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Women on Boards: A Statistical Review by Country, Supersector and Sector
June 11, 2010
Government Metrics International, a private consulting group providing corporate governance ratings on a global basis, has published a report providing a statistical review of the the representation of women on the boards of listed companies throughout the world. Because leaders and regulators in the US, UK, and… read more
A Holistic Approach to Improving Board Effectiveness
April 26, 2010
Jeffrey Stein, a partner at King & Spaulding LLP, recently published a piece on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation blog called, "Enhancing Board Performance Through Dynamic Board Development." The piece sets forth briefly some guidance for enhancing board effectiveness… read more
Audit Committee Chairs in the Hot Seat
April 12, 2010
Last month, the SEC charged a former the former audit committee chair and independent director of InfoUSA, a public company based in Nebraska, for failing to properly oversee an investigation into fraud by the company's CEO. The SEC based its charges against the company's former… read more
Gender Diversity in the Board Room
November 11, 2008
Via Harvard's Corporate Governance Blog, Renée B. Adams of the University of Queensland and ECGI, and Daniel Ferreira of the London School of Economics, CEPR and ECGI, have issued a paper, “Women in the Boardroom and Their… read more