Part I: Corporate Ownership Structure and Corporate Governance -- Part II: Issues in Executive Compensation -- Part III: Boards of Directors: Roles, duties, and Responsibilities -- Part IV: New Trends in Corporate Governance: Towards a More Effective and Sustainable Governance

"In 'The Woman's Place is in the Boardroom' the authors put the business case for more women on company boards. In the next book they explained how to acheive it. Here the authors discuss the role women directors can play in the reform of corporate governance systems following recent financial,...

Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Foreword to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Cycles of governance -- Boards and directors : the political mechanisms of corporate governance -- Finance, law and markets : the institutional elements of corporate governance -- Anglo-American...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Cycles of governance -- 2 Boards and directors: the political mechanisms of corporate governance -- 3...

Corporate governance has become a global phenomenon. This book highlights, through various case studies, how corporate governance has evolved in a number of countries around the world. -- The international cast of contributors, from varying professional backgrounds including academics, lawyers...