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It's Time to Recruit More Foreign Nationals as Directors Third Quarter 2010Companies continue to expand internationally at a galloping rate—but the globalization of their boardrooms proceeds at a crawl. That’s bad for business. (If you’re offered a board seat at a foreign company, by the way, grab it.)
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Mind Your Manners in China's Boardrooms Third Quarter 2010Want a job with brutal travel demands and frequent opportunities to inadvertently offend your colleagues? A board seat at a Chinese company will fit the bill, and there are plenty of them out there.
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Best Practices for Global Directors
Third Quarter 2010Americans serving on foreign boards and foreigners who are directors of U.S. companies have different perspectives on the job and were probably recruited for different reasons, according to the Board Globalization Research Study conducted by Global Navigation, a
Corporate Board Member sibling company, and executive search firm Egon Zehnder International.
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Board Concern for Accidental Expatriates June 08, 2010As board members try to manage the growing list of issues they are responsible for, the problems associated with uncontrolled or untracked business travelers is not one that usually makes it onto their radar screen. Conversely, scrutiny of international business travelers by tax and immigration authorities is increasing, creating greater risks not just for the employee but for the entire organization.