Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance


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Now in its fourth edition, Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance offers comprehensive coverage of the key topics and emerging themes in private sector corporate governance. It explains both the principles of corporate governance systems and their real-world application in an authoritative and engaging manner. This fully revised and updated text has four parts: basic concepts, board structures and company officers; corporate governance in Australia; corporate governance in international and global contexts; and shareholder activism and business ethics. The coverage of international contexts includes sections on the US, the UK, Canada, South Africa, the EU, the OECD, Germany, Japan, China and Indonesia, plus new sections on New Zealand and India. A new chapter on business ethics and corporate governance presents contemporary discussions on the topic and explores some of the broader legal issues. Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance is an indispensable resource for business and law students, academic researchers and practitioners




Corporate Governance


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Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance


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Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance is an indispensable resource for academic researchers, practitioners and students studying corporate governance.




CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, FOURTH EDITION


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In the new edition, the book has been revised and rearranged sequentially as per the subject content. The dreaded disease COVID-19 has had its serious impact across the international bodies and impacted the economies of the world. Objectives of corporate governance and corporations' old form/ways of working have changed drastically, since maximizing profits for shareholders is no longer an acceptable proposition. