Board Walk – October 2020

Cover 17-5 October 2020

Board walk - December 2013.

Dear colleagues, It is a singular honor and tremendous privilege to have been elected President-elect by the International Headache Society members. The opportunity to work alongside remarkably accomplished leaders in the field on the board is not only humbling, but comforting, knowing that the society is in such wise and capable hands. I have a long history of service to the International Head...

Persian-translation 17-5 October 2020

Walk your way to health: October 15 – World Walking Day

As defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), physical activity is “any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure.” It is one of the fundamental functional stimuli to the body, which, if regularly applied, reduces the risk of developing a series of chronic, primarily cardiovascular, diseases, certain types of cancer, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, and o...

Say on Pay Design , Executive Pay , and Board Dependence ∗ July 2011 , this version October 2011

Motivated by important international differences in the design of ”say on pay” (SoP), this paper studies how its enforceability and its timing affects compensation decisions of the board of directors (BoD) and the level of board dependence. The analysis suggests that SoP design can have significant economic consequences that should be considered by regulatory authorities. In the context of a th...