Corporate Governance [Hardback]Accountability, Enterprise and International Comparisonsby Kevin Keasey (Editor) and Steve Thompson (Editor) and Michael Wright (Editor)
Usually ships within 2 to 4 working days Description of Corporate GovernanceThrough a mixture of corporate scandals, increasing concerns about the rights of various stakeholders and the emergence of new economies in the Far East, corporate governance continues to be a key issue for students of economics, finance, business and management. By commissioning acknowledged academic authorities to write in–depth summaries of the debate in their chosen specialities, this text draws together the strands of the corporate governance debate from different disciplinary and country perspectives.There is no other book that covers such a range of topics in corporate governance from the perspectives of leading academics across the globe. This book will be essential reading for students studying corporate governance for undergraduate, MA or MBA degrees. Topics covered include:
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Write a review of this book Customer Reviews from AmazonAbout Kevin Keasey (Editor) and Steve Thompson (Editor) and Michael Wright (Editor)Kevin Keasey is Professor of Finance and the Director of the International Institute of Banking and Financial Services, Leeds University Business School, The University of Leeds. Kevin is an author of 10 books, monographs and edited volumes on small firm finance, corporate governance and financial markets, and is the author of over 75 refereed articles in leading international journals. His research covers a range of disciplinary perspectives and methodologies from the empirical to the experimental.Steve Thompson is currently a professor in Nottingham University Business School, having previously held positions in economics departments and business schools in the UK, the USA and Ireland. He has published approximately 100 articles in economics and business journals that include Review of Ecomomics and Statistics, European Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Industrial Economics, Strategic Management Journal, and the Journal of Management Studies Mike Wright is Professor of Financial Studies and Director of the Centre for Management Buy–out Research at Nottingham University Business School. He is a visiting professor at INSEAD, Erasmus University and University of Siena and an editor of Journal of Management Studies. He is the author of over 25 books and more than 200 papers in academic journals in the areas of corporate governance and restructuring, venture capital, management buy–outs and entrepreneurship. Contents of Corporate GovernanceAbout the Contributors1 Introduction (Kevin Keasey, Steve Thompson and Mike Wright) 2 The Development of Corporate Governance Codes in the UK (Kevin Keasey, Helen Short and Mike Wright) 3 Financial Structure and Corporate Governance (Robert Watson and Mahmoud Ezzamel) 4 Institutional Shareholders and Corporate Governance in the UK (Helen Short and Kevin Keasey) 5 Boards of Directors and the Role of Non-Executive Directors in the Governance of Corporations (Mahmoud Ezzamel and Robert Watson) 6 Executive Pay and UK Corporate Governance (Alistair Bruce and Trevor Buck) 7 Compensation Committees and Executive Compensation in the UK Publicly Traded Firms (Rocio Bonet and Martin J. Conyon) 8 The Governance Role of Takeovers (Noel O'Sullivan and Pauline Wong) 9 Governance and Strategic Leadership in Entrepreneurial Firms (Catherine M. Dalton, Patricia P. McDougall, Jeffrey G. Covin and Dan R. Dalton) 10 Corporate Governance: The Role of Venture Capitalists and Buy-Outs (Mike Wright, Steve Thompson and Andrew Burrows) 11 Explaining Western Securities Markets (Mark J. Roe) 12 International Corporate Governance (Diane K. Denis and John J. McConnell) 13 Corporate Governance in Germany (Marc Goergen, Migel Manjon and Luc Renneboog) 14 Network Opportunities and Constraints in Japan's Banking Industry: A Social Exchange Perspective on Governance (William P. Wan, Robert E. Hoskisson, Hicheon Kim and Daphne Yiu) 15 Analysing Change in Corporate Governance: The Example of France (Mary O'Sullivan) 16 Ownership and Control of Chinese Public Corporations: A State-Dominated Corporate Governance System (Guy S. Liu and Pei Sun) 17 Corporate Governance in Transitional Economies (Mike Wright, Trevor Buck and Igor Filatotchev) Index |
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