Thirty-six of the country’s top business leaders attended the seventh annual Directors' Dialogue, collectively representing over 48 public, 27 private, and 58 nonprofit boards, to share their insights and experiences with shareholder activism.
Recent studies have shown that diversifying the skills on your board will not necessarily produce better performance in the long run. “Director Skill Sets,” a paper presented at this year's Academic Conference, examines how director skills cluster on and across various boards.
John Brennan, director at General Electric, and Michael Useem, professor at Wharton, took part in a discussion on effective board leadership at Drexel LeBow. The men covered a range of topics, but often returned to the importance of and ongoing need for increased diversity in American corporate board rooms.
Drexel LeBow's Center for Corporate Governance awarded first Director Education Certificates in Corporate Governance to six participants of its Directors Academy Program.
Assistant Professor of Marketing Daniel Korschun, Ph.D., who was just honored with a top University teaching award, offers his students a "lifetime guarantee."
In about one in every four deals, the CEO of an acquired firm is awarded a merger bonus according to a recent study. Also target shareholders received inferior premiums when their firms were sold while their CEOs received a merger bonus.
