Provides an essential reference, focusing on both policy and strategic challenges for senior managers working with boards or dealing with governance issues
Two achievements—up the poor and animating civil society—are powerful moral claims for business corporations but schemes for corporate governance jeopardize these achievements.
The events that began with the collapse of Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and Adelphia and continued into the financial crisis of 2008 teach us an important lesson: corporate governance matters. Although it is widely acknowledged that good corporate governance is a linchpin of good corporate performance, how can one improve corporate governance and its impact on corporate and overall economic performance. This book offers a diverse and forward-looking set of approaches from experts, covering the major areas of corporate governance reform and analyzing the full range of issues and concerns. Written to be both theoretically rigorous and grounded in the real world, the book is well suited for practicing lawyers, managers, lawmakers, and analysts, as well as academics conducting research or teaching a wide range of courses in law schools, business schools, and economics departments.
Firm-level corporate governance practices vary widely according to country-level factors. Understanding national institutions and the legal system, the evolution of corporate formation and how these f
The book presents a thorough overview of corporate governance in Germany. Comprehending the German corporate governance system is challenging as it differs remarkably from the Anglo-American one and r
This book examines the main characteristics of Spanish corporate governance. Spain is one of the top 20 economies around the world and one of the five largest in Europe. The significant differences be
This takes an in depth and comprehensive assessment of corporate governance in Turkey. In this assessment, historical roots and cultural values shaping the Turkish business context are taken into pers
Good governance is good PR, it is important in every sphere of society, whether it be the corporate environment, the political, or wider society. When resources are too limited to meet the minimum exp
This book will provide a comprehensive insight of the characteristics and development of corporate governance in Italy. Both the external institutional mechanisms, such as the codes of best practices
This book is a primer on corporate governance for large, publicly held companies in the United States --the system that defines the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different particip
The global financial crisis has led to more and more focus on corporate governance and financial institutions. There has been much coverage in the media about various corporate governance related issu
In Boardroom Excellence, author Paul Brountas, a corporate attorney with more than forty years experience, discusses the qualities and components of effective boards in today’s post-Enron enviro
The corporate world has more directors than CEOs. But what does a director do? What is the role of a board of directors? As an experienced director and chairman of several companies and associations,
This book addresses the increasing overlap between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and law with a particular focus on company law and corporate governance. What is the impact of CSR on company l
An up-to-date look at the latest thinking on Corporate Governance, capturing the wealth of experience of some 60 company secretaries in the world's top companies, whose job it is to make corporate gov
Corporations are the productive engine of market economies. Yet the rules by which the wealth generated by corporations gets divided between the providers of financial capital and the providers of hum
