The importance of board committees–specialized subgroups that exist to perform many of
the board's most critical functions, such as setting executive compensation, identifying …

The concept of corporate entrepreneurship has been confusingly used by researchers to
explain various organisational phenomena such as ways of managing, strategy and …

Strategic management, grounded in the actual practice of management, is at the core of
wealth creation in modern industrial societies and, increasingly, in emerging economies as …

Board composition is a critical element in the ability of the board to impact firm outcomes.
While much of this research has focused on size and independence, there is growing …

This book integrates and assesses the vast and rapidly growing literature on strategic
leadership, which is the study of top executives and their effects on organizations. The basic …

Creating wealth is at the heart of both entrepreneurship and strategic management. For
general managers and entrepreneurs, a keen interest is to learn how to apply …

This paper explores an increasingly prevalent element of board-level commitment to
sustainability. We propose a theoretical framework under which the existence and …

The role of the board of directors in firm strategy has long been the subject of debate.
However, research efforts have suffered from several deficiencies: the lack of an overarching …

In this article, we present an overview of empirical research on boards and governance in
leading US and international academic journals in general management. Samples …

abstract Interactions between CEOs and their boards of directors are a prominent focus of
management and strategy research. Despite the extensive literature on CEO–board …