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Access more than 500-plus authoritative articles published by Directors & Boards For your convenience, the pop-up menu above provides
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Article reprints are $10 each. Click to add to shopping cartIndependence  Will Independence Really Matter? -- For mutual fund boards, the SEC should be focused on the drivers of shareholder value ? not the structure of the board. By Frank Coates.
Third Quarter 2007 [1 page(s)] What’s Underneath? -- Getting beyond surface definitions of independence to the critical core of board collegiality. By Directors & Boards columnist Hoffer Kaback.
First Quarter 2007 [1 page(s)] The Board: Independent and Interdependent -- The first quality enables us to preserve and protect; the second, to pursue higher standards of economic achievement. But beware: Independence, like most ideas, is best adhered to in moderation. Six keys to a strong board. By Bank of America Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lewis.
Third Quarter 2006 [5 page(s)] So Much for Independence -- A first-time director finds himself far from the realm of board best practices. By Blake Thomas.
Third Quarter 2005 [2 page(s)] Oracle Speaks, and the Bar Is Raised -- A Delaware court's decision will lead to more searching inquiries into the independence of directors. By Doug Raymond of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
Spring 2004 [1 page(s)] ?More ties Than Brooks Brothers? -- Is the Oracle case oracular regarding director independence? By Hoffer Kaback, Directors & Boards columnist.
Fall 2003 [1 page(s)] Paradigm Lost: The Imperial CEO -- If a board wants to effectively oversee a CEO, what should be done? Here are some recommended steps to address the balance of power in the boardroom. By D. Quinn Mills of Harvard Business School.
Summer 2003 [ It's Not What You Do, It's the Way That You Do It -- Exercising oversight in the sanctity of the boardroom and proving that you have done it are two different things. Guidance on how far boards will have to go to prove they have done their jobs well. By Leon Panetta, corporate director and former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.
Winter 2003 [5 page(s)] Turning a Board Inside Out -- Shareowners need to see through the subterfuge of so-called independent boards that are really controlled by insiders. By Harry Edelson of Edelson Technology Partners.
Fall 1997 [1 page(s)] The Board as a Team -- The founder of Directors & Boards reflects on directorship "then and now." A bane on the business scene in 1976, making it a target for the new journal, was the think-alike board. By Stanley Foster Reed.
Fall 1996 [2 page(s)] Specific Services Rendered: Directors As Consultants -- A review of several cases in which the consultant role optimized the director 's value to the CEO and to the shareholders. By Robert E. La Blanc of Robert E. La Blanc Associates Inc.
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