge July 5, 2006 Joseph Hinsey |
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction Corporate governance reformers are pushing the idea of majority voting for directors. But that solution won't produce the desired outcome. The answer? Keep CEOs and board chairs separate.  |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2011 Alyce Lomax |
When Companies Do the Right Thing Not every corporation fights its shareholders' requests.  |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009 Jack Milligan |
In Banking, Judgment Counts Does an experienced banker necessarily make for a good bank director? Citigroup and Bank of America Corp. are about to find out, bowing to pressure from federal banking regulators to recruit veteran bankers and finance experts to serve as independent directors on their boards.  |
National Defense February 2014 Jay B. Stephens |
Companies Need Sound Governance In publicly-traded aerospace and defense companies, strong internal controls in an organization -- especially in business units far from the mother ship -- are essential to transparency and process fidelity.  |
Knowledge@Wharton July 30, 2003 |
Has Sarbanes-Oxley Made a Dent in Corporate America's Armor? In the 12 months since it was signed by President Bush, the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act has caused U.S. companies to spend heavily on compliance, altered the culture of boardrooms and boosted the business of firms that offer ethics and compliance consulting. To what end?  |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Brian Lawler |
ImClone's Board Shakeup A new face in the boardroom heralds change for the troubled company. Shareholders yesterday elected notorious corporate raider Carl Icahn to the company's board of directors.  |
Job Journal February 25, 2007 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros:Sports Stars Can't Compete with Overpaid CEOs Can America bring it's high-flying CEOs down to earth?  |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2005 Rich Duprey |
CEOs Get the Golden Boot Boards of directors are giving away shareholder money to outgoing executives as compensation for poor performance. Shareholders ought to take note of how their boards deal with management separation.  |
The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Alyce Lomax |
Should We Be Like Britain? The UK's mandating corporate governance rules. Should we follow suit?  |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2011 Dawn Kawamoto |
Reshuffling Yahoo!'s Board: A New House of Cards? It may take an activist shareholder to bring about meaningful change.  |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 |
For Your Review What financial institutions directors are thinking about-the results of 2009 research by Corporate Board Member and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP... What's ahead for banking...  |
AFP eWire June 27, 2005 |
Boards Must Focus on More Than Just Compliance The result of the ongoing debate over nonprofit accountability has led to the perception among many boards of directors that compliance is their only responsibility, according to a new report.  |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 John Reeves |
Let's Fix Risk Committees Should we require corporate boards to establish risk committees?  |
The Motley Fool April 15, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
CEOs: Do the Right Thing! 2008 was a bad year for shareholders and workers. Some CEOs made out like bandits, though.  |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Alyce Lomax |
This Secret Weapon Could Save Your Stocks The presence of women in the boardroom could be a little-known advantage for shareholders.  |
HBS Working Knowledge January 17, 2007 Malcolm Salter |
Learning from Private-Equity Boards Boards of professionally sponsored buyouts are more informed, hands-on, and interventionist than public company boards. The author argues that this board model could have helped Enron and perhaps your company as well.  |
The Motley Fool March 22, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Kingpin of the Citi? Citigroup chooses to make Chuck Prince both chairman and CEO. Bad idea. With its checkered past, Citigroup should know better than to repeat history. Investors deserve better.  |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2005 Jill Jusko |
Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship.  |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Corporate Boards Should Focus on Performance, Not Conformance After the corporate governance revolution of the 1990s that led to a new era of accountability to shareholders, the Enron debacle has brought new attention to the role of corporate boards and governance...  |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Louis Lavelle |
A Simple Way To Make Boards Behave Requiring directors to win a majority of votes would give shareholders more say. Investors at as many as 100 companies will vote on nonbinding shareholder resolutions urging those companies to adopt majority voting.  |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009 |
Compensation at the Fore In this sampling of bank directors' opinions on the hot topics of the day, we look at issues related to executive compensation.  |
BusinessWeek December 10, 2009 David Welch & Jeff Green |
Be Careful What You Wish For GM finally has an activist board. But its private equity directors are making executives squirm.  |
HBS Working Knowledge December 6, 2004 Mallory Stark |
Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt.  |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2011 Alyce Lomax |
Shareholders Want This Power More and more investors agitate for the right to act by written consent.  |
CFO March 1, 2003 Lori Calabro |
The Prime of Ms. Nell Minow For the prominent shareholder activist, these have been both the best and the worst of times.  |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2008 Rich Duprey |
No Equality in Bailout Automakers will never get the sweetheart deal that was given to Wall Street.  |
HBS Working Knowledge December 22, 2003 Martha Lagace |
How to Build a Better Board Boards need to work smarter and with a design in mind, says Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch. Lorsch discusses his new book Back to the Drawing Board, co-written with Colin B. Carter.  |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Will Obama Succeed Where Shareholders Have Failed? Delving beyond the headlines.  |
CIO November 14, 2012 Kim S. Nash |
Boards Want to Learn About Emerging IT Issues Directors admit they aren't adequately engaged in topics such as social media and IT-enabled business innovation  |
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 |
Investors Fight Back From the Netherlands to South Korea, corporate boards are taking major steps to improve shareholder rights in the wake of financial scandals.  |
Knowledge@Wharton May 7, 2003 |
Those Who Sit on Company Boards Face a New, Tougher Job Description Two longtime executives and board members talk about the changing role of boards of directors in what they say is becoming an increasingly volatile, litigious and risky environment.  |
HBS Working Knowledge September 13, 2006 Jay W. Lorsch |
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do Compensation committees are under pressure to keep CEO pay high, even as shareholders and the media agitate for moderation. The solution? Boards of directors need better competitive information and an ear to what shareholders are saying.  |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
More Women Than You Think It's better to focus on the strides women have made into the corporate boardroom rather than on more depressing data.  |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2010 Alyce Lomax |
Majority Rules! Majority voting standards would let shareholders have their say.  |
Foundation News & Commentary Jul/Aug 2005 Hechinger & Bobowick |
Governance Matters The 12 principles of governance share some common denominators and enable the board to operate at an exceptional level.  |