Global Corporate Governance

Author : Ulrich Steger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119187370

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Mastering Global Corporate Governance by Ulrich Steger Pdf

Corporate Governance is the hot topic of the new millennium. Goneare the days when CEOs set agendas and earned 500 times more thanaverage employees. Now, transparency rules. Corporations mustestablish new systems of accountability, and encourage long-termparticipation in decision-making by both shareholders and staff.Those that succeed will be better equipped to create wealth, solvecomplex problems, and compete in global markets. The role of the directorate and the need to ensure an effectiveframework for its accountability to owners is paramount to success.In line with this thinking, Mastering Global Corporate Governanceargues that one of the key responsibilities of the Board isleadership, and that the root of good corporate governance lies inthe strength of a corporate leader. In particular, it focuses ontwo 'burning issues' for senior executives: how can the boards ofglobal companies best lead their companies through the fundamentaldilemmas that face all boards?; and how can Boards, entrusted withultimate responsibility for the way a company exercises leadership,provide that leadership?

Author : Janis Sarra
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774840507

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Corporate Governance in Global Capital Markets by Janis Sarra Pdf

The recent failures of Enron, WorldCom, and other large publicly traded corporations have catapulted the issue of corporate governance onto the international stage. In this timely book, Janis Sarra draws together the work of legal scholars and practitioners from across North America to provide a comprehensive analysis of corporate governance issues in global capital markets. The contributors to this collection explore the theoretical underpinnings of corporate governance and provide concrete illustration of different models and their outcomes. While the perspectives of the authors sometimes differ, their common project is to explore different normative conceptions of the corporation in order to contribute to an analysis of global trends in corporate governance.

Author : Sankatha Singh
Publisher : Excel Books India
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Corporate governance
ISBN : 8174464174

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Corporate Governance by Sankatha Singh Pdf

The subject Corporate Governance:Global Concepts and Practices has occupied centre- stage, particularly since the early 1990s in U.K., USA, rest of Europe, Canada, Japan, India and many other developing countries of the world. The present volume is essentially a comprehensive textbook, focusing on both concepts and corporate governance practices. Even before the Enron collapse and several other kingsize scandals, there has been a steadily mounting volume of complaints regarding the dismal state of governance in most large corporates across the globe, mostly relating to accounting irregularities and top dressing of financial results, almost universally perpetrated at the behest of the Company Chairman & CEO himself. Keeping the above ground realities in view, the present volume is intended to be a standard reference as well as textbook on the varied facets of corporate governance. The book has six distinct parts, containing in all as many as twenty-eight interrelated chapters.The first part deals with subjects like business environment, business ethics and social responsibilities, management of a firm, etc., while the second part is concerned with the theory of firm, its objectives, accounting standards and creative accounting practices. Part Three of the book dwells at length on the working of the company board, board committees, need for whistle blowing, corporate governance rating and need for separation of the positions of Chairman and CEO. Part Four presents summary recommendations of five Indian Committees on corporate governance in chronological order. These are (i) CII Committee (1998), (ii) Ist SEBI Committee (1999), (iii) Ganguly Committee-RBI (2002); (iv) Naresh Chandra Committee (2002) and (v) 2nd SEBI Committee (2003). Part Five contains six chapters comprising as many live cases on accounting scams. The sixth part of the book contains governance reports of three world class companies from India, viz., Infosys Technologies Ltd., Wipro, and Reliance Industries Ltd.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264173705

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OECD Principles of Corporate Governance by OECD Pdf

These principles of corporate governance, endorsed by the OECD Council at Ministerial level in 1999, provide guidelines and standards to insure inclusion, accountability and abilit to attract capital.

Author : Donald H. Chew,Stuart L. Gillan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231519977

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Global Corporate Governance by Donald H. Chew,Stuart L. Gillan Pdf

Effective corporate governance, or the set of controls and incentives that drive top management, originates both outside and inside the firm and assures investors who hope to commit their capital. Essential when buying stocks in one's own country, effective corporate governance is even more important abroad, where information can be less reliable and investor influence (or protection) more limited. In this collection of articles from the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, more than thirty leading scholars and practitioners discuss the possibilities and limitations of global corporate finance and governance systems, whether in Europe and North America or in the emerging markets of Israel, India, Korea, and South Africa. Essays discuss the political roots of American corporate finance; the structural and financial variations between international corporations; control premiums and the effectiveness of corporate governance systems; debt, folklore, and cross-country differences in financial structures; the driving forces behind the East Asian Financial Crisis of 1997; corporate ownership and control in India, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom; financial and economic lessons of Italy's privatization program; changes in Korean corporate governance; sovereign wealth funds; and the new organization of Canadian business trusts. A special roundtable discussion addresses shareholder activism in the U.K.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998-03-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264162709

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Corporate Governance: Improving Competitiveness and Access to Capital in Global Markets A Report to the OECD by the Business Sector Advisory Group on Corporate Governance by OECD Pdf

In this report to the OECD, the Business Sector Advisory Group on Corporate Governance presents the perspectives that it believes should guide public policies related to corporate governance, suggests areas for private sector voluntary action and recommends further actions for the OECD.

