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In multiple reportsunder the umbrella title of Capitalizing on Complexity,IBM has produced wonderful guidance for CEO and other C-level executives in thinking about how they can be more effective leaders in a fast changing world. These are very well-designed, usefulreports, available in multiple languages:
In a world fraught with uncertainty, what are today's CEOs doing to strengthen their situations against competitors?
One of the more interesting excerpts from this short report by Deloitte:
Traditionally, the nominating and corporate governance committee focused on recruiting and board composition. However, the new era of corporate governance is broadening the committee’s role in developing and applying practices such as:
Excerpts from the Deloitte report (link below): Many issues compete for a place at the top of a company’s list of governance priorities,including the potential expansion of shareholder rights, regulatory demands for enhanced disclosure, and the oversight of risk management. However, we would argue there is no higher governance priority than ensuring you have the right people on the board.
Freshfield's Guide for Directors of Subsidiary Companies in Japan is well worth reading if you are adirector on a subsidiary company board and have never learned much about your duties and responsibilities under Japanese law.
Freshfields Bruckhous Deringer has produceda useful short memo summarizing the impact of the decision by the Japanese Supreme Court earlier this year regarding the appraisal rights (to receive a fair price) of an objecting shareholder in a demerger.
The followingentry appeared as part of GovernanceMetrics International’s GMI Blog. GMI is the leading independent provider of global corporate governance and ESG ratings and research. Corporate stakeholders – including leading investors, insurers, auditors, regulators and others – use GovernanceMetrics services to identify and monitor risks related to non-financial measures covering key environmental, social, governance and […]
The followingentry appeared as part of GovernanceMetrics International’s GMI Blog. GMI is the leading independent provider of global corporate governance and ESG ratings and research. Corporate stakeholders – including leading investors, insurers, auditors, regulators and others – use GovernanceMetrics services to identify and monitor risks related to non-financial measures covering key environmental, social, governance and […]
Professor Colin P.A. Jones, Doshisha University Law School
In the legal universe, municipal regulation and corporate governance occupy different solar systems. This may explain why few people orbiting the sun of Japanese corporate governance may have noticed the potential significance of Tokyo’s prefectural Anti-Violent Crime Group ordinance, which was passed on March 18, 2011 and comes into force on October 1.