Corporate accountability must be examined within the perspective of a company's business challenges. There is a synergy between shareholder value and the responsibilities of management. This book is based on an extensive research project done by the author in the 2001 to 2003 timeframe in the...

Written by a leading financial analyst, this new book provides a detailed overview of the new regulatory environment facing the financial industry. Whilst the 1980s and early 1990s focused on deregulation within the financial sector, today a key point of interest has become re-regulation - and...

The drama of the common currency is a hot topic. The Euro was planned for the European Union's member states, bringing economically strong nations like Germany and Holland and weaker nations like Greece, Spain and Italy under one set of currency rules. A dozen years of its implementation has...

pt. 1. The EU's cocktail of business and politics -- part 2. The EU's conflicting aims and inadequate business practices -- part 3. The EU's economic nationalism -- part 4. The decline of the Atlantic alliance.

pt. 1. The European Union's educational challenge -- pt. 2. Innovation : the synergy of education and employment -- pt. 3. Employment is an opportunity, not a right -- pt. 4. Pensions and the social safety net.

part PART I: MANAGEMENT CONTROL -- chapter 1 Internal Control and Information Technology -- chapter 2 Case Studies on Internal Control’s Contribution -- chapter 3 Auditing Functions -- chapter 4 Internal and External Audit -- chapter 5 The Board’s Accountability for Audit -- part PART II:...

pt. I. The pillars of a realistic energy policy -- pt. II. Biofuels, the green and blue revolutions, and agricultural policy -- pt. III. Business consequences of a deteriorating world environment -- pt. IV. The world's salient problem -- pt. V. Appendices.