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28 Hedge Funds Into the Boardroom

They're muscling their own candidates onto more boards. These new directors may be prickly, but they can add a lot of value. So make them welcome.
Plus: Where the Hedge Funds' Directors Are
It Can't Happen Here, Can It?

January/February 2007

Features

36 Crisis Management, An Everyday Part of a Director's Job
Here’s how various boards have handled some sudden challenges, ranging from ISS’s problems with an executive compensation plan to shareholder suits that went after individual board members.

44 How the Directors Brought a Dot-Com Back From the Brink
The online real estate company was in ruins, but then its board members got down to business. In six hectic weeks they cleaned house, hired a new CEO, and set out to rebuild everything. Five years later, Move Inc. is looking at its first operating profit.

55 Four More Ways to Fix Sarbox
The regulators are set to ease up on how Section 404 is enforced, which will make a good law better. But there are some other tune-ups that should be put into effect right away.

62 A Director's Guide to India
The risks are plentiful, but what India offers—and what it needs—can translate into lower costs and higher revenues for U.S. companies.
Plus: India's Emerging Certainties: Death, Taxes—And Litigation
India's Business Pillars
When in Mumbai...


70 How to Get a Free Cruise
Famous people deliver lectures as part of the entertainment many cruise lines offer, and hobnobbing with them is fun. But how about being one of the speakers?
Plus: Who's Speaking Where