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This category is Corporate Governance, exploring best practices, ethical leadership, and regulatory frameworks that shape corporate decision-making. It features expert insights on transparency, accountability, and strategies for building resilient, well-governed organizations in a dynamic business landscape.

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Scandinavian Secure-sharing Software as a Service: The Ultimate Solution for Decision-makers

Interview with Møyfrid Øygard, Managing Director at Admincontrol Admincontrol provides software solutions for secure collaboration and easy sharing of documents in business processes, such as...

Big Business Models Are Back-to-Front Create Long-term Value By Putting Shareholders At the Back-end...

By Paul Strebel Large firms have been treating their shareholders as their most critical stakeholders. In the short run this might make sense, but not...

Compliance of Rules, Regulations, and Law is Vital

One of the most frustrating aspects of manufacturing is the time and money spent to develop a new product. It is out there in...

Brilliant Senior Team Work

By John Sutherland A large number of businesses have a gap between the espoused strategy and what actually happens day by day. So much so...
The Inspiring Life of a Director

The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Inspiring Life of a Director

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. We all have dreams. When we sit in our offices,...

United Airlines, Artificial Intelligence, and Donald Trump: Reawakening Values in the Era...

By Avi Liran and Simon L. Dolan Society has evolved and not all aspects of our lives were able to cope up with the changes...
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What Kind of Challenges for Businesses Face with Compliance in 2021?

Compliance is one of the most important parts of a business that a company can face, and yet so many are still making errors....

How to rank your business high for ethical auditing

Having an ethical culture in your organization is a foundation for effective internal control. All auditors are aware that internal controls are necessary for...
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Governance in an Era of Global Disorder: Why Boards Must Redesign Architecture, Not Just...

By Massimiliano Ferraris Boards face structural instability driven by technological acceleration and geopolitical fragmentation. The primary governance vulnerability lies not in compositional diversity but in...

Resilience Is More than Being Able to Rebound: It Should Be Used As a...

By Jacques Bughin While they may not be able to prevent pending economic crises such as those resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses can use...
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Legal and Compliance Challenges in Ethical Value Chains: Mitigating Corruption and Protecting Brand Equity

By Ken D. Johnson and Dana E. Heitz The article explores how companies can build ethical value chains by addressing corruption through legal compliance and...

BoardVantage: Success Beyond the Boardroom

Used by over half the Fortune 100 companies, BoardVantage is making the paperless boardroom a reality. The expansion of its internal functionality to different digital...

So, you think you have a strategy? Five poor excuses for a strategy

By Freek Vermeulen No matter how colourful your PowerPoint presentation, it does not mean you have a strategy. So what is strategy and what are...
Becoming the Chairman

Becoming the Chairman

By Didier Cossin and Michael Watkins The move from CEO to Chairman is a major role shift. Success requires a set of leadership qualities which...
Board Membership

Board Membership: Navigating the New Uncertainties

Remember when there was an invisible line separating business from political and social movements? Corporate leaders largely kept quiet about their beliefs and values, trying...
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Introducing The Better Boards Podcast Series

The European Business Review is proud to partner with The Better Boards Podcast Series! Managed by Dr Sabine Dembkowski, a trusted board advisor who has...
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The Cycle of ESG and Compliance

By Gerry Zack, CEO of Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics® (SCCE) & Health Care Compliance Association® (HCCA) Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues have...

Leading with Ethics and Compliance

By Mark Meaney As millions take to the streets in a global protest of corporate malfeasance, Dean Rich Lyons of the Haas School of Business...
Network to the Networked Board

Governance 4.0: Moving Beyond Directors’ Networks to the Networked Board

By Dr. Dean Blomson Like many other things in the modern world (such as our road transport systems, for example), company boards operate according to...
BetterBoards Devyani Vaishampayan on Living with Uncertainty - The Importance of Transformation, Culture, and Talent

The Better Boards Podcast Series: What Do Analysts Think of Boards? – An...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. In an era marked by rapid change, technological disruption, geopolitical...
Green Paper Man Stopping

What Are We Doing Today to Prevent Our Company’s Next Ethical Disaster?

By David De Cremer Imagine that you are walking past a restaurant where you clearly see that the condition of the electric wiring in the...
Office Conference Room Meeting: Digital Enterpreneur Presents e-Commerce Investment Strategy for Group of Investors. Boardroom Strategies for Dominating AI Investments, Risks, and Value

Gartner: Boardroom Strategies for Dominating AI Investments, Risks, and Value

By Tina Nunno Boards increasingly see artificial intelligence as central to future shareholder value. Yet a growing gap is emerging between board ambition and operational...
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The Better Boards Podcast Series: Behind the Closed Doors of Tech Start-up Boards

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. The board is a powerful asset for tech start-ups, with...
AI – Rethinking business

The Better Boards Podcast Series: AI – Rethinking business

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. AI and generative AI are capturing the headlines. We know...

Building Ethical Business Cultures: BRIC by BRIC

By Alexandre Ardichvili, Douglas Jondle, Jack Wiley, Edgard Cornacchione, Jessica Li & Thomas Thakadipuram As the economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRICs) continue...

