Greater use of qualitative research methods - including observing boards in real time and interviewing directors - needs to occur to advance the field. Quantitative researchers are, it would seem, measuring variables in respect of "structural independence," rather than board and individual...

Although "board process" has been identified as a critical element for future corporate governance research, gaining access to corporate boardrooms is extremely difficult if not virtually impossible for most researchers. This study attempts to address this important issue in the research...

The Canadian Securities Administrators' National Policy 58-201 "Corporate Governance Guidelines" (the "Policy"),-super-1 released 15 April 2005, on which the author provided detailed advice, reads that: Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2005.