Bernard Taylor
Professor
Management
Henley Business School University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Professor Bernard Taylor is a Director of the Centre for Board Effectiveness, which offers teaching and research in corporate governance at Henley, where he was formerly head of faculty in Strategy and International Management. He has founded two international journals Long Range Planning and The Journal of General Management and produced 24 books. He also established two European Councils in Corporate Strategy and Board Effectiveness for the Conference Board Europe.
Research Interest
He organises the leading International Conference on Corporate Governance and Board Leadership which takes place at Henley in October each year. He is an External Examiner for the Institute of Directors' Diploma in Company Direction, and a consultant in Corporate Governance and Corporate Strategy to companies and public organisations in Britain and overseas. His latest book with Philip Stiles is Boards at Work: How Directors View their Roles and Responsibilities (Oxford University Press, 2002).
Publications
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B. Taylor and S. Lee (2003) Benchmarking the Performance of UK Charities: A New Methodology. Institute of Fundraising.
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B. Taylor, S. Lee and K. Money (2004) Re-conceptualising Public Private Partnerships: the Working Links Experience. Working Links Ltd.
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B. Taylor (2002) From Corporate Governance to Corporate Entrepreneurship. Journal of Change Management, 2 (4), June.
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B. Taylor (2003) Guest Editor: Corporate Governance and Entrepreneurship. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 3 (2).
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B. Taylor (2003) Board Leadership: Balancing Entrepreneurship and Strategy with Accountability and Control. Corporate Governance: An International Review, July 2003.
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B. Taylor (2004) Leading the Boardroom Revolution. Corporate Governance: An International Review.
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B. Taylor (2004) Design for Leadership. Chartered Secretary Magazine.
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B. Taylor (2004) A Major Redesign for Boards Corporate Governance International. 130.
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V. Dulewicz, K. Gay and B. Taylor (2007) What makes an outstanding chairman? Findings from the UK Non Executive Director of the Year Awards, 2006, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol 15 No 6, November.
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B. Taylor (2007) New Shareholder Activists: how can boards create more value? Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol 15, No 6, November.
