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Governance and executive compensation
Forbes, William - 2011
This title is an authoritative selection of the most important papers investigating the complex and controversial issue of governance and executive compensation. Professor Forbes includes seminal material on the history, rationale and prospects for executive pay and its impact upon corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852279
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Corporate governance and ethics : an Aristotelian perspective
Sison, Alejo G. - 2008
Corporate Governance and Ethics is an illuminating and practical reading of Aristotle's Politics for today's corporate directors. With a deft synthesis of ethics, economics and politics, Alejo Sison elevates the discussion of corporate governance out of the realm of abstract rules and structures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852031
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Case studies in family business : overcoming destructive conflict, deviance, and dysfunction in the family firm
Kidwell, Roland E. (ed.) - 2024
"In this illuminating casebook, Roland Kidwell brings together eminent scholars and researchers, showcasing real-world examples of family businesses and potential challenges they may face. Chapters encapsulate possible tensions that may manifest within family businesses, including sibling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635752
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Knowledge intensive business services : organizational forms and national institutions
Grimshaw, Damian (contributor); Miozzo, Marcela (contributor) - 2006
This book focuses on the development of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) and the associated market characteristics and organisational forms. It brings together reputed scholars from a mix of disciplines to explore the nature and evolution of a range of Knowledge Intensive Business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851263
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Economic advice and rhetoric : why do consultants perform better than academic advisers?
Bouwmeester, Onno - 2010
This book compares the approaches of consultants and academic advisers and provides an in-depth analysis of their advice argumentation. Both compete on the market for economic advice, with consultants enjoying a larger market share and usually obtaining higher fees. However, academics criticize...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852096
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Management consulting
Avakian, Stephanos - 2012
, Evolution, and Implications for Managers', Academy of Management Review, 15 (4), 122-33. -- Greiner, L. and R. Metzger (1983 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852257
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Recent developments in the economics of executive compensation
Kolb, Robert W. (contributor) - 2016
Jonas Vlachos (2008), 'Do Entrenched Managers Pay Their Workers More?', Journal of Finance, LXIV (1), February, 309 …-40 -- Katharina Lewellen (2006), 'Financing Decisions When Managers Are Risk Averse', Journal of Financial Economics, 82 (3), December …), February, 271-95 -- M.P. Narayanan and H. Nejat Seyhun (2008), 'The Dating Game: Do Managers Designate Option Grant Dates to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419862
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Fair wages : strengthening corporate social responsibility
Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel - 2010
Over the last decade the emergence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has contributed towards better corporate governance by tackling such burning issues as child labour and basic human rights violations. However, as the author argues in this important new book, the time has now come to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850708
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Evolution of the corporation in the United States : from social control to financialization
Atkinson, Glen; Hake, Eric R.; Paschall, Stephen P. - 2021
Contents: 1. Financialization and the corporation in the twenty-first century -- 2. Capitalist development -- 3. Widening of the market and the transition from scarcity to abundance -- 4. Role of the corporation -- 5. Failure of federal policy to achieve social control -- 6. Corporations and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487423
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Handbook on corporate governance in financial institutions
Mallin, Chris A. (contributor) - 2016
Introduction and overview / Christine A. Mallin -- Part I Corporate governance in Europe -- 1. An evolutionary overview of the ownership, governance and strategy of Mediobanca: from the kingmaker of Italian capitalism to a large financial conglomerate / Francesca Cuomo and Alessandro Zattoni --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419804