INDEX
Note: Page numbers followed by f refer to figures; page numbers followed by t refer to tables.
Acer, 49
Ackman, Bill, 93
acquisitions
—a board’s involvement in (see Procter & Gamble)
—identifying which directors to keep after, 71–72
advisory boards
—at GMR Group, 181–183
—at Mars, 180–181
—purpose of, 180
—value added by, 183
AIG
—board’s failure to acknowledge warnings, 205
—board’s ignoring of the firm’s risk profile, 204
—contrast to Tyco, 211
—economic repercussions of the company’s failure, 205–206
—regulators’ warnings about risk, 204–205
—unworkable chemistry between chair and CEO, 87
Akers, John, 133–134
Ambani, Mukesh, 179
Amelio, William, 50
Amgen, 198
Anderson, Fred D., 9
annual governance calendars,
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