Author : Yadong Luo
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781405137072

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Global Dimensions of Corporate Governance by Yadong Luo Pdf

This book looks at the condition of corporate governance in the new millennium; illuminating its complexities and examining key issues such as interaction with global stakeholders, competitors, governments, partners, suppliers, and peer subsidiaries. Enhances understanding of the complexities of global corporate governance issues. Provides important guides to refining and improving the rules that govern business relationships among major global stakeholders.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bookboon
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788776817374

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Corporate Governance and International Business by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ahmed Naciri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134087884

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Corporate Governance Around the World by Ahmed Naciri Pdf

The last Asian financial crisis, coupled with the western series of corporate scandals, has caused investors and citizens to doubt mangers’ ability to guarantee credible financial information about organizations. Consequently, legislators all over the world have come to realise the necessity of legislating in the area of corporate governance. This book explores several national corporate governance reform experiences from around the world (including Canada, China, the United States, and the European Union) and offers an explanatory theory with regard to national systems of corporate governance. It also underlines corporate governance as a management tool and principle. The author argues that each country should be encouraged to build its own system of corporate governance which should be harmonized with its history, culture and the level of its economic development.

Author : Randall K. Morck
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226536835

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A History of Corporate Governance around the World by Randall K. Morck Pdf

For many Americans, capitalism is a dynamic engine of prosperity that rewards the bold, the daring, and the hardworking. But to many outside the United States, capitalism seems like an initiative that serves only to concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few hereditary oligarchies. As A History of Corporate Governance around the World shows, neither conception is wrong. In this volume, some of the brightest minds in the field of economics present new empirical research that suggests that each side of the debate has something to offer the other. Free enterprise and well-developed financial systems are proven to produce growth in those countries that have them. But research also suggests that in some other capitalist countries, arrangements truly do concentrate corporate ownership in the hands of a few wealthy families. A History of Corporate Governance around the World provides historical studies of the patterns of corporate governance in several countries-including the large industrial economies of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States; larger developing economies like China and India; and alternative models like those of the Netherlands and Sweden.

Author : Jongmoo Jay Choi,Sandra Marguerite Dow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Corporate governance
ISBN : OCLC:1037904248

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Institutional Approach to Global Corporate Governance by Jongmoo Jay Choi,Sandra Marguerite Dow Pdf

Author : William Sun,Jim Stewart,David Pollard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139497237

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Corporate Governance and the Global Financial Crisis by William Sun,Jim Stewart,David Pollard Pdf

Over the last two decades there has been a notable increase in the number of corporate governance codes and principles, as well as a range of improvements in structures and mechanisms. Despite this, corporate governance failed to prevent a widespread default of fiduciary duties of corporate boards and managerial responsibilities in the finance industry, which contributed to the 2007–10 global financial crisis. This book brings together leading scholars from North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East to provide fresh and critical analytical insights on the systemic failures of corporate governance linked to the global financial crisis. Contributors draw from a range of disciplines to demonstrate the severe limitations of the dominant corporate governance framework and its associated market-oriented approach. They provide suggestions on how the governance problems could be tackled to prevent or mitigate any future financial crisis and explore new directions for post-crisis corporate governance research and reforms.

Author : Peter Cornelius,Bruce Mitchel Kogut
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195167054

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Corporate Governance and Capital Flows in a Global Economy by Peter Cornelius,Bruce Mitchel Kogut Pdf

With global financial markets having become more integrated, the book pays particular attention to the role of corporate governance in emerging-market economies and international capital flows. Rich in facts and ideas, the book is for anyone interested in financial crises, international risk management and global competitiveness.

Author : Thomas Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134350889

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International Corporate Governance by Thomas Clarke Pdf

Comprehensive and up-to-date, this important textbook analyzes the escalating crisis in corporate governance and the growing interest in its reform across the globe. Written by a leading name in the field of corporate governance from a genuinely international perspective, this excellent textbook provides a balanced analysis of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Anglo-Saxon, European and Asian traditions of corporate governance; offering a prognosis of the future development, complexity and diversity of corporate governance forms and systems. It: investigates the reasons for the failure of Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Parmalat and other major international corporations examines the role of international standards of corporate governance, with the intervention of the OECD, World Bank and IMF explores the continuing cultural diversity in corporate and institutional forms in the United States and UK, Europe and Asia Pacific. Illustrated with a wealth of up-to-the minute case studies and packed full of excellent illustrative material that guides student readers through this complex subject, International Corporate Governance is a must read for anyone studying corporate governance today.

Author : Alessandro Zattoni,William Judge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107016866

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Corporate Governance and Initial Public Offerings by Alessandro Zattoni,William Judge Pdf

A major international study on corporate governance and Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in twenty-one countries.