As small and medium enterprises (SMEs) evolve from start-up to maturity, they need to grow into governance. This paper introduces the International Finance Corporation (IFC) governance methodology for...
This paper explores the existing body of research linking a higher proportion of women in business leadership including on boards of directors and in senior management to improve overall company performance...
Corporate governance in the media faces an intractable problem. There is an important public interest in the integrity of news, which is the lifeblood of an open society. In this paper Donald Nordberg...
Commercial enterprises that are owned and controlled by governments continue to constitute a significant portion of business activity in many parts of the world. This paper examines three critical areas...
This compendium looks at the development of corporate governance since the financial crisis and asks whether governance rules and practices have developed in a way that positions companies better to address...
This paper explores the existing body of research linking a higher proportion of women in business leadership including on boards of directors and in senior management to improve overall company performance...
This paper explores the existing body of research linking a higher proportion of women in business leadership including on boards of directors and in senior management to improve overall company performance...
This paper explores the existing body of research linking a higher proportion of women in business leadership including on boards of directors and in senior management to improve overall company performance...
This paper explores the existing body of research linking a higher proportion of women in business leadership including on boards of directors and in senior management to improve overall company performance...
Abanditsi bakoze igenzura ryimbitse ry'ibitabo kugira ngo bavumbure ibimenyetso bifatika bihuza ubwiyongere bw'ubusumbane hagati y'abagabo n'abagore ku rwego rwo hejuru hamwe n'ibipimo by'ibidukikije...
This paper explores the existing body of research linking a higher proportion of women in business leadership including on boards of directors and in senior management to improve overall company performance...
This paper takes a look inside the functioning of the modern corporate board “black box.” Using results of an anonymous online survey, it investigates the experiences and behavior of 102 Brazilian directors—from...
The credit crisis has caused a cataclysm in corporate governance circles. Distinguished professors, leaders of industry, regulators, legislators and blue ribbon panels around the world are examining everything...
Board assessment is a governance practice established to ensure that a board effectively performs its duties. Over the past decade, knowledge about board assessment and what it can and cannot do for boards...
Most organizations are engaged in an ongoing quest for more transparency and accountability in an effort to comply with the more stringent regulations that were put in place after the financial crisis...
As external pressures - including resource scarcity, globalization, and access to information - continue to increase, the way corporations respond to sustainability challenges will determine their long-term...
Investors see value in nominating members to the boards of companies they have invested in. Through board members, they can help improve the company's operations, define corporate strategy, adjust inefficiencies...
Women in the workforce are key to healthy economies, but this does not mean that adding more women to the board will necessarily increase shareholder value or that the financial crisis will not have happened...
Although much has been written on the traditional role and key responsibilities of a company secretary, these writings are not sufficient to fully prepare an individual for the enormous task undertaken...
Board assessment is a governance practice established to ensure that a board effectively performs its duties. Over the past decade, knowledge about board assessment and what it can and cannot do for boards...