The world's best financial minds help us understand today's financial crisis With so much information saturating the market for the everyday investor, trying to understand why the economic crisis happened and what needs to be done to fix it can be daunting. There is a real need, and demand, from...

The current economic and political situation requires corporations and their boards to have bold visions for future growth with long-term investments, to make proactive efforts to modulate the pressures for short-term stock price increases and to take advantage of the valuable insights gained in...

The chapter presents an overview of regional financial arrangements in Asia-Pacific. It represents an attempt to "map" various forms of financial governance mechanisms in the region. In line with the analytical model deployed in this volume, the chapter addresses the relationship between global...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Governance of the Corporation in the Context of Global Markets -- 1 Canadian Corporate Governance Reform: In Search of a Regulatory Role for Corporate Law -- 2 Oversight, Hindsight, and Foresight: Canadian Corporate...