elsevier.com/locate/econbase Additions to corporate boards: the effect of gender Kathleen A. Farrell a‚*‚ Philip L. Hersch b a Department of Finance‚ University of Nebraska-Lincoln‚ Lincoln‚ NE 68588-0490‚ USA b Department of Economics‚ Wichita State University‚ USA Received 1 November 2003; accepted 1 December 2003 Available online 20 April 2004 Abstract During the decade of the 1990s the number of women serving on corporate boards increased substantially. Over this decade‚ we show that
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THE BOARD‚ THE EXECUTIVE & GOOD GOVERNANCE Ladies and Gentlemen‚ this paper attempts to look at the board and individual directors in context to organisational development. To achieve this‚ the key roles and duties of the board and its directors will be fully reviewed in light of current corporate governance concerns. This paper relies heavily on Review of The Role and Effectiveness of Non-executive Directors – Higgs Review – (2003) and the Combined Code on Corporate Governance (2006) for referencing
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Title: Postural control in standing on a wobble board Background: Standing on a small or unstable base of support‚ a person must correct his posture to maintain the position of the body’s center of mass to fall within the area of support. Postural control is facilitated through several movement strategies such as ankle strategy‚ knee strategy‚ hip strategy‚ or stepping strategy when a person loses his balance. In addition to the counter-rotation mechanism‚ a mechanism to prevent a loss of balance
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NEGOTIATION Negotiation theory Last updated 9 months ago The foundations of negotiation theory are decision analysis‚ behavioral decision making‚ game theory‚ and negotiation analysis. Another classification of theories distinguishes between Structural Analysis‚ Strategic Analysis‚ Process Analysis‚ Integrative Analysis and behavioral analysis of negotiations. Individuals should make separate‚ interactive decisions; and negotiation analysis considers how groups of reasonably bright individuals
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Video games‚ are they good? Are video games a distraction or an angel in disguise? New studies show that video games are actually really good for you. Playing video games can increase eye hand coordination‚ decision making‚ and self-confidence. Dr. Daphne Bavelier‚ a neuroscientist at the University of Geneva‚ has conducted research on the effects of video games on the brain. Her research shows that video games actually help gamers focus (and maintain focus) better than non-gamers - more
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#1 Name: Kassi Tiedjens Historical Game Choose a game (something other than Monopoly!) that has been around for at least 25 years and research its history to answer the following in COMPLETE SENTENCES: 1) What’s the name of the game and has it changed over the years or had any other name? Candy Land‚ also known as Candyland‚ is a two to four player board game where the players race to the finish line‚ striving to be first. 2) When and where did the game originate? Candy Land was invented
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Hunger Games Taylor Corriveau The Hunger Games is a fictional book‚ which establishes the relationship between the protagonist Katniss‚ and the protagonist Peeta. Katniss is a 16 year old girl who lives in District twelve‚ Panem. She is the sole provider for her family and competes in the Hunger Games‚ a game where two people from each of the twelve districts are chosen to fight to the death. Peeta is a 16 year old boy who is also from District Twelve who competes in the Hunger Games with Katniss
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3for3 GAMES 3FOR3‚ ALSO KNOWN AS COOPERATING OF TWO CLUBS (SOMETIMES WE HAVE 3 CLUBS‚ IT STARTED IN SPAIN‚ SPAIN’S TRIANGLES) IS MOSTLY WHEN CLUBS PLAYING YEARS AND HOME TEAM WINS (OTHER PART OF A SEASON AGAIN HOME TEAM WIN‚ TEAM WHICH IN FIRST GAME WAS AWAY TEAM - BUT THIS IS NOT RULE‚ READ MORE)..IT IS CLASSICAL 3 FOR 3..i WOULD SAY THAT IN LOWER LEAGUES ARE MUCH MORE GAMES THAN IN FIRST‚ EXPECIALLY IN TOP 5 LEAGUES. IT THINK IN ENGLAND PREMIER AND GERMANY BUNDESLIGA ARE MINIMUM COOPERATING‚ BUT
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If you are concerned about above questions‚ welcome to SPENT‚ which is basically a word game. During the game‚ you may be asked to imagine yourself in above circumstances and answer several questions related to those tragedy situations. There will be feedback of your answer including correctness and some related knowledge or experience. That means you can learn something while playing a game. Although the game maybe blamed by baldness process and lack of imagery‚ I still strongly recommend that you
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The X and Y game What is a game where you have four persons to a team‚ and each person shows an X and Y card each round and according to what each other person‚ including themselves shows they get a certain number of points added on or taken off? What is the meaning of this game? What does it show? This game shows how individual people act in a group. When every person in a group cooperates something gets done‚ but if people are out for themselves‚ and fail to recognize that they are in this together
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