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Membership of the Board of Directors

The Job Top Executives Want No More

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Imagination and Corporate Objectives

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 20-37
  3. Making a Strategic Plan

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    Pages 38-59
  4. Reasons for Strategic Planning

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    Pages 60-82
  5. The Board of Directors

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    Pages 83-107
  6. The Business of the Board

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    Pages 108-134
  7. Corporate Policy: Its Strategic Role

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    Pages 135-161
  8. Qualities a Good Director Needs

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    Pages 162-183
  9. Training the Corporate Directors

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 184-198
  10. Satisfying the Information Needs of the Board

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 199-222
  11. The Savage Competition for Strategic Products

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    Pages 223-246
  12. The International Corporation

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    Pages 247-267
  13. Organisational Perspectives in Multinational Business

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    Pages 268-289
  14. The Big Corporations’ Fear: Litigation

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    Pages 290-306
  15. Mergers, Acquisitions and Disinvestment

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    Pages 307-325
  16. Venture Capital and the Board

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    Pages 326-345
  17. How Successful is a Consolidation Policy?

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    Pages 346-363
  18. Government and Industry: Partnership or Conflict?

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    Pages 364-387
  19. Epilogue

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 388-402

About this book

Being a member of the Board used to be a challenging job. It still is. But the nature of the challenge, the risk, even the professional qualifications required have changed. The book says how and why.

About the author

Dimitris N. Chorafas served on the faculty of the Catholic University of America and as Visiting Professor at Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, University of Florida, and Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, as well as the University of Alberta, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Ecole d'Etudes Industrielles de l'Université de Genève, Ecole Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne, Polish Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences. More than 8,000 banking, industrial and government executives participated in his seminars in the United States, England, Germany, Italy, other European countries, Asia and Latin America. Chorafas is the author of 160 books, translated into several languages world-wide.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Membership of the Board of Directors

  • Book Subtitle: The Job Top Executives Want No More

  • Authors: Dimitris N. Chorafas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10182-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-46366-6Published: 23 November 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-10182-5Published: 24 November 1988

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 416

  • Topics: International Business, Management

Buy it now

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eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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