BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Boardroom Battle
- a conflict or power struggle between individual board members or between groups of board members
Additional Resources
- Mgmt games battle.
- Byline: Priya Saini Jun. 11--NEW DELHI -- Airtel, HPCL, IOC, Reliance Industries and Tata Steel, amongst many others, are fighting a boardroom battle of a different kind. The 15th National Management Games, organised by the All India Management Association AIMA, is...
- Research articles 2006-06-11
- End of era at Fansteel? Aging investor and kin differ on strategy. (Fansteel Inc.; investor Thomas Mellon Evans)
- At Fansteel Inc., a quiet little company that makes products found everywhere from underground mines to the space shuttle, something dramatic - like an intrafamily boardroom battle - seems to be in the air. Last November, longtime director Thomas MellAt Fansteel Inc., a quiet little company...
- Research articles 1996-05-27
- Boardroom Battles
- Although boardroom bust-ups have been happening since companies were first formed, the stresses and strains caused by a global demand forever improving share price performance today produce more internal disputes among directors than in the past. The time to come out fighting is when the battle is over, and reputations...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Cancer survivor facing new battle at NeoPharm; Interim chief seeks top job, OK for tumor drug.(News)(Eidell, Ronald G. of NeoPharm Inc.)
- Byline: BRETT CHASE In the past year, Ronald G. Eidell beat cancer, survived a boardroom brawl at NeoPharm Inc. and emerged as the biotech company's interim CEO. Now Mr. Eidell wants to be permanent chief executive of the 15-year-old Lake Fores...
- Research articles 2005-08-15
- Football: DONS ON WHYTE TRACK
- DONS captain Derek Whyte insists the bitter boardroom battle that has ripped the club apart will not affect their progress on the pitch. A major boardroom confrontation left Stewart Milne in place as chairman while fans' favourite Jim Cummings was forced to quit as a director just...
- Research articles 2001-04-01
- The Lowdown: Mowlem's knight rides into battle
- `Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, I'm so sorry..." Sir John Gains leaps out of his seat and charges, mid-apology, towards the boardroom door. The chief executive of Mowlem, the construction and services company, has been trying to contact his chairman all morning, and a nod from...
- Research articles 2004-02-08
- Wishing upon a star; Disney's boardroom battle.
- Why Michael Eisner's enemies may be guilty of wishful thinking Why Michael Eisner's enemies may be guilty of wishful thinking
- Research articles 2003-12-06
- Lew unwinds after end of Coles Myer boardroom battle.
- Dec 18, 2002 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Dec 18, 2002 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX)
- Research articles 2002-12-18
- Heekin to helm Grey Worldwide.(The Week)(Jim Heekin joins Grey Worldwide)(Motorola Inc. appoints George Neill)(Apprise Media acquires CFW Enterprises)
- Grey Worldwide, the advertising network of Grey Global Group, formally named Jim Heekin as chairman-CEO, ending months of speculation. Mr. Heekin, chairman-CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide until Aug. 1, resigned from that post following a boardroom battle Grey Worldwide, the advertising network of Grey Global...
- Research articles 2005-08-22
- AUSTRALIA'S SKYWEST APPOINTS NEW CEO.
- PERTH, Oct 14 Asia Pulse - Regional airline Skywest has appointed former United Airlines executive Scott Henderson to be the company's new chief executive, as the carrier moves closer towards establishing an alliance with Qantas. Mr Henderson replaces Bill Meeke, who was ousted as a director at a...
- Research articles 2002-10-14
- Quentin Willson motoring column: Italian jobless battle by Fiat
- ITALIAN auto giant Fiat has until this March to reduce its debt mountain or be taken over by banks, which are owed pounds 4billion. Boardroom battles, dull products, lousy build quality and massive losses have conspired to reduce one of Italy's largest employers to a smoking ruin. Only General Motors,...
- Research articles 2003-01-05
- Who's in charge? EADS.(European Aeronautics and Defense Co.)
- The boardroom battle at Europe's aerospace giant continues WHAT on Earth is going on at EADS, Europe's leading aerospace group and parent of Airbus? Two board meetings in as many weeks have failed to resolve a conflict over the top management. The Paris Air...
- Research articles 2005-06-11
- Spanish group Sacyr bids 6.5 bln euros for control of Eiffage
- MADRID AFP — Spanish group Sacyr Vallehermoso bid 6.5 billion euros (8.8 billion dollars) for total control of Eiffage of France on Thursday in a deal that would create a European construction giant, striking back a day after being jilted in a boardroom battle. The bid would give rise...
- Research articles 2007-04-19
- Your investments and the economy.(Business)
- Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer Is the boardroom battle at Disney indicative of growing shareholder power? "I think it is. I think it's a good thing. I think it's healthy for markets and corporations. I think if management has...
- Research articles 2004-03-07
- NAB forced to go ahead with EGM.
- National Australia Bank was Monday forced to proceed with plans for an extraordinary meeting next month to resolve its boardroom battle after failing to find a compromise between its warring directors.The bank, which is struggling to recover from a rogue trading scandal, said it would hold...
- Research articles 2004-04-20
- Doing battle: Case studies
- CASE NO. 1: TAN CHONG MOTOR HOLDINGS BHD (2001 - ) FAST becoming a classic case study of a family-based boardroom tussle in Malaysia, the Tan Chong family squabble has seen numerous twists and turns: from the democratic voting process at an annual general...
- Research articles 2004-05-01
- McLeish ignores Blues' soccer boardroom drama
- BIRMINGHAM, England AFP — Alex McLeish is adamant he won't allow the latest controversy involving Birmingham City to distract him from the business of keeping the Midlands side in the Premier League. McLeish, City's manager, has already experienced the storm that followed Martin Taylor's tackle on Arsenal forward Eduardo...
- Research articles 2008-04-10
- INVESTMENT TRUST NEWS - Robb sparks boardroom battle.
- Investors face crucial vote after ousted manager calls for AMIC overhaul Investors in split-capital trust Asset Management Investment Company AMIC will vote on the trust's future at an extraordinary general meeting on 8 June. Former manager George Robb, ousted last year, has tabled...
- Research articles 2005-05-27
- Emap tries to remove directors
- The simmering boardroom battle at Emap, the publishing and broadcasting company, sensationally burst into public view yesterday when all but two Emap directors strongly backed their chairman, Sir John Hoskyns, following a tense showdown. The company immediately announced it would seek to remove from the board the two...
- Research articles 1996-10-25
- Sackings to follow Emap showdown
- The simmering boardroom battle at Emap, the publishing and broadcasting company, sensationally burst into public view yesterday, when all but two Emap directors strongly backed their chairman, Sir John Hoskyns, following a tense showdown. The company immediately announced it would seek to remove from the board the two...
- Research articles 1996-10-25
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