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Board Committees In Corporate Governance: A Cross-Disciplinary Review And Agenda For The Future, Kalin Kolev, David B. Wangrow, Vincent L. Barker Iii, Donald J. Schepker

Management Faculty Research and Publications

The importance of board committees – specialized subgroups that exist to perform many of the board's most critical functions, such as setting executive compensation, identifying potential board members, and overseeing financial reporting – has grown over time due to increased legal requirements and greater complexity of the environment in which firms operate. This has resulted in a large body of work examining board committees across the accounting, finance, and management disciplines. However, this research has developed rather independently within each discipline, preventing scholars and practitioners from developing a comprehensive understanding of board committees. To address this issue, we conduct a …