摘要：There is increased pressure for a more active role in corporate directors’ oversight and several surveys arereporting that directors still do not have the necessary information and knowledge to help them fulfill their emerging rolesand responsibilities. These factors have created an urgent need for organizations to examine their board’s knowledgedeficiencies and find adequate solutions. Although information and communication technologies (ICT) have the potentialto dramatically improve the ability of boards to identify, acquire, analyze and act on the most relevant knowledge, theyremain under studied and underused. The objective of this paper is to develop some propositions on the way boards ofdirectors can potentially improve their decision making process through various knowledge strategies supported byinformation and communication technology. To do so, we perform a “knowledge audit” of boards based on a review of theliterature on corporate board information and decision making limitations. Then we relate these problems to the literatureon ICT for potential solutions, following a design science research methodology. We also describe the current commercialboard portal tools that have emerged to support the work of corporate directors. Our results can provide guidance tocompanies and their boards wishing to implement a knowledge strategy that addresses board widespread problems suchas information asymmetry, information overload, and groupthink.
关键词：Board of directors; Knowledge strategy; Information and communication technology; Board information; Board;portals.