Corporate Culture: What It Is and Why It Is Important

By Adrian Furnham A functional corporate culture benefits both the company and its employees. In this article, the author provides an overview on the origin...
Architect of Decision Sovereignty Across Finance, Law and AI

Architect of Decision Sovereignty Across Finance, Law and AI

Interview with Massimiliano Ferraris As AI moves upstream into how decisions are formed, are organizations still truly in control or simply operating within systems they no longer fully understand? Governance expert Massimiliano Ferraris reflects on how artificial intelligence is reshaping decision-making,...
On Building Inclusive and Equitable Cultures in the Boardroom and Throughout the Organisation

The Better Boards Podcast Series: On Building Inclusive and Equitable Cultures in the Boardroom...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. There are many types of differences and diversity, and not...

How to Get Your Functions to Supercharge Your Strategy

By Jo Whitehead, Anita Hunt and Debbie Rogerson Great strategies often go to waste because they cannot be properly executed. In this article, the authors...
Leadership blindspot in AI

The Leadership Blind Spot in AI: How Misalignment Derails Transformation and ROI

By Deepika Chopra In the global race to unlock AI’s transformational potential, most organizations have focused on technology acquisition rather than organizational alignment—creating a critical...

Board of Directors Oversight of Leadership Risk

By Patrick R. Dailey and Charles H. Bishop The practice of Enterprise Risk Management was born as a consequence of the Enron collapse in...
Better Boards Podcast Series: Living with Uncertainty - The Importance of Transformation, Culture, and Talent

The Better Boards Podcast Series: Living with Uncertainty – The Importance of Transformation, Culture,...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. In recent years, transformation skills have gained significant importance at the...

Creating an Agile Board of Directors

By Patrick Dailey and Joel Koblentz As the impulse of industry players to stay ahead of the competition skyrockets, how will you drive superior performance...
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The Better Boards Podcast Series: Mastering the Company Secretariat

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Managing an ever-growing agenda, Company Secretaries today face a plethora...
AI and Advanced Analytics

The Better Boards Podcast Series: AI and Advanced Analytics – Delivering Value for Directors...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. With the fast-paced democratisation of AI and advanced analytics, problem-solving...
The Role of Boards in Family-Owned Enterprises

The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Role of Boards in Family-Owned Enterprises

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Family-owned or family-led enterprises are the backbone of thriving economies...
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The Better Boards Podcast Series: Being on the Board – Keeping it Simple

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series Amid global uncertainty, are boardrooms needlessly complex? Is It possible...

When Democracy and Centralisation Meet in Leadership

By David De Cremer and Tian Tao Business leaders face a plethora of challenges and one of those is finding the leadership approach that would...

Four Toxic Symptoms of Success

By Risto Siilasmaa All companies make mistakes but success – especially huge success – can blind companies to their mistakes until it’s too late to...

Conflict Contagion: A Virus to Watch and Treat Early

By Karsten Jonsen, Karen A. Jehn, Sonja Rispens and Lindred L. Greer Conflicts are daily realities of organisational teams, and most people are aware of...

The Board’s Responsibility for Internal Control of Non-Financial Reporting

By Tim Bovy and Ian Hodges It is only a matter of time before the SEC’s proposed rules for environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting...

People and the Planet – CSR Initiatives Sweeten Ferrero’s Success

By Tammi L. Coles For global businesses to thrive, “doing sustainability” is no longer an option. Tammi L. Coles spoke with recognised CSR researcher and...
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How and When to Seek an Auditor?

Tax audits are a business’ and employer’s worst nightmare. While these investigations are not that common and are surely unusual, it’s best to prepare...

Think Again: How good leaders can avoid bad decisions

By Andrew Campbell and Jo Whitehead Leaders can make good decisions or less good decisions. Several years ago, we set out to understand the causes...
Mastering Board Governance in the Digital Age

Mastering Board Governance in the Digital Age

In the drive for digitalisation, the emphasis tends to be on the operational aspects of the business. But shouldn't there be benefits for the...

The Rise and Consequences of Corporate Sustainability Reporting

By Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim In the last two decades a growing number of companies across sectors and geographies are communicating to their stakeholders...

What leadership policies can help uplift the middle class?

It is quite unfortunate that the liberal and capitalist values that have been propagated for long didn’t prove fruitful for the masses. The situation...
Financial Crime Keeps Us All Poor

Financial Crime Keeps Us All Poor

By Jared Bibler It was the first full week of October 2008, and stunningly, all three major Icelandic banks collapsed between Monday and Thursday. The...
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Corporate Governance In Startups Balancing Innovation and Sustainability

By Javier Cabetas, Iván Fernández-Muñoz, Pedro Cesar Martinez-Moran, and Fernando Diez In an increasingly complex and globalised business world, corporate governance can guide companies to...
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The Better Boards Podcast Series: Managing Governance Risk

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Risk identification, ownership, and monitoring sit at the highest levels...

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