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For startups and family businesses, establishing a professionalized, independent board and other aspects of corporate governance tend to be far down the priority list. Two experts explain why investing in corporate governance is critical to long-term success.

Corporate Boards’ primary responsibility is the oversight of their organizations’ executive decisions in order to protect the interests of stock- and stakeholders.  Yet some lose sight that this role extends beyond tracking bottom line numbers to making sure the right people are in C-Suite positions so that operations run smoothly. 

“It’s a relatively simple matter for most people to grant access to their various accounts to an aggregator who can throw together a rudimentary digital balance sheet,” says Garrett Buchanan, senior vice president and wealth advisor for Northern Trust. The challenge for C-suite executives, though, “is creating something meaningful,” he adds.

In my annual review of big themes in sustainability and business — in other words, how companies manage environmental and social issues and opportunities — I’ve always included a changing climate as a big story.

Reports indicate Virgil Griffith, a research scientist at the Ethereum Foundation, has been denied bail the day after Christmas after his arrest on Thanksgiving Day.

Ever since the show was publicized, people have been curious about how the entire business model will come together. ‘Fight to Fame’ has combined three separate industries into one huge business model and it’s something that’s never been done before.

As 2019 approaches its end, it is time to look forward to 2020 to think about what the New Year will bring for compensation committees.

Many family businesses in Pakistan have just inducted their third generation, but their business model has yet to be tested because the longevity of family businesses is ensured when the fourth generation joins the company guided by professional managers.

It’s hard to find a CEO today who doesn’t tout the importance of innovation, yet many seem stumped by how to achieve it. A widely cited McKinsey survey from 2008 found that 84% of executives believed that innovation was critical to their business’s growth, but only 6% were satisfied with their company’s current innovation performance.