The Resource The activist director : lessons from the boardroom and the future of the corporation, Ira M. Millstein
The activist director : lessons from the boardroom and the future of the corporation, Ira M. Millstein
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- Summary
- Some of the worst corporate meltdowns over the past sixty years can be traced to passive directors who favored operational shortcuts over quality growth strategies. Thinking primarily about placating institutional investors, selective stockholders, proxy advisors, and corporate management, these inattentive and deferential board members have relied on short-term share price increases to sustain their companies long term. Driven by a desire for prosperity, not posterity, these actions can doom any company. InThe Activist Director, attorney Ira M. Millstein looks back at fifty years of counseling companies, nonprofits, and governments to actively govern their corporations and constituencies. From the threat of bankruptcy and the ConEd blackout of 1970s New York City, to the meltdown of Drexel Burnham Lambert in the late 1980s, to the turnaround of General Motors in the mid-1990s, Millstein takes readers into the boardrooms of several of the greatest catastrophes and success stories of America's best-known corporations. His solution lies at the top: a new breed of activist directors who partner with management and reject short-term outlooks, plan a future based on growth and innovation, and take responsibility for corporate organization, strategy, and efficiency. What questions should we ask of potential board members and how do we know they'll be active? Millstein offers pragmatic suggestions for recruiting activist directors to the boardroom to secure the future of the corporation
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
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- A mess that can't be fixed?
- The board-centric imperative
- Revolt in the boardroom: the story of General Motors
- General Motors as catalyst
- Drexel: the most feared firm on Wall Street
- Dead broke: New York City's 1970s fiscal crisis
- Lights out: the Con-Ed blackout
- Shedding light on shadow government in New York State
- Planned Parenthood: a corporate governance success story
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780231543569
- Label
- The activist director : lessons from the boardroom and the future of the corporation
- Title
- The activist director
- Title remainder
- lessons from the boardroom and the future of the corporation
- Statement of responsibility
- Ira M. Millstein
- Subject
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- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate Governance
- Boards of directors
- Boards of directors -- United States
- Corporate governance
- Corporate governance -- United States
- Corporations -- Investor relations
- Corporations -- United States -- Investor relations
- Directors of corporations
- Directors of corporations -- United States
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Some of the worst corporate meltdowns over the past sixty years can be traced to passive directors who favored operational shortcuts over quality growth strategies. Thinking primarily about placating institutional investors, selective stockholders, proxy advisors, and corporate management, these inattentive and deferential board members have relied on short-term share price increases to sustain their companies long term. Driven by a desire for prosperity, not posterity, these actions can doom any company. InThe Activist Director, attorney Ira M. Millstein looks back at fifty years of counseling companies, nonprofits, and governments to actively govern their corporations and constituencies. From the threat of bankruptcy and the ConEd blackout of 1970s New York City, to the meltdown of Drexel Burnham Lambert in the late 1980s, to the turnaround of General Motors in the mid-1990s, Millstein takes readers into the boardrooms of several of the greatest catastrophes and success stories of America's best-known corporations. His solution lies at the top: a new breed of activist directors who partner with management and reject short-term outlooks, plan a future based on growth and innovation, and take responsibility for corporate organization, strategy, and efficiency. What questions should we ask of potential board members and how do we know they'll be active? Millstein offers pragmatic suggestions for recruiting activist directors to the boardroom to secure the future of the corporation
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Millstein, Ira M
- Dewey number
- 658.4/22
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HD2745
- LC item number
- .M527 2017eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Columbia Business School publishing
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Boards of directors
- Directors of corporations
- Corporate governance
- Corporations
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- Boards of directors
- Corporate governance
- Corporations
- Directors of corporations
- United States
- Label
- The activist director : lessons from the boardroom and the future of the corporation, Ira M. Millstein
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- online resource
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- Contents
- A mess that can't be fixed? -- The board-centric imperative -- Revolt in the boardroom: the story of General Motors -- General Motors as catalyst -- Drexel: the most feared firm on Wall Street -- Dead broke: New York City's 1970s fiscal crisis -- Lights out: the Con-Ed blackout -- Shedding light on shadow government in New York State -- Planned Parenthood: a corporate governance success story -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 965734771
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231543569
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- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
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- 22573/ctt1hj9tfx
- 2c6dafbe-b571-47a4-9dc4-80d0f22c01ce
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)965734771
- Label
- The activist director : lessons from the boardroom and the future of the corporation, Ira M. Millstein
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A mess that can't be fixed? -- The board-centric imperative -- Revolt in the boardroom: the story of General Motors -- General Motors as catalyst -- Drexel: the most feared firm on Wall Street -- Dead broke: New York City's 1970s fiscal crisis -- Lights out: the Con-Ed blackout -- Shedding light on shadow government in New York State -- Planned Parenthood: a corporate governance success story -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 965734771
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231543569
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt1hj9tfx
- 2c6dafbe-b571-47a4-9dc4-80d0f22c01ce
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)965734771
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate Governance
- Boards of directors
- Boards of directors -- United States
- Corporate governance
- Corporate governance -- United States
- Corporations -- Investor relations
- Corporations -- United States -- Investor relations
- Directors of corporations
- Directors of corporations -- United States
- United States
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