Corporate Boards That Create Value
Governing Company Performance from the Boardroom
Chapter One
The Value of Boards
If legitimacy is to be restored to the system, the chain
of accountability must be made more effective.
-David S. R. Leighton and Donald H. Thain
In This Chapter
• The importance of corporate governance
• The value that boards create
Corporate governance, once overlooked, is now center stage.
There is widespread agreement that corporate boards are vital to
total company leadership and to the role of corporations in society.
Many participants in and observers of the corporate scene believe
that corporate governance is of real value in improving company
performance and investors' perceptions.
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