Female Entrepreneurs as Board Directors of the Largest Russian Joint‐Stock Companies, 1870–1900

The Determinants of the Presence of Independent Directors in French Board Companies

The purpose of this paper is to study the determinants of the presence of independent directors on boards of directors. Based on the agency theory, we study the different factors influencing the nomination of independent directors. The tests were applied to a sample of 79 companies belonging to the SBF120 index from 1999 to 2001. Using an OLS data regression framework, the findings show that th...

The roles of the Board of Directors in listed companies in Brazil

The Effect of the Characteristics of Board of Directors on Real Earnings Management

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the characteristics of board of directors (Chief Executive Officer Duality, CEO tenure duration, size and independence of the board of directors) on earnings management. In this study, data from 62 companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange during the years of 2011 to 2015 were used. The statistical method used in this research is panel ...

Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting.

The Olympia School District Board of Directors held an Executive Session for the purpose of the Superintendent’s evaluation at 6:00 p.m., Monday, July 21, 2003, at Rogers Elementary School, 2001 26th Avenue NE, Olympia, Washington. The meeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m., immediately recessing into Executive Session. Present were: President Barclift, Directors Keeffe, Lehman, McGee and Par...

Information technology and the board of directors.

Ever since the Y2K scare, boards have grown increasingly nervous about corporate dependence on information technology. Since then, computer crashes, denial of service attacks, competitive pressures, and the need to automate compliance with government regulations have heightened board sensitivity to IT risk. Unfortunately, most boards remain largely in the dark when it comes to IT spending and s...