Board leadership: balancing entrepreneurship and strategy with accountability and control

Abstract

Argues that effective board leadership requires directors to achieve a balance between entrepreneurship (i.e. paying attention to strategy, corporate renewal and innovation on the one hand) and corporate governance. Posits that medium sized firms have a dilemma in knowing how to expand their businesses in a rapid fashion. Highlights how companies manage this type of move from a corporate type of governance to a more corporate entrepreneurship.

Citation

Taylor, B. (2003), "Board leadership: balancing entrepreneurship and strategy with accountability and control", Corporate Governance, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1108/14720700310474028