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The Cadbury Code was born in an emergency, and through various revisions and iterations has become part of the fabric not just of corporate life in the UK, but also around the world and in other domains. This recalls the benefits—in strengthening board process—but also reflects on its shortcomings. It asks practitioners and scholars to consider how the shifting context might affect how suitable its remedies are for the problems of corporate governance.
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Nordberg, D. (2020). Conclusions. In: The Cadbury Code and Recurrent Crisis. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55222-0_9
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