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Private Company Boards
A Private Equity Approach To Building A Strong Board -- Based on our involvement with hundreds of management teams, here are six key strategies for fast-growing companies to create the optimal board. By Tom Roberts of Summit Partners. Plus: Sybari Software?s board-building experience.
Third Quarter 2007 [2 page(s)]
New Vibrancy For An Old Form Of Business -- Today's gravitational pull to private ownership affirms the advantages of an enduring organizational structure: the mutual company. By Stuart H. Reese.
Third Quarter 2007 [2 page(s)]
What Can Public Companies Learn From Private Equity? -- A lot...especially in how PE firms approach the governance of their investments. By Directors & Boards Chairman Robert Rock.
Third Quarter 2007 [1 page(s)]
Blood Is Thicker than EPS -- On being sensitive to tradeoffs, risk tolerances, the ‘patience quotient’ and other tips that will help you excel as a director of a family-owned company. By Richard M. Clarke of The CEO Perspective Group.
Third Quarter 2006 [3 page(s)]
An Inside Peek at PE-Backed Boards -- A survey of directors reveals the distinctive makeup and challenges of these boards. [Sidebar: Henry Kravis on ?Vigilant protectors of capital.?] By Dorothy D. Adams.
Fourth Quarter 2005 [5 page(s)]
Independence and the Private Company Board -- Adopting Sarbanes-like rules on independence would impair the smooth functioning of the business. By Doug Raymond of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
Third Quarter 2005 [1 page(s)]
Governing the Family Company: Principles And Tactics -- Both the business and the family are in need of governance. Here is how boards can organize themselves and how directors can approach their role to successfully take on this much broader responsibility. Also, how to compensate directors of family companies. By Ivan Lansberg, consultant to family companies.
Summer 2000 [6 page(s)]
The Challenges of the Family Board -- Embracing the best of the public company and private company board models. By Marilyn Carlson Nelson of Carlson Holdings Inc.
Winter 1997 [4 page(s)]
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