Boards & Corporate Governance
How Boards Botch CEO Succession
Research finds three key reasons boards fail at CEO succession planning.
Boards and Governance
Latest
Climate Change
The Paris Agreement — It’s Down to Business
The historic Paris climate change accord needs businesses’ support if it is to succeed.
Climate Change
The Climate Custodians
Global custody banks are in a position to become climate custodians for corporations and institutions.
Boards & Corporate Governance
Environmental and Human Rights Assume a New Urgency for Boards
Global economic leaders have made it clear: Companies cannot neglect environmental and human rights responsibilities.
Climate Change
Why Boards Must Look Beyond Shareholders
Shareholder primacy is an ideology, not law, and boards have the option to consider other audiences.
Executing Strategy
When Consensus Hurts the Company
Research offers insights into when trying to reach consensus is the right course, and when it isn’t.
Sustainability
Joining Forces: Collaboration and Leadership for Sustainability
The 2014 Sustainability Report by MIT Sloan Management Review, BCG and the United Nations Global Compact highlights new global collaborations.
Climate Change
On Companies’ Holiday Wish List: Board Involvement in Sustainability Efforts
New research underscores the gap between the ideal and the reality of board involvement on sustainability.
Developing Strategy
From the Editor: Strategy in the Midst of Change
How do you develop strategy in a business environment exemplified by rapid change and uncertainty about the future?
Boards & Corporate Governance
The Trouble With Too Much Board Oversight
Is board oversight — helpful as it can be — detrimental to innovation?
Boards & Corporate Governance
Bringing Opportunity Oversight Onto the Board’s Agenda
Boards need to monitor not only a company’s risks but also its ability to generate opportunities.
Boards & Corporate Governance
Getting Credit for Governance
A study reveals how rating agencies weigh governance factors.
