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Global Boards

One Desire, Many Realities

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Editors:
  1. Andrew Kakabadse

    1. School of Management, Cranfield University, UK

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  2. Nada Kakabadse

    1. Business School, Northampton University, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Andrew Kakabadse, Nada Kakabadse
    Pages 1-8

  3. Identifying Key Determinants of Effective Boards of Directors

    • Abigail Levrau, Lutgart Van den Berghe
    Pages 9-44

  4. International Board Evaluation: Trends and Practices

    • Chris Pierce
    Pages 45-54

  5. Governance Down-under: An Overview of Corporate Governance in Australia

    • John Cottrell
    Pages 55-84

  6. The Chinese Boardroom: Roles, Dynamics and Relationships

    • Andrew Kakabadse, Yang Chen
    Pages 85-106

  7. Workings of the Board: Case of the International Joint Venture “Arman,” Kazakhstan

    • Elina Oseichuk, Nada Kakabadse, Andrew Kakabadse
    Pages 107-139

  8. Turkish Chairmen: Contrasting the Art of Dialogue against the Discipline for Governance

    • Andrew Kakabadse, Nada Kakabadse, Orhan Yavuz
    Pages 140-169

  9. Boards of Steel: The Role and Contribution of the Non-executive Director (NED)

    • Nada Kakabadse, Oleg Yu Tsvetkov, Vlad Udaltsov, Andrew Kakabadse
    Pages 170-196

  10. How do International Joint Venture (IJV) Directors Contribute to Board Effectiveness Evidence from Practice

    • Jelena Petrovic, Nada Kakabadse, Andrew Kakabadse
    Pages 197-216

  11. The Chairman of the Board of Directors: Role and Contribution

    • Eleanor O’Higgins
    Pages 217-235

  12. The Recruitment and Evaluation of Boards of Directors in China

    • Nada Kakabadse, Hong Yang, Richard Sanders
    Pages 236-265

  13. The Imperative of Rapid Adaptation to Climate Change: Are the Lights On in the Boardroom?

    • Malcolm McIntosh
    Pages 266-278

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 279-286
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About this book

Providing an insightful and challenging view of board functioning, governance application and top director interaction with business and the state. Scrutiny of board practice in countries as China, Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan, establishes as many realities concerning governance and boards as there are nations, cultures, boards and directors.

Reviews

'The world is not so global, a board is not so perfect ' - Professor Yvon Pesqueux, Chair, Development Systems Organisation

'Too many studies focus on the statutory role of the board and not enough on the reality of boardroom conduct. In this broad reaching study, the authors assess board dynamics globally. While it would be convenient for a standard set of behaviours and ideals to manifest, in fact, the opposite is true. Best in breed companies rely on diversity and contextual knowledge creates longer lasting wealth creation.' - Yasmin Allen, Director Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Australian Government, Australia

'This timely and well reasoned assessment of Global Boards, provides a much welcome correction to the current distrust of Boards and the organizations they govern. Bravo!' - Mitchell Koza, Dean, Rutgers University School of Business, USA

'A must read for those interested in the role that Boards might play in the vastly different global economy.' - Professor David Hayward, Dean, Swinburn University of Technology, Australia

'A timely and insightful exploration of the impact of national cultures on boardroom behaviour.' - Dr Cliff Bowman, Cranfield School of Management, UK

'An insightful and powerful analysis of the global context of board oversight. Readable and highly relevant to the current day events.' - Professor David Altman, Executive Vice President, Research, Innovation& Product Development, Centre for Creative Leadership

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Management, Cranfield University, UK

    Andrew Kakabadse

  • Business School, Northampton University, UK

    Nada Kakabadse

About the editors

ANDREW KAKABADSE, Professor of International Management Development, Cranfield School of Management, UK. Andrew was the H.Smith Richardson Fellow at CCL, North Carolina, USA and is Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster; Macquarie Graduate School of Management; University Pantheon Assas, France, Thunderbird, USA and at Swinburne University, Australia. His research covers boards, top teams and the governance of governments. He has published 32 books, over 200 articles and 18 monographs.

NADA K KAKABADSE Professor in Management and Business Research and is visiting Professor at the University Pantheon Assas, France. Nada is co-editor (with Andrew Kakabadse) of the Journal of Management and Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society. Nada has published widely in areas of leadership, application of IS/IT corporations, corporate governance, government, boardroom effectivness, diversity management and ethics, including 12 books, 52 chapters in international volumes, 3 monographs and over 150 scholarly and reviewed articles.

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