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Are Boards Designed to Fail? The Implausibility of Effective Board Monitoring

Steven BoivieMays Business School, Texas A&M UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michael K. BednarCollege of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Ruth V. AguileraD'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University & ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University
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Joel L. AndrusMays Business School, Texas A&M University
Pages 319-407 | Published online: 28 Jan 2016

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