International corporate governance : a comparative approach

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Title:

Author:

Clarke, Thomas, 1950-

ISBN:

9780415323093

9780415323109

Personal Author:

Clarke, Thomas, 1950-

Publication Information:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Contents:

Corporate governance -- The institutional elements of governance -- The political mechanisms of governance -- Market based systems: Anglo-Saxon experience -- Relationship based systems: European approaches -- Relationship based systems: Asian models -- Developing practice and emerging international standards of corporate governance -- Conclusions: continuing dilemmas of corporate governance.

Subject Term:

Corporate governance.

Comparative management -- Case studies.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006039140.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0626/2006039140-d.html

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Summary

Comprehensive and up-to-date, this important textbook analyzes the escalating crisis in corporate governance and the growing interest in its reform across the globe.

Written by a leading name in the field of corporate governance from a genuinely international perspective, this excellent textbook provides a balanced analysis of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Anglo-Saxon, European and Asian traditions of corporate governance; offering a prognosis of the future development, complexity and diversity of corporate governance forms and systems.

It:

investigates the reasons for the failure of Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Parmalat and other major international corporations examines the role of international standards of corporate governance, with the intervention of the OECD, World Bank and IMF explores the continuing cultural diversity in corporate and institutional forms in the United States and UK, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Illustrated with a wealth of up-to-the minute case studies and packed full of excellent illustrative material that guides student readers through this complex subject, International Corporate Governanceis a must read for anyone studying corporate governance today.