Vol. 33 No. 4, June 2009
Index
- The new normal.
- The great ... what?
- The year in governance: a month-by-month recap of the people, organizations, events, actions and reactions that defined hoard oversight in 2008.
- Next steps for the SEC: the path it should take to restore its original mission and regain investor confidence.
- The many sides of M&A: yes, there are financial, legal, strategic, and tactical dimensions to getting a deal done--but never forget the human element. A tale from the Drake Hotel.
- Keynote: thoughts on M&A in the current environment: to increase the likelihood that a deal can be completed, a company needs to differentiate itself from the pack.
- The role of directors in acquisitions: directors should do more than is minimally required under the business judgment rule.
- Transactions with distressed companies: key questions for directors.
- The duties of private equity directors of distressed companies: avoiding an intrinsic fairness review.
- The Directors & Boards survey: mergers & acquisitions 2009.
- Strategic acquisitions: prepare to buy: a key component of an effective corporate development strategy is strategic acquisitions.
- What's in store for the M&A market in 2009? Deals are down, multiples have hit bottom ... but credit is still tight.
- An M&A executive compensation checklist: steps to ensuring a successful transaction.
- Tale of the proxies: a turning point: prompted by a newly aggressive government and anger-fueled activist investors, the board-shareholder dynamic takes on new contours.
- How boards fared in the courts: 10 top cases of 2008: a review of the rulings leads to the finding that independent directors, deliberative processes, concern for shareholders, and respect for the rules of play hold sway.
- Who's on board 2008: Directors Roster annual review of newly elected board members.
- Directors to watch 2009: as one of the accomplished members of our class of 2009 states, 'building a strong base of corporate governance is the best preparation for facing extraordinarily challenging economic times'.
- 2008 article index: the hot issues and agenda items that Directors & Boards authors tackled last year.
- Advice and consent: the biggest danger is that the governance model transforms too radically and directors become a threat to, rather than a resource for, management.