Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Evolution of Corporate Governance in India -- Chapter 3: Research Methodology -- Chapter 4: Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Firm Performance -- Chapter 5: Performance Enhancement Effect of Board Independence -- Chapter 6: Constraints Diluting the...

Part I: Climate Change challenge, CSR, ESG issues: the state of the art -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapater 2: Self-consciousness and awareness as adaptation enablers -- Chapter 3: Climate change challenges and the policy makers initial response -- Chapter 4: SRI, ESG and Value of...

This volume critically analyzes the convergence of technology, business practices, public policies, political ideologies, and societal values for improving business performance at the global-local paradigm. It also enriches knowledge on contemporary business strategies against conventional...

Stärken und Schwächen von Unternehmerfamilien -- Hindernisse, Stolpersteine, Barrieren -- Die Familienstrategie als Weg zur starken Unternehmerfamilie -- Bestandsaufnahmen und Richtungsentscheidungen -- Familiencharta und Gesellschaftsvertrag -- Institutionen -- Perspektiven -- Stabilität im...

This book introduces readers to the main types of corporate sustainability practices. The first section examines both the ratings provided by international agencies and the various ESG (Environmental, Social and Government) indexes existing at 2021. In turn, the second part empirically...

Introduction -- Board composition and its heterogeneity -- Directors’ characteristics and firm’s performance: research design and hypotheses -- Family firms board characteristics -- Econometric analysis -- Conclusions.

Einleitung -- Grundlagen der Corporate Governance -- Grundlagen der Vorstandsvergütung -- Anforderungen an die Konzeption der Vorstandsvergütung -- Anforderungen an die Publizität der Vorstandsvergütung -- Deskriptive Analyse zur Ausgestaltung und Publizität der Vorstandsvergütung --...

Part 1 -- Chapter 1: Where was the board? -- Chapter 2: The Faces of Disaster -- Chapter 3: Dealing with the consequences -- Chapter 4: Causes of dysfunctional culture -- {art 4 -- Chapter 5: The subordinated board: Facebook -- Chapter 6: The imbalanced board: Google -- Chapter 7 -- The...

Corporate Governance: A Brief History -- Board Directors -- Financial Derivatives: Generals, Board Roles and Scandals -- Methodology -- A Big Picture of Directors’ Understanding of Financial Derivatives in Vietnam -- Directors’ Perspectives of the Big Picture -- Ways Forward: Corporate...

Part 1: Supply -- Chapter 1: Networks in a Firm: Why Firms -- Chapter 2: Networks in a Firm: Gabrielle's Barber Shop -- Chapter 3: Networks in a Firm: Separation of Ownership and Control -- Chapter 4: Networks in a Firm: Board of Directors -- Chapter 5: Fragility: The Urge to Build an Empire --...