Don’t miss the following great reads: Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value Alliance Activist shareholders’ top priorities for 2014. A must read for directors and shareowners alike. Here’s the first paragraph. Many of us free ride on actions taken by active, long-term shareholders. These unsung heroes goad managers and boards to reach better decisions, make available […]
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Good Reads in Corporate Governance: Quarterlies & More
James McRitchie, 09/12/2013 ,
“The Annual Report 2013” from Directors & Boards has lots of great articles, as always, but my favorite in the current issue is James Kristie’s The Year in Review. “It was a full agenda for activists, regulators, and reformers — and the boards that had to react to them. A month-by-month timeline of year 2012 and […]
Wayback Machine: December 2007, 2002 & 1997
James McRitchie, 12/31/2012 ,
Time to step into the way back machine to see what we were writing about 5, 10 and 15 years ago. Five years ago in 2007 major charitable foundations, with the notable exception of the Gates Foundation, are initiating or strengthening efforts to harmonize the social and environmental effect of their endowment investments with their philanthropic goals, according […]
SVNACD Event: M&A Pitfalls for Directors
James McRitchie, 10/23/2012 ,
M&A activity is on the rise, and recent decisions by the Delaware Chancery Court make the stakes for directors higher than ever. The businesspersons and lawyers on this panel offered plenty of insights about the life-cycle of a current M&A transaction from initial market check to consummation and then follow-up litigation, pointing out the all-too-frequent […]
Wednesday Webinar Opportunities: Shareholder Value & Flawed Peer Benchmarking
James McRitchie, 10/15/2012 ,
How Boards and Management Can Accelerate Shareholder Value Growth Wednesday October 17, 2012, 2pm EDT/11 am PDT, To register for this complimentary webinar, click here. Shareholder value growth is the core challenge of every business and the ultimate (more…)
The Annual Meeting: From Gloss to Dialogue
James McRitchie, 03/17/2011 ,
Directors & Boards ran an important series of articles in its 1st quarter 2011 magazine on Fixing the Annual Meeting. Some excellent ideas are put forward, especially if we parse out the thoughtful from the conventional. (Link through the Shareholderforum to a compilation of most of the articles cited below from Directors & Boards and […]
Board Portal Security Offering by Directors & Boards
James McRitchie, 02/10/2011 ,
As we reported several days ago in Directors Desk Potentially Compromised, security of board documents and conversations has increased as a concern. Now Directors & Boards offers a free webinar open to public or private board member, senior corporate executive, corporate governance officer, corporate counsel, or board advisor interested in better understanding board portals and […]