Canada, 4–7, 36, 73, 91–92, 96, 112, 120, 126, 129, 140, 142, 154, 161, 192–195, 218, 231, 239, 247, 251, 268, 275, 299

capitalist, 25, 36, 121

CEO, 2–3, 8, 17–19, 24–25, 36, 38, 47–48, 52, 57, 65, 71, 77, 83, 85–86, 88–89, 91, 94n2, 97, 103, 119, 129–132, 134, 136, 144, 150–151, 154, 156–157, 168–169, 173–174, 177, 179–183, 192, 194, 202, 215–216, 220, 229, 234–235, 239, 242–244, 246, 248, 250–253, 255, 259, 262, 264–265, 267, 269, 272, 274–275, 277, 280, 296, 299–301, 303

Chandler, A. D., 44–45, 63

Coase, R. H., 13–14, 32

co-opt, 23, 28, 31, 39, 281

cognitive theory, 34–35

companies

listed, 4, 20, 69, 73, 89, 97, 104, 124, 140, 146, 153–154, 158, 190–191, 218–219, 223, 226, 237, 242, 273, 292

unlisted, 139, 154, 158, 237

compensation/income/pay, 9n1, 12, 15, 17–19, 23, 49, 52, 56, 77, 91, 98, 120–122, 125, 168, 173, 175, 190, 193, 195, 216–217, 279

Conference Board, 19

conflict of interest, 137, 141–142, 180, 222

conformity, 27–28, 230

consultant, 85, 110–111, 113, 133, 152, 154, 170, 186, 224, 232, 256, 267, 279, 302

contracts, 13–15, 49

creditors, 15, 46–47, 55, 61n16, 231

creditworthiness, 3, 65, 68

culture, 8, 85, 157, 231, 235, 237, 255

customers, 15, 22, 39, 47, 67, 121, 216

D'Aveni, R. A., 54–56, 61n16

Daily & Dalton, 51, 57–58

Davis, G. F., 17, 29, 36, 40

Davis, Yoo, & Baker, 36

Denis, Denis, & Sarin, 17

Dey report, 181–182

DiMaggio & Powell, 25, 29, 38, 59n5, 175

Directors Education Program (DEP), 77, 89–90, 92, 100, 109, 175

diversity, 7, 18, 34–35, 129, 134, 172

Eisenhardt, K. M., 15–17, 70

employee, 14, 47, 88, 124, 132, 135–136, 149, 160, 222, 227–228, 231, 233, 241, 250–251, 272, 279

employer, 14

engineer, 110–111, 113, 121, 157, 250, 262

elite, 32–33, 36–38, 41, 70, 102

Enron, 8, 12, 18, 51, 84, 181, 187, 189, 241, 275

entrepreneur, 30–31, 50, 60n13, 66–67, 71, 89, 125, 131, 157, 179, 226, 237, 242, 251, 264

Fama, E., 13–14, 49

family-owned business, 30, 37, 67, 85, 97, 135, 150, 184

financial performance. See performance, financial

Finkelstein & Hambrick, 17