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What does an "entrenched board" mean?

What does an "entrenched board" (of a company) mean?
  

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[/nq] en·trenched ( in tréncht, en tréncht ) adjective 1. firmly held: firmly held and hard to change "deeply entrenched political views" 2. firmly established: firmly established and unlikely to change.

  • [/nq] en·trenched ( in tréncht, en tréncht ) adjective 1.
  • firmly held: firmly held and hard to change "deeply entrenched political views" 2.
  • firmly established: firmly established and unlikely to change.
  • Bob Lieblich Still able to read a dictionary
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[nq:1]What does an "entrenched board" (of a company) mean?[/nq]
en·trenched ( in tréncht, en tréncht ) adjective 1. firmly held: firmly held and hard to change "deeply entrenched political views"
2. firmly established: firmly established and unlikely to change.

Bob Lieblich
Still able to read a dictionary
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[nq:1]What does an "entrenched board" (of a company) mean?[/nq]
They will resist any attempt to dig them out.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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[nq:1]What does an "entrenched board" (of a company) mean?[/nq]
It means that the board of directors (which is supposed to set the direction and make the significant decisions for the corporation) has so arranged the corporation's capital structure, bylaws, and the like that any effort to dislodge them will be uneconomic, easily defeated, or even self-defeating.
An entrenched board can be
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Hubby infrared:
[nq:1]What does an "entrenched board" (of a company) mean?[/nq]
A board is long, hard, and narrow. It is made of wood.

Peter Moylan peter at ee dot newcastle dot edu dot au http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au (OS/2 and eCS information and software)

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