Although recent censure of corporate boards of directors as "passive" and "supine" may be excessive, those who criticize board performance have plenty of substantive ammunition.

尽管最近对公司董事会“被动”和“懒散”的指责可能有些过分，但那些批评董事会业绩的人有充足的实质性证据。

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Although small companies were the first to have women directors, large corporations currently have a higher percentage of women on their boards.

虽然小公司是最早拥有女性董事的公司，但目前大公司董事会中的女性比例更高。

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These factors may include the incentive compensation of executives, lack of monitoring by boards of directors, and managerial error in estimating the value of firms targeted for acquisition.

这些因素可能包括高管的激励性薪酬、董事会缺乏监督以及管理层在估计收购目标公司价值时的错误。

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He also says boards of directors need to do more to control pay.

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Boards of directors have long agonized over how much to borrow and different companies seem to have different cultures.

董事会一直被该借多少钱的问题所困扰着,不同的国家有着不同的文化

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If you ever serve on a board of directors-- this is the thing that I want you to remember because many of you will serve on boards of directors.

假设将来大家会进入董事会,有一点我希望大家记住,因为你们中很多人将会进入董事会

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Weaken boards of directors: Boards can abet, rather than restrain, the flight of capital, technology, and know-how to China.

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The Netherlands: The Netherlands will encourage employers to commit to increase their present ratio from 9% of women on boards of directors and supervisory boards to 30%.

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The corporate governance rules that have been proposed by the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market both push for more independent directors on corporate boards and for audit committees composed entirely of outside directors.

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