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Better Boardrooms offers a critical examination of the fatal flaws of the traditional, hierarchical corporate governance model, and suggests improvements for the information age.

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"Meredith succeeds in making the case for reforming corporate governance and offers some constructive ways forward." -- G. Christensen, Stetson University College of Law * CHOICE *

Table of Contents
Preface: What Got Me Started... 1. CIBC: A Fork in the Road 2. A Broken System 3. When Seeing Is Not Believing 4. Confronting Reality 5. What Boards Should Do, but Likely Won’t 6. Barbarians at the Gates 7. Transformation: Easier Said Than Done 8. The Information Age Changes Everything 9. A New Governance Model Acknowledgments Appendix A: Timeline for GE Post Trian Partners Presentation Appendix B: Selected History of the Thomson Corporation Notes Index

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/11/2020
      ISBN13: 9781442649750, 978-1442649750
      ISBN10: 1442649755

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Better Boardrooms offers a critical examination of the fatal flaws of the traditional, hierarchical corporate governance model, and suggests improvements for the information age.

      Trade Review
      "Meredith succeeds in making the case for reforming corporate governance and offers some constructive ways forward." -- G. Christensen, Stetson University College of Law * CHOICE *

      Table of Contents
      Preface: What Got Me Started... 1. CIBC: A Fork in the Road 2. A Broken System 3. When Seeing Is Not Believing 4. Confronting Reality 5. What Boards Should Do, but Likely Won’t 6. Barbarians at the Gates 7. Transformation: Easier Said Than Done 8. The Information Age Changes Everything 9. A New Governance Model Acknowledgments Appendix A: Timeline for GE Post Trian Partners Presentation Appendix B: Selected History of the Thomson Corporation Notes Index

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