BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Board
Wiktionary Definition for: Board
- A relatively long, wide and thin piece of saw sawn wood or similar material, usually intended for use in construction.
- The amount paid for meals and lodging.
- A device (eg, switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
- Short for e.g. blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard and surfboard.
- A committee that manages the business of an organization.
- cattag basketball colloquial A rebound.
- nautical The side of a ship.
- nautical The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward
- To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship or aircraft.
- To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
- To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
- # nautical To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
Additional Resources
- Working Effectively As a Member of the Board of Directors
- Every incorporated business has a board of directors. The board's role is to define the goals of the enterprise and adopt broad strategies to achieve them. The board appoints, supports, and counsels a chief executive officer (C.E.O.) whose job is to implement that strategy. Board members must understand that...
- Articles 2007-10-02
- AOL's Post-Spin Board Includes Former FCC Chair Powell, Former William Morris Head Wiatt
- AOL’s post-spin board of directors includes a dash of Hollywood, a hint of e-commerce and some Washington expertise. The nine directors slated to join Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong on the board when the split from Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) goes through include Jim Wiatt, former chairman and CEO...
- External links 2009-10-26
- Five Tactics for Landing a Board Seat
- A board seat will enhance a new executive's resume, but first you need to be invited to join. Here's how to increase your chances of getting a foot in the boardroom door. 1. Start Small Experience in the boardroom can...
- Articles 2008-10-15
- Satyam Chairman to Board: There's, Heh-Heh, Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You⦠[Digital Daily]
- Dear Board Members,It is with deep regret, and tremendous burden that I am carrying on my conscience, that I would like to bring the following facts to your notice…" So begins the resignation letter full text below in which Satyam Computer Services SAY Chairman Ramalinga Raju confesses to a massive...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Fmr. CNN Head to Chair Pres. Obama's Broadcasting Board of Governors
- The White House named four people to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, including the chairman of the group, Walter Isaacson, who is President of the Aspen Institute and former chairman and CEO of CNN. Isaacson, who ran CNN for 18 months from 2001-2003, is also the former editor of Time...
- News items 2009-11-21
- Board Management: Quiet Revolution at HP
- A great many chief executive officers have looked at their boards as, well, unfortunate necessities. They don't truly value the expertise and insight that can be gleaned from a board. So they've tended to work with their nominating committees to stack their boards that term is only slightly too uncharitable...
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Google Analyst: Board Drama, Falling Sales in the Wings
- Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry predicts Google’s revenue will fall in the next two years and the company is about to hit its adolescent stage with board conflicts and layoffs. In a research note, Chowdhry lays out the case. The gist: The economy is putting pressure...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Apple's board to meet to decide Eric Schmidt's replacement
- According to the WSJ, Apple's board will meet next Tuesday to decide who will replace outgoing Eric Schmidt. Dr. Schmidt, who had been an Apple board member since 2006, left Apple's board late last month, citing a conflict as Apple's and Google's businesses increasingly overlap. Apple's board meets four times...
- News items 2009-08-13
- Apple's board to meet to decide Eric Schmidt's replacement
- According to the WSJ, Apple's board will meet next Tuesday to decide who will replace outgoing Eric Schmidt. Dr. Schmidt, who had been an Apple board member since 2006, left Apple's board late last month, citing a conflict as Apple's and Google's businesses increasingly overlap. Apple's board meets four times...
- News items 2009-08-14
- Compression Coax Board-to-Board RF connectors.(Packaging & Interconnects)
- Tyco Electronics has introduced its low profile, single connector, micro-miniature RF interconnect for direct board-to-board connections. This Compression Coax Board-to-Board Blindmate product is said to eliminate the need for multiple connectors by Tyco Electronics has introduced its low profile, single connector, micro-miniature RF interconnect...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. - Corporate Governance Standards For Board Of Directors
- The corporate governance standards established by the Board of Directors provide a structure within which directors and management can effectively pursue the Company's objectives for the benefit of its shareholders and other constituencies. The Board will consider all major decisions of the Company. However, the Board has established the ...
- White papers 2003-09-10
- Levinson quits Google's board
- Another executive with ties to both Apple and Google is leaving one company's board of directors. Arthur Levinson(Credit: GenentechArthur Levinson, former chairman of Genentech, has resigned from Google's board of directors, effective immediately, Google said Monday. A member of Google's board since 2004, Levinson has also served on Apple's board...
- News items 2009-10-12
- Arthur Levinson Leaves Google's Board, Further Cutting Apple-Google Board Ties
- Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 12 Arthur Levinson, the former CEO and chairman of Genentech, now a unit of Roche has announced his resignation from the board of directors of Google GOOG. His departure comes exactly 10 weeks after the announcement that Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave up his...
- News items 2009-10-12
- How to Construct an Advisory Board
- Throughout the building of Emerging Demographics, my advisory board has played an instrumental role in helping me mitigate my inexperience. An advisory board, if constructed properly, can be the main difference between a successful company and a “learning experience.” This is especially true for young entrepreneurs who need to rely...
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- Is the Countrywide Board Voting With Its Feet?
- Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros resigned from the board of the embattled Countrywide Financial Corp. this week, the third director to leave the board this year. Cisneros said he was leaving to spend more time as chairman of a firm that provides financing to U.S....
- Blog posts 2007-10-26
- Fifth Third Bancorp Corporate Governance Guidelines: As Adopted by the Board of directors on March 18, 2003
- This corporate governance principles have been approved and adopted by the Board of Directors of Fifth Third Bancorp. These principles, along with Fifth Third's articles of incorporation, code of regulations and charters of the various committees of the Board, provide the foundation for the governance. This corporation governance discusses the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Sprint Nextel: A Case in Point in Bad Board Management
- Sprint Nextel: A Case in Point in Bad Board Managementi bet you this'll happenYep the handwriting is on the wall that this is a FUBAR waiting to happen. What you didn't write about is what crazy-to-the-layperson exit package this individual will most likely get when he's revolved out the door.RE:...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- It's Time to Rethink Board Director Choices In Finance
- It's Time to Rethink Board Director Choices In FinanceRE: It's Time to Rethink Board Director Choices In FinanceHello to the federal government When I went to school in America were I was born and still live. English was the language of the people in schools and work places. “Not Nowâ€...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- Google, Apple sever board ties amid U.S. antitrust probe
- Computerworld - The last executive with links to both Google and Apple has resigned from Google's board of directors today, taking a bite out of an ongoing U.S. investigation into the companies' entanglements. Genentech Inc. Chairman Arthur Levinson, who has sat on the boards of both Google and Apple, today...
- News items 2009-10-12
- Helo Community Reacts To Safety Board
- While leaders within the helicopter community found few surprises in the NTSB recommendations regarding civil medevac operations, some were taken aback by one directed to federal Medicare and Medicaid services, and questioned the timeframe of others. On Tuesday, the Safety Board issued a series of recommendations regarding helicopter emergency medical...
- News items 2009-09-03
