Boards can prove easy targets for their critics. Below, Andrew Kakabadse discusses how to make boards work, and argues that directors should be independent enough to raise questions and challenge management decisions, while board diversity must be linked to the company and corporate structure.
Leadership as the Search for Greater Coherence
Literature around leadership is not hard to come by, but there are few texts that examine the process of leadership from where it begins – in the leader’s mind. Below, Nathan Harter analyses how great leaders have embraced the often complex multiplicity of their decisions and so brought coherence to their leadership.
May – June 2015
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Law
Sovereigns in the American Courtroom: What Tools Do Judges Have in the United States to Compel Compliance When a Foreign Sovereign Behaves Badly?
Theresa Bowman and Charles Camp
A Win-Win Route Out of the Debt Crisis
Lester M. Salamon
Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Offensive, Iran’s “Proxy” Strategy, and the Middle East’s New “Cold War”
Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
Mysteries on India’s Agricultural Credit Supply
A. Narayanamoorthy and P. Alli
China’s Digital Transformation: The Internet’s Impact on Productivity and Growth
Yougang Chen, Jeongmin Seong and Jonathan WoetzelHistory
The Origins of Business
Keith Roberts
Leadership as the Search for Greater Coherence
Nathan Harter
Why Firms Underinvest in Public Relations
Witold J. Henisz
Andrew Kakabadse
Global Brand Power: Experiential Positioning of a Brand
Barbara E. Kahn
The Obstacles to Women’s Entrepreneurship in Europe and How to Deal with Them
Viviane de Beaufort
Boosting Business Productivity and Driving Innovation: CEOs Welcome Robotics Revolution
Decrypting The Aspiring Indian Low-Income Consumer
By Glyn Atwal, Douglas Bryson and Ambi Parameswaran
In this article, Glyn Atwal, Douglas Bryson and Ambi Parameswaran highlight the common misconceptions held by companies regarding low-income consumer markets in India and suggest the best ways to successfully navigate these emerging markets.
International Law in a Multipolar World
By Charles Camp And Theresa Bowman
From a bipolar world marked by the Cold War between the two major powers, the United States and the Soviet Union, to a decade largely dominated by the United States, the international system now appears to have drifted into a multipolar world crowded with state and non-state actors. This article gives a historical perspective of how the recognition and administration of international law responds to changes in the global power structure.
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
