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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.
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Knowledge@Wharton December 18, 2002	Re-Examining the Role of the Chairman of the Board Faculty members at Wharton and a board member of a major U.S. corporation say that while there are some circumstances in which a division of authority between a chairman and a CEO may make sense, it is by no means a surefire way to keep companies on the straight and narrow.
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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.
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