The Convergence of Corporate Governance

Takes readers through an in-depth examination of many leading industrialized nations and identifies both the drivers that propel corporations towards convergence and the major impediments that stand in the way of convergence. Also examines many mechanisms of convergence such as governance codes, MNCs, and IPOs.

ABDUL A. RASHEED is professor of Strategic Management and International Business at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. He holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India. His main research interests are in the areas of corporate governance, strategic decision processes, and outsourcing.

TORU YOSHIKAWA is associate professor of Strategic Management at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore. He was previously a faculty member at McMaster University in Canada and Nihon University in Japan, and also a visiting professor or researcher at Doshisha University, Waseda University, University of Salamanca, and the University of Melbourne. His main research interests include strategic and performance implications of corporate governance, corporate governance reforms and institutional change.