The Value Creating Board
Corporate Governance and Organizational Behaviour
1st Edition
Published on 12. November 2008
Book
Hardback
542 pages
978-0-415-43742-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents boards of directors from a strategic and entrepreneurial management perspective. Boards of directors are receiving increased interest in the business world as well as among academic audiences however few contributions integrate corporate governance and organizational behavior. In this book a research stream about value-creating boards is introduced.
Boards of directors have during the recent decades mostly been studied within a framework of corporate governance where the interests of external investors are emphasized. This book aims to go further and explore actual board behavior. The framework and the contributions in the book include concepts such as:
board leadership and structure,
boardroom decision-making,
board task performance
corporate entrepreneurship and innovation
boards in small and medium-sized firms
board diversity and women directors
The book also presents the results of a research agenda about value-creating boards which was conducted throughout various European countries.
Boards of directors have during the recent decades mostly been studied within a framework of corporate governance where the interests of external investors are emphasized. This book aims to go further and explore actual board behavior. The framework and the contributions in the book include concepts such as:
board leadership and structure,
boardroom decision-making,
board task performance
corporate entrepreneurship and innovation
boards in small and medium-sized firms
board diversity and women directors
The book also presents the results of a research agenda about value-creating boards which was conducted throughout various European countries.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a great book based of Professor Huse's excellent studies of boards and governance during the last 20 years. It is comprehensive, well-written and full of useful insights into actual board behavior. The Value Creating Board: Corporate Governance and Organizational Behaviour should be on the bookshelf of every serious student of boards of directors and corporate governance." Jonas Gabrielsson, Lund University, Sweden"This is a comprehensive and authoritative collection of papers on corporate governance and boards. Morten Huse brings together the classics and the most recent, cutting-edge research in a well-organised and accessible manner. A 'must have' for any scholar working in corporate governance, strategic management and organisational behaviour." Silke Machold, University of Wolverhampton Business School, UK
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
22 s/w Abbildungen, 22 s/w Zeichnungen, 56 s/w Tabellen
56 Tables, black and white; 22 Line drawings, black and white; 22 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
998 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-43742-4 (9780415437424)
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Person
Morten Huse is Professor of Organization and Management, Norwegian School of Management BI.
Content
Part 1. Introduction: The Value Creating Board and Behavioural Perspectives
1. The Value Creating Board and Behavioural Perspectives Morten Huse
2. Context, Behaviour and Evolution: Challenges in Research on Boards and Governance Jonas Gabrielsson and Morten Huse
3. Accountability and Creating Accountability: A Framework for Exploring Behavioural Perspectives of Corporate Governance Morten Huse
Part 2. Exploring Issues and Theories: The Classics - Developing a Field
4. Building Blocks in Understanding Behavioural Perspectives on Boards: Developing a Research Stream Morten Huse
5. The President and the Board of Directors Miles L Mace
6. The Separation of Ownership and Control Eugene Fama and Michael Jensen
7. Boards of Directors and Corporate Financial Performance: A Review and Research Agenda Shaker Zahra and John A Pearce
8. On Studying Managerial Elites Andrew Pettigrew
9. Cognition and Corporate Governance: Understanding Boards of Directors as Strategic Decision-Making Groups Daniel Forbes and Frances Milliken
Part 3. Exploring Methods and Concepts
10. Exploring Methods and Concepts in Studies of Boards Processes Morten Huse
11. Relational Norms as a Supplement to Neo-classical Understanding of Directorates Morten Huse
12. Stakeholder Management and the Avoidance of Corporate Control Morten Huse and Dorthe Eide
13. Researching the Dynamics of Board - Stakeholder Relations Morten Huse
14. Stakeholders' Expectations of Board Roles: The Case of Subsidiary Boards Morten Huse and Violina Rindova
