Table of Contents

Preface; Anthony F. Buono.
Introduction; Pierre-Yves Gomez and Rickie Moore.
Part I. The New Experts: Rising Expectations Towards Directors.
Chapter 1. Behind the Boardroom Doors: Changes Underway in U.S. Corporate Governance Post Sarbanes-Oxley; David Finegold and Edward Lawler, III.
Chapter 2. The Increasing Role Professional Service Firms Play in the Reform of Shareholders' Meetings; Jose Luis Alvarez and Joan E. Ricart.
Chapter 3. Why Don't More Investor Representatives Sit on Boards of Publicly Traded Companies?; Harry Korine.
Part II. Defining the Boundaries of the New Expertise.
Chapter 4. How Can Corporate Directors Better Protect Themselves?: Lessons From Litigation in the United States; Xavier de Sarrau and Thierry Tomasi.
Chapter 5. Bounding the Role of the Director; Gavin J. Nicholson, Geoffrey C. Kiel, and Kevin P. Hendry.
Chapter 6. Expectations of a Consultant in Corporate Governance; David Risser.
Part III. "Super" Manager or "Super" Consultant? Theorizing the Role of the Director.
Chapter 7. Knowledge and Accountability: Outside Director's Contribution in the Corporate Value Chain; Morten Huse, Jonas Gabrielsson, and Alessandro Minchilli.
Chapter 8. The Question of Motivation of Nonexecutive Directors; Pierre-Yves Gomez and David Russell.
Chapter 9. Crowding Out of Trust and Its Impacts on Management Consulting; Michael Nippa and Jens Grigoleit.
Part IV. A New Profession: The Contract, the Responsibilities, and the Future.
Chapter 10. Enabling or Facilitating Discriminatory Board Practices in Board Appointments: Where Are the Women? How Sarbanes-Oxley Is Transforming Board Rooms and Consulting: Intended Effects and Unintended Consequences; Susan Adams and Rickie Moore.
About the Authors.