Boards of directors in European companies : reshaping and harmonising their organisation and duties / edited by Hanne S. Birkmose, Mette Neville, Karsten Engsig Srensen. - xxi, 399 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - European company law series ; volume 10 .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-399).

Mapping directors' duties : strategies and trends in the EU / Directors' conflicts of interest : a contribution to European governance / Directors' duties in groups of companies : legalising the interest of the group at the European level / Directors' duties to engage shareholders / The risk management duties of the board of directors / Directors' duties and corporate responsibility (CSR) / The many roles of boards of SMEs / Independent directors : after the crisis / Active owners and accountable directors / Nomination of members for the board of directors : a Swedish version of Wag the dog? / The Europe wide movement towards a gender quota at board level / Understanding the role of the board of directors : what is the right balance between managerial oversight and value creation? / Disqualifying directors in the EU / An overview of the executive renumeration issue across the crisis / Hanne S. Birkmose, Mette Neville, Karsten Engsig Srensen -- Carsten Gerner-Beuerle & Edmund-Philipp Schuster -- Paul Kruger Andersen & Dorthe Kristensen Balshj -- Pierre Henri Conac -- Hanne S. Birkmose -- Christoph Van der Elst -- Beate Sjafjell & Linn Anker-Srensen -- Mette Neville -- Wolf-Georg Ringe -- Jesper Lau Hansen -- Jan Andersson -- Christoph Teichmann & Carolin Langes -- Joseph A. McCahery, Erik P.M. Vermeulen & Masato Hisatake -- Karsten Engsig Srensen -- Guido Ferrarini & Maria Cristina Ungureanu. Introduction /

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Directors of corporations--Legal status, laws, etc.--European Union countries.
Corporate governance--European Union countries.