Directors often sit on multiple company boards; two boards are said to be interlocked when they have at least one common director. A board interlocking network is a set of companies together with all the interlocks that exist among them. We propose that such an interlocking network is an important inter-corporate setting, which has bearing on how company boards make important corporate decision...

We develop a theory of board-directed strategic change in which directors (1) conceive changes in corporate strategy that reflect the strategies of their own home companies, and (2) select new CEOs who have prior experience with similar strategies to facilitate implementation. The findings show that, while the experience of new CEOs appears to predict corporate strategic change, these effects d...

The process to elect a new DirectorGeneral of the World Health Organization (WHO) has started with a new code of conduct, new forums for candidates to interact with Member States and a new electronic voting system to promote transparency and fairness. The race began on 22 April, when WHO’s 194 Member States were invited to propose candidates. Their proposals will be made public on 23 September....

This paper is a contribution to the draft rural development strategy for the World Bank, which is currently pending approval by the Board of Executive Directors. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions are the author's own and should not be attributed to the World Bank, its management, its Board of Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. Some of the numbers quoted are estim...

The current executive body of Nepal Medical Association (NMA) has realized the need of having an editorial board with experts in the fi eld of scientifi c writing and critical appraisal. Accordingly, Journal of Nepal Medical Association (JNMA) has formed a new editorial board. It will uplift the quality of journal and its contents in terms of authenticity and reliability. All of the editors hav...