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	Access more than 500-plus authoritative articles published by Directors & Boards For your convenience, the pop-up menu above provides quick and easy access to 55 essential reference topics. New articles are frequently posted. Choose a category: Advisory Boards Annual Meetings and Reports Audit Committees Bankruptcy Board Composition Board Dynamics Board Guidelines Board Meetings Board Practices Book Reviews CEO Development and Evaluation Communications Compensation Committee Corporate Reorganization Crisis Management D&O Insurance Director Compensation Director Education Director Evaluation Director Orientation Director Profiles Director Recruitment Duties of Directors Early-Stage Boards Environmental Oversight Ethics Executive Compensation Executive Recruitment Finance Committee Financial Oversight Global Business Global Governance Governance Committee Governance History Governance Regulation Heidrick & Struggles Independence Information for the Board Investor Relations Lead Director Leadership Liability and Litigation Marketing Mergers and Acquisitions Mutual Fund Boards Nonprofit Boards Organizations Leadership Performance Evaluation Private Company Boards Reforming the Board Regulatory Oversight Shareholder Value Spencer Stuart Governance Letter Strategy Succession Planning Technology Venture Capital		Article reprints are $10 each. Click to add to shopping cart Early-Stage Boards Ten Common Pitfalls of Venture Boards -- Many early-stage boards are reluctant to confront their own shortcomings. Here are the major stumbling blocks to identify and address. By Dennis Jaffe of Saybrook Graduate School and Pascal Levensohn of Levensohn Venture Partners. Spring 2004 [3 page(s)] A 'Snapshot in Time' of Internet Boards -- Are dot-com boards really a breed apart from traditional boards? As this baseline survey shows, they clearly have distinguishing characteristics. By Julie Daum of Spencer Stuart. Winter 2000 [3 page(s)] The New Old Thing -- Why the critiques of dot-com company boards are a page out of history. By James Kristie, editor of Directors & Boards. Winter 2000 [1 page(s)] Leveraging Your Board to Gain an Edge -- The authors convened a gathering of senior executives of early-stage companies to address specific concerns and challenges that emerging companies face with regard to effective board composition and practices. Here are some dos and don'ts. Also, a useful checklist: "Ten Topics for Boards to Consider." By John Dean of Silicon Valley Bank and Roger Kenny of Boardroom Consultants. Winter 1999 [5 page(s)] Recruiting CEOs to Startup Companies -- Look for high scores in these 10 categories of experience and personal characteristics. By James Citrin of Spencer Stuart. Summer 1997 [2 page(s)] The Making of a Spinoff Board -- Eastman Chemical Co.'s CEO reviews the road he traveled to build a wholly new board after the Eastman Kodak spinoff. By Earnest W. Deavenport Jr. Winter 1997 [3 page(s)] When a Spinoff Is on the Board Agenda -- An analysis of the distinctive strategic and board composition decisions directors face. By Dennis Carey of Spencer Stuart, Charles Elson of the University of Delaware, and corporate director Ralph Saul. Winter 1997 [3 page(s)] Spinoffs: Board Composition Strategies in Action -- The board makeup of six spinoff companies in exhibit form. A Directors & Boards study. Winter 1997 [4 page(s)]
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