Corporate Governance

Hire A Chief Information Security Officer And Hope For The Best

You can’t say it’s a thankless job – salaries are said to range from $188,000 to 1.2 million – but […]

SEC Mandates More Oversight Of Proxy Advisory Firms

Investment advisors, pension and employee benefit plans, bank trust departments and others have become increasingly reliant on proxy advisory firms. […]

Debate Criteria, Not Personality, In CEO Hiring

When beginning the hunt for a new CEO, make a short list – but not of candidates, Reshmi Paul and […]

How To Evaluate And Negotiate D&O Insurance Coverage

Over the past decade, it has become more common for directors and officers to become targets of lawsuits, investigations and […]

Times Columnist Lambasts “Inversion” Tax Dodge

Veteran New York Times business columnist Floyd Norris wrote a scathing critique of a strategy frequently employed by U.S. companies: […]

Offshore Corporate Tax Ploy Targeted By Senators

The practice known as “inversion,” whereby a corporation relocates its headquarters offshore to a cheaper tax venue, is the target […]

‘Business Risk Index’ From Travelers

Medical cost inflation was ranked by business decision-makers as the top business risk, in a survey conducted by the Travelers […]

The Evolving Meaning Of “Independence” In The Board Room

Independence in the board room, often considered a solution to the problem of misaligned incentives, among other problems of governance, […]

Compensation Committees Inner Workings Revealed

How do boards determine CEO pay? A study by David De Angelis of Rice University and Yaniv Grinstein of the […]

Fewer CEOs Fired In 2013

Last year the percentage of companies that fired their CEOs was the lowest since 2010. Only 23.8 percent of all […]

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