Corporate law is based on the premise that boards can effectively monitoring companies and protect the interests of shareholders. But is this a realistic expectation? Not really, say a trio of researchers—Steven Boivie, Michael Bednar and Joel Andrus—in a recent Harvard Business Review article.

“Over the past few years there has been a growing gap between what shareholders and regulators expect of boards and what academic research shows they are capable of,” they write.

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