15. Corporate Boards as Assets for Operating in the New Europe: The Value of Process-oriented Boardroom Dynamics Morten Huse, Alessandro Minichilli and Margrethe Schoning
16. Gender Related Boardroom Dynamics Morten Huse and Anne Grethe Solberg
Part 4. Exploring Relationships: Results from 'The Value Creating Board' Surveys
17. The 'Value Creating Board'-Surveys: A Benchmark Morten Huse
18. What Makes Boards in Small Firms Active? Mattias Nordqvist and Alessandro Minichilli
19. How Actual Board Task Performance Influences Value Creating Boards in Dutch SMEs Jeroen van den Heuvel and Anita van Gils
20. The Board's Control Tasks in Family Firms: Theoretical Perspectives and Exploratory Evidence Yannick Bammens and Wim Voordeckers
21. Board Activity in Large Italian Companies: A Behavioural Perspective Alessandro Minichilli, Alessandro Zattoni and Fabio Zona
22. Women Directors, Board Working Style and Board Task Performance Sabina Nielsen
23. Board Task Performance in Small Firms: The Role of Incentives and Board Processes Luca Gnan and Alessandro Zattoni
24. Trust and Board Task Performance Hans van Ees, Gerwin van der Laan and Theo Postma
25. Consequences of Board Power Pingying Zhang Wenstop
26. Boards of Directors and Firm Innovation: An Empirical Analysis on Large Italian Companies Fabio Zona, Alessandro Minichilli and Alessandro Zattoni
27. Board Control and Innovation: An Empirical Study of Small Technology Based Firms Jonas Gabrielsson and Diamanto Politis
Part 5. The Value Creating Board: Implications for Practice
28. How Boards Contribute to Value Creation Morten Huse, Jonas Gabrielsson and Alessandro Minichilli
1. The Value Creating Board and Behavioural Perspectives Morten Huse
2. Context, Behaviour and Evolution: Challenges in Research on Boards and Governance Jonas Gabrielsson and Morten Huse
3. Accountability and Creating Accountability: A Framework for Exploring Behavioural Perspectives of Corporate Governance Morten Huse
Part 2. Exploring Issues and Theories: The Classics - Developing a Field
4. Building Blocks in Understanding Behavioural Perspectives on Boards: Developing a Research Stream Morten Huse
5. The President and the Board of Directors Miles L Mace
6. The Separation of Ownership and Control Eugene Fama and Michael Jensen
7. Boards of Directors and Corporate Financial Performance: A Review and Research Agenda Shaker Zahra and John A Pearce
8. On Studying Managerial Elites Andrew Pettigrew
9. Cognition and Corporate Governance: Understanding Boards of Directors as Strategic Decision-Making Groups Daniel Forbes and Frances Milliken
Part 3. Exploring Methods and Concepts
10. Exploring Methods and Concepts in Studies of Boards Processes Morten Huse
11. Relational Norms as a Supplement to Neo-classical Understanding of Directorates Morten Huse
12. Stakeholder Management and the Avoidance of Corporate Control Morten Huse and Dorthe Eide
13. Researching the Dynamics of Board - Stakeholder Relations Morten Huse
14. Stakeholders' Expectations of Board Roles: The Case of Subsidiary Boards Morten Huse and Violina Rindova
15. Corporate Boards as Assets for Operating in the New Europe: The Value of Process-oriented Boardroom Dynamics Morten Huse, Alessandro Minichilli and Margrethe Schoning
16. Gender Related Boardroom Dynamics Morten Huse and Anne Grethe Solberg
Part 4. Exploring Relationships: Results from 'The Value Creating Board' Surveys
17. The 'Value Creating Board'-Surveys: A Benchmark Morten Huse
18. What Makes Boards in Small Firms Active? Mattias Nordqvist and Alessandro Minichilli
19. How Actual Board Task Performance Influences Value Creating Boards in Dutch SMEs Jeroen van den Heuvel and Anita van Gils
20. The Board's Control Tasks in Family Firms: Theoretical Perspectives and Exploratory Evidence Yannick Bammens and Wim Voordeckers
21. Board Activity in Large Italian Companies: A Behavioural Perspective Alessandro Minichilli, Alessandro Zattoni and Fabio Zona
22. Women Directors, Board Working Style and Board Task Performance Sabina Nielsen
23. Board Task Performance in Small Firms: The Role of Incentives and Board Processes Luca Gnan and Alessandro Zattoni
24. Trust and Board Task Performance Hans van Ees, Gerwin van der Laan and Theo Postma
25. Consequences of Board Power Pingying Zhang Wenstop
26. Boards of Directors and Firm Innovation: An Empirical Analysis on Large Italian Companies Fabio Zona, Alessandro Minichilli and Alessandro Zattoni
27. Board Control and Innovation: An Empirical Study of Small Technology Based Firms Jonas Gabrielsson and Diamanto Politis
Part 5. The Value Creating Board: Implications for Practice
28. How Boards Contribute to Value Creation Morten Huse, Jonas Gabrielsson and Alessandro Minichilli