Corporate governance: up to date

Corporate governance is the system by which companies are directed and controlled. Boards of directors are responsible for the governance of their companies. Nonprofit governance is a political and organizational process involving multiple functions and engaging multiple stakeholders. The responsibilities of the board include setting the company’s strategic aims, providing the leadership to put them into effect, supervising the management of the business and reporting to shareholders and stakeholders on their stewardship and to ensure the mission fullfillment and overall accountability.

Having a knowledgeable and engaged board, a board that understands its fiduciary role, its managerial role and depending on the type of institution its fundraising role. is very important specially in public institutions and non for profit.

The Centre for Research in Health and Economics CRES from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra has published recently some policy papers related to  Corporate Governance. 

• Dalmau-Matarrodona, E.; "Bones pràctiques del govern de les organitzacions" Health Policy Papers Collection 2026-4_ED [Download]
• López-Casasnovas, G., Planas-Miret, I.; "La gobernanza de la colaboración público-privada en sanidad. El caso de Catalunya." Health Policy Papers Collection 2026-3_GL_IP [Download]
• Ortún, V.; "Gobierno y gestión de las organizaciones sanitarias" Health Policy Papers Collection 2026-2_VO [Download]
• López-Casasnovas, G.; "Anomalies organitzatives als consells de govern de les organitzacions públiques" Policy Papers Collection 2026-3_GL [Download]

Another interesting paper published in 2014 by Yvonne D. Harrison (University of Albany) and Vic Murray (University of Victoria): Guidelines for Improving the Effectiveness of Boards of Directors of Nonprofit Organizations

photo Jordi Soldevila. Màcula Malèvich de Sant Pau

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