Essentials for Board Directors: An A to Z Guide (The Economist) - Softcover

Tricker, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576603547 ISBN 13: 9781576603543

Publisher: Bloomberg Pr, 2009

Synopsis

The ethical, financial, legal, and fiduciary challenges facing board directors in both the for-profit and nonprofit arenas have increased dramatically in recent years. The resolve of board members to really make a difference and not be wasting precious time and resources is also perhaps higher than ever.

The Essential A-Z Guides are lively, practical resources for business and investment professionals, as well as politicians, public servants, and students. Each book contains hundreds of entries that concisely explain the subject's concept in a handy reference that complements any business library.

The complete series includes these four titles:

Essential Economics
Essential Investment
Essential Negotiation
Essentials for Board Directors

About this title

About the Authors

Bob Tricker has served on the Councils of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants. He was the founder editor ofCorporate Governance—an international review. He advises directors and boards around the world.

Bob Tricker has held professorial posts at universities in England, Australia, and Hong Kong. He is the author of several books on corporate governance and is the editor of Corporate Governance: An International Review. He lives in London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomberg Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576603547
• ISBN 13: 9781576603543
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 310