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    The Board of Directors

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    The Role of Board According to Jensen (1993)‚ the board has the final responsibility for the function of the board. The job of the board is to hire‚ fire and compensate the CEO and to provide high level council. More precisely‚ the board has two major jobs: to monitoring the decision making of management as a representative of shareholders and to initiate and implement of decisions. The board of directors is a major mechanisms used to solve agency problem‚ which arises when the management and ownership

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    Board of Directors

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    Introduction The board is made up of individual men and women (the "directors") who are elected by the shareholders for multiple-year terms. Many companies operate on a rotating system so that only a fraction of the directors are up for election each year; this makes it much more difficult for a complete board change to take place due to a hostile takeover. In most cases‚ directors either‚ 1.) Have a vested interest in the company‚ 2.) Work in the upper management of the company‚ or 3

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    Board of Directors

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    today’s boards of directors. 1 I would require the board of directors degree of involvement in strategic management be active participation (approves‚ questions and makes final decisions on mission‚ strategy‚ policies and objectives) or be that of a catalyst (takes the leading role in establishing and modifying the mission‚ objectives‚ strategies and policies). This would ensure that the board of directors takes a hands on approach (Wheelen‚ p. 47). 2 I would require the board of directors

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    The Role of Boards of Directors in Corporate Governance: A Conceptual Framework & Survey∗ Ren´e B. Adams‚† Benjamin E. Hermalin‚‡ and Michael S. Weisbach§ e April ‚  Abstract This paper is a survey of the literature on boards of directors‚ with an emphasis on research done subsequent to the Hermalin and Weisbach (2003) survey. The two questions most asked about boards are what determines their makeup and what determines their actions? These questions are fundamentally intertwined‚ which

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    Apple Board of Directors

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    Lydia Butler Board of Directors Apple A. Board of Directors 1. William V. Campbell Chairman Intuit‚ Inc. (external) 1983 Tim Cook CEO Apple (internal) 2011 Millard S. Drexler Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J. Crew (external) 1999 Albert Gore‚ Jr. Former Vice President of the United States (external) 2003 Andrea Jung Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Avon Products‚ Inc. (external) 2008 Arthur D. Levinson‚ Ph.D. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Genentech

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    The Board of Directors at Staples is comprised of eleven members. “The eleven nominees include two directors who joined the Board within the last two years‚ four nominees that joined the Board within the last seven years and five nominees that have served on our Board at least 15 years” (Staples‚ Annual Report‚ 16). The eleven members are listed below. Next his or her name is how long they have been on the board. Under each name is a short biography of the member along with valuable contributions

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    Apple Board of Directors

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    Board of Directors Apple’s Board of Directors (BOD) is composed of seven members. Out of the seven directors‚ six of them are males; Steve Jobs age 54‚ William Campbell age 69‚ Arthur Levinson Ph.D. age 60‚ Ronald Sugar age 61‚ Millard Drexler age 65‚ and former vice president Albert Gore Jr. age 62 and one is a female Andrea Jung age 51. The average age for the board is 60 years old. The members of the board bring into Apple a vast experience from retailing‚ governmental‚ engineering and technological

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    Summary; the Board of Directors Board of director work as a bridge between management and shareholders‚ appointed by shareholders. Through this forum those who do not have opportunity to protect their right (minority shareholders‚ lenders‚ and society) can influence those who run the company. If the board is effective and responsible‚ quality of governance will be good‚ overall performance of the company will be increased and all the stakeholders will be happier and if the board is ineffective

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    1. Topic: Effective Board of Directors 2. Six Steps to Building an Effective Board By:Bruce R. Evans 3. Summary: The author Bruce R. Evans is a managing partner in Summit Partners’ Boston office. He has also been a member of more than 25 boards‚ which include 10 public company boards. He claims that when a Board is working effectively it is a big part of the company’s success. However‚ an ineffective board can be distracting and cause liabilities for the company. Through his experiences

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    COMPANY PROFILE Costco Wholesale Corporation REFERENCE CODE: 7EE0FB19-6C6E-4865-AFD1-D601275DC508 PUBLICATION DATE: 30 Aug 2012 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. Costco Wholesale Corporation TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts.................................................

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