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Study: Board Quality is Correlated with Funds’ Long-Term Performance
September 14, 2011
A recent academic study by Professors Carl R. Chen and Ying Huang determined that board quality, as assessed by Morningstar in assigning its stewardship grades, is correlated with a fund's long-term performance. The data Professors Chen and Huang analyzed led them to conclude that "board… read more
Bridging Board Gaps
September 12, 2011
Bridging Board Gaps: Report of the Study Group on Corporate Boards is a thoughtful report produced in 2011 by a group of directors, business leaders, academics and former government officials that provides analysis of, and suggestions for tackling, board governance challenges. Although the report was… read more
Study: Intellectual Capital of the Board a True Asset
July 28, 2011
In a paper published in June, Paul Kalyta of the Department of Accounting at McGill University documents his study finding that a board's intellectual capital is an important source of organizational value creation. Kalyta's study used the number of scientists on a board of directors as… read more
Finance Professors Look at Independent Directors and Risk Taking by Firms
July 11, 2011
In a newly published paper entitled, "Do Independence and Financial Expertise of the Board Matter for Risk Taking and Performance?" three professors of finance examine how board independence and the presence of financial experts among independent directors relate to risk taking and performance of commercial… read more
Harvard Business School: Building A Better Board
May 31, 2011
In a recent article on the Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge blog, Carmen Nobel interviews HBS senior lecturer Stephen Kaufman about the new landscape for public company directors. Kaufman observes that being a director has changed greatly over the past decade given what has occurred… read more