The high and puissant Princess Marguerite of Austria, Princess Dowager of Spain, Duchess Dowager of Savoy, Regent of the Netherlands /

Maps on lining-papers.

The changing role of the supervisory board chairman: the case of the Netherlands (1997-2007)

Over the last ten years, the corporate governance context in most Western countries has changed as a result of irregularities, increased regulation, heightened societal expectations and shareholder activism. This paper examines the impact of the changing context on the role of chairmen of supervisory boards in the Netherlands. Based on a combination of thirty semi-structured interviews with board members of leading Dutch corporations and secondary data on the position of supervisory board chairmen at the top-100 listed firms in the Netherlands, the study reveals that board chairmen have become increasingly involved in both their control and service roles. While the demographics (i.e., age, tenure, gender and nationality) of chairmen have hardly changed over the last decade, chairmen are spending considerably more time on boards and committees, have reduced the number of board interlocks and have become more active on the forefront of the corporate governance discussion. The paper highlights several implications for scholars and practitioners.

Investigating the development of the internal and external service tasks of non-executive directors: the case of the Netherlands (1997-2005)

During the last decade, globalisation and liberalisation of financial markets, changing societal expectations and corporate governance scandals have increased the attention for the fiduciary duties of non-executive directors. In this context, recent corporate governance reform initiatives have emphasised the control task and independence of non-executive directors. However, little attention has been paid to their impact on the external and internal service tasks of non-executive directors. Therefore, this paper investigates how the service tasks of non-executive directors have evolved in the Netherlands. Data on corporate governance at the top-100 listed companies in the Netherlands between 1997 and 2005 show that the emphasis on non-executive directors' external service task has shifted to their internal service task, i.e. from non-executive directors acting as boundary spanners to non-executive directors providing advice and counselling to executive directors. This shift in board responsibilities affects non-executive directors' ability to generate network benefits through board relationships and has implications for non-executive directors' functional requirements.

Note by the Secretariat (Request by the United Kingdom of the Netherlands for admission of Curaçao as an associate member of ECLAC)

Spanish version available

Resolución 445(XIX): Admisión de las Antillas Neerlandesas como miembro asociado de la CEPAL = Resolution 445(XIX): Admission of the Netherlands Antilles as an associate member of CEPAL = Résolution 445(XIX): Admission des Antilles néerlandaises en qualité de membre associé de la CEPAL

Publicado separadamete en cada idioma

Address by Honourable D.F. Martina Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs of the Netherlands Antilles at the inaugural ceremony of the CDCC Seventh Session, Monday 24 January 1983

Discurso del Primer Ministro de las Antillas Holandesas en el cual destaca la labor del CDCC como instrumento de los paises del Caribe para articular sus necesidades e intereses y coordinar sus relaciones y actividades para la cooperacion regional.

Levels of orphanhood and measurement of adult mortality in populations of the past: the case of the Netherlands (The Hague 1850-1880)

Includes bibliography

Exposición realizada por el Jefe de la delegación de las Antillas Neerlandesas el 4 de febrero de 1982 con motivo de la admisión de su país en calidad de miembro asociado del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe (CDCC) = Statement made by the Head of the Delegation of the Netherlands Antilles on admission to associate membership of the Caribbean Development and Co-operation Committee (CDCC), on 4 February 1982

Discurso realizado en la reunion organizada por CEPAL a traves de su Oficina para el Caribe en el marco del CDCC, en la Sede de Naciones Unidas, Nueva York, 3-4 de febrero de 1982.