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It shouldn't be like this, but a Founder's succession in a company signals a not-so-generous change in command. It feels as if someone who had been the topmost representative of a company until "yesterday" is being ejected, or even expelled, from the organization, no matter how, big or a small, your business is. Lack of planning and empathy, which causes trauma and veritable nightmares during such a transition, occurs in small, medium, or large companies.
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"Reigning the Boardroom: A Trailblazing Guide to Corporate Governance Success" is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to navigate the intricate landscape of corporate governance in today's rapidly changing business world. It offers a forward-looking perspective on governance that aligns with the demands of an ethical, transparent, and strategically-driven business environment. "Reigning the Boardroom" stands out for its ability to bridge theory...
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This publication is comprised of the two Asian Development Bank (ADB) documents: Integrity Principles and Guidelines (May 2010) and the Anticorruption Policy (July 1998). ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity investigates allegations of fraud, corruption, coercive practice, collusive practice, conflict of interest, obstructive practice, and related misconduct in ADB-financed activities, in accordance with ADB's Integrity Principles and Guidelines....
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Effective Boards Can Be A Huge Asset For Private Companies
For private companies, the benefits of bringing in outside experience can have a profound impact. This book is designed to give clarity to common questions like: Why should I have a board? How does it help my business? What style of board should I have? What are the roles and functions of the board members? How to recruit and retain advisors?
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Executives, investors, and the business press routinely chant the mantra that corporations are required to "maximize shareholder value." In this path breaking book, renowned corporate expert Lynn Stout debunks the myth that corporate law mandates shareholder primacy. Stout shows how shareholder value thinking endangers not only investors but the rest of us as well, leading managers to focus myopically on short-term earnings; discouraging investment...
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El diseño y contenido de este libro tiene dos objetivos complementarios. Por un lado, definir las responsabilidades que asumen las personas que ocupan (o están por ocupar) un cargo de director de empresas y, por otro, proporcionar conceptos, lineamientos y herramientas que requieren para cumplir su rol.
Sin perjuicio de lo anterior, esta obra debería también poder ser de utilidad a diferentes audiencias:
• Directores actuales y potenciales...
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This book is, based upon an International Conference on 'Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility' held at the Cordia Education Complex, Sanghol, in November 2013 under the auspices of the Lord Rana Foundation Charitable Trust, UK, and the Smt. Jawala Devi Memorial Trust, India.
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"The Board-Savvy CEO" is a "survive-and-thrive" handbook for nonprofit chief executive officers and executives aspiring to become CEOs. Governance expert and author Doug Eadie explains how leaders who build and maintain a close, productive partnership with their boards do a better job of translating vision into practice and achieving organizational stability, innovation, and growth. The author devotes a chapter to each of the three critical functions...
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"Board cronyism" has run rampant for too long. The playing field must be leveled so board seats are obtainable to a wider, richly qualified, more diverse range of talent. To remain competitive and profitable, our corporations and free enterprise system depend on it. In their June 2011 Harvard Business Review article "Defend Your Research: What Makes a Team Smarter? More Women," Anita Woolley and Thomas W. Malone wrote: "There's little correlation...
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Este trabajo compila el resultado de cinco proyectos de investigación sobre gobierno Corporativo, en cada una de estas investigaciones se abordan temas relevantes, desde la fundamentación del Gobierno Corporativo hasta su impacto sobre las decisiones empresariales. el primer capítulo presenta las bases conceptuales para la comprensión del tema e ideas para la elaboración de los Códigos de Buen Gobierno. El segundo capítulo hace una reflexión...
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Betsy Atkins is often asked "How can I get on a board?" So after 20+ years in the boardroom and multiple roles in public and private companies she is ready to share her secrets. In this book, she teaches you how to build your own personal brand as well as how to keep yourself relevant and growing. She shares tips on how to make your personal network the most effective (and the most enjoyable.) Betsy covers the best ways to present your skills and...
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Increasing impact of the global corporations in all aspects of social life and in the environment has been the catalyst in the emergence of a new diversity of stakeholders demanding accountability about the impact of corporate activity in the life of the planet. Thus, these significant waves of increased awareness almost through the second phase of twentieth century down to the twenty first century triggered the emergence of concept called CSR. The...
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No me montes fiestas versa sobre el bienestar y la felicidad en el entorno corporativo. Su contenido está acompañado de las vivencias de sus coautores, de casos reales, herramientas de apoyo e ideas que ayudarán a las personas y empresas a implementarlas en su entorno personal y laboral.
El título es una llamada al mundo empresarial de que el bienestar y la felicidad de sus colaboradores es algo mucho más importante que organizar una fiesta...
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All HELL is going to break loose, and, when it does, as many as 9 out of 10 small business corporations will not protect their owners. This marvelous little book exposes the deadly flaw inherent in small business incorporation and will snatch any serious entrepreneur from the abyss of inevitable legal ruin. If you already incorporated, you should READ THIS BOOK. If not, you will want to READ THIS BOOK before you take that fateful step. Dana Oliver...
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Conflict. Scandal. Derailment. These are the last words you want to hear as a shareholder, board member, or CEO of any organization, especially if you expected corporate governance to prevent these crises.
But the business world is volatile and complex. As humans, we are volatile and complex. The mechanisms of corporate governance alone are not enough to insure us-or our business-against inevitable change and challenges.
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Some of the worst corporate meltdowns over the past sixty years can be traced to passive directors who favored operational shortcuts over quality growth strategies. Thinking primarily about placating institutional investors, selective stockholders, proxy advisors, and corporate management, these inattentive and deferential board members have relied on short-term share price increases to sustain their companies long term. Driven by a desire for prosperity,...
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A Valuable Meeting and Procedural Reference for Business Corporations, Boards, and Shareholders.
This handy and valuable reference book bridges a large informational gap for those who are preparing for, leading, and attending board of directors and shareholders business corporation meetings. The author simultaneously draws upon the three principal sources of meeting authority on the subject including
a sample of state for-profit statutory law
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Philosophy aims at individual liberation through cessation of pain and suffering. The world around what we see is full of miseries and suffering. Human life is a saga of suffering, pain and happiness. Although happiness is there when we take the proportion of suffering and pain it is not equated or balanced. Human beings from time immemorial have been probing into this existential issues and asking the question how to eliminate pain and suffering?...
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