The Role Model of the Board: a preliminary study of the roles of Icelandic boards

The aim of this paper is to distinguish between different roles of boards of directors in companies and to fit the theoretical debate into a framework for better understanding. A simple framework, constructed from the literature, is used to distinguish between the archetypes of roles from a two‐dime...

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Published in:Corporate Governance: An International Review
Main Author: Eythor Ivar Jonsson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
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Iceland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00462.x
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spelling ftrepec:oai:RePEc:bla:corgov:v:13:y:2005:i:5:p:710-717 2024-04-14T08:13:38+00:00 The Role Model of the Board: a preliminary study of the roles of Icelandic boards Eythor Ivar Jonsson https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00462.x unknown https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00462.x article ftrepec https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00462.x 2024-03-19T10:36:08Z The aim of this paper is to distinguish between different roles of boards of directors in companies and to fit the theoretical debate into a framework for better understanding. A simple framework, constructed from the literature, is used to distinguish between the archetypes of roles from a two‐dimensional perspective. The paper includes a preliminary qualitative study of Icelandic companies with the aim of testing the framework and exploring the roles of boards in Iceland. The study shows that boards have various roles or patterns of roles and that the roles can change with change of circumstances. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Corporate Governance: An International Review 13 5 710 717
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