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Issue Title: Special Issue: Redesigning corporate governance: lessons learnt from the global financial crisis / Guest Edited by Martin Hild

In 2004 and 2005, the authors performed board evaluations within Europe-based companies operating in various business sectors. Based on the results of these evaluations, they identified the following as the main weaknesses of current corporate governance practices in Europe: 1. Most national corporate governance guidelines propose a one-size-fits-all approach that is dangerous; it may support good compliance, but it does not guarantee that the governance of a firm will become great. 2. There is a lack of strategic direction in much of board practices. 3. Board selection, appraisal, remuneration, and development often lack integration and professionalism. To use corporate governance as a competitive advantage, the authors therefore recommend the following: 1. Keep it situational. 2. Keep it strategic. 3. Keep it integrated. 4. Keep it controlled. It remains to be seen whether boards have the will and resources to transform themselves into truly directing and controlling teams apart from changing their orientations from corporate governance to corporate control-preneurship.

With a huge range of definitions and theories of leadership available, the field of leadership has become confusing for both students and practitioners. Understanding Leadership provides a framework for making sense of the field. In Part One, Gayle C Avery integrates a fragmented field into four broad paradigms or forms of leadership, helping to simplify and clarify the ill-defined field of leadership. The second part provides 10 case studies from leading organizations across Europe, Australia and the United States to illustrate how diverse leadership can be in successful organizations. At the end of each case, specific questions guide the reader in interpreting and analyzing the cases, connecting them to the leadership frameworks and theories in Part One. Written in simple, accessible language, and assuming no prior knowledge Understanding Leadership can be used by readers with no prior knowledge of leadership. With its overview of major theories in the field and presentation of a simple and effective framework for analyzing these theories, the book will be essential reading for advanced undergraduate and MBA students.

Are current concepts of leadership appropriate for today's organizations? What will tomorrow's leadership need to be like? Is there a best approach to leadership? With a huge range of definitions and theories of leadership available, the field has become confusing for both students and practitioners alike. This text provides a framework for making sense of the field. In Part One, Gayle C Avery integrates a fragmented field into four broad paradigms or forms of leadership, helping to simplify and clarify the ill-defined field of leadership. The second part provides 10 case studies from leadi