In focus of this paper are selected characteristics of enterprise boards and their influences on perfor-mance in companies located in Gnosjö, one of Sweden´s best known industrial districts. The aim and contribution of this paper is to propose and test a model that reflects the relationship between board characteristics, administration and company age on performance. Our results show that number of commitments among board members as well as company age is significant for company performance measured with sales and sales per employee. The support of the model is strong and we believe the results have practical as well as theoretical implications of importance.