The SAGE Handbook of Corporate Governance. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Thomas Clarke and Douglas Branson.
• Editors: Clarke, Thomas, 1950-; Branson, Douglas M
• Contents: Preface - Sir Adrian Cadbury; Introduction: Corporate Governance - An Emerging Discipline? - Thomas Clarke and Douglas Branson; PART ONE: ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT; The Evolution of Corporate Governance - R.I. (Bob) Tricker; In the Best Interest of the Corporation: Directors Duties in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis - Margaret M. Blair; Limited Liability Companies - Mark J. Loewenstein; Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives - Joan MacLeod Heminway; PART TWO: MARKETS AND REGULATION; The Juridical Nature of the Firm - Simon Deakin; The Ascent of Shareholder Monitoring and Strategic Partnering: The Dual Functions of the Corporate Board - Michael Useem; An Economic Analysis of Fair Value: A Critique of International Financial Reporting Standards - Vincent Bignon, Yuri Biondi and Xavier Ragot; PART THREE: BOARDS AND DIRECTORS: LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY; Boards and Board Effectiveness - Hans van Ees and Gerwin van der Laan; Between the Letter and the Spirit: Defensive and Extensive Modes of Compliance with the UK Code of Corporate Governance - John Roberts; Boards' Contribution to Strategy and Innovation - Alessandro Zattoni and Amedeo Pugliese; Board Leadership and Value Creation: An Extended Team Production Approach - Morten Huse and Jonas Gabrielsson; PART FOUR: BOARDS AND DIRECTORS: NEW CHALLENGES AND DIRECTIONS; Changing Scenes in and around the Boardroom: UK Corporate Governance in Practice from 1989 to 2010 - Annie Pye, Szymon Kaczmarek and Satomi Kimino; Board Evaluations: Contemporary Thinking and Practice - Gavin Nicholson, Geoffrey Kiel and Jennifer Ann Tunny; Women and the Governance of Corporate Boards - Ruth Sealy and Sue Vinnicombe; Diversity among Senior Executives and Board Directors - Sabina Nielsen; PART FIVE: COMPETING GOVERNANCE REGIMES; Global Convergence in Corporate Governance: What a Difference 10 Years Make - Douglas M. Branson; A Bundle Perspective to Comparative Corporate Governance - Ruth V. Aguilera, Kurt Desender and Luiz Ricardo Kabbach de Castro; Family-Owned Asian Business Groups and Corporate Governance - Marie dela Rama; The Limitations of Corporate Governance Best Practices - Shann Turnbull; PART SIX: DILEMMAS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; Executive Compensation, Pay-for-Performance and the Institutions of Executive Pay Setting - Martin J. Conyon and Simon I. Peck; In the Name of Shareholder Value: How Executive Pay and Stock Buybacks are Damaging the US Economy - William Lazonick; Governance, Innovation and Finance - Ciaran Driver; The Governance and Regulation of Complex Conglomerates - John H. Farrar; PART SEVEN: EMERGING ISSUES: GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY; Markets, Regulation and Governance: The Causes of the Global Financial Crisis - Thomas Clarke; Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis: The Regulatory Response - Alice Klettner; International Corporate Responsibility - Paul Redmond; Governance for Sustainability: Challenges for Theory and Practice - Suzanne Benn;
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 657 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 658.4; Corporate governance
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446263822; 1446263827
• Related ISBNs: 9781412929806; 1412929806; 9781412929813
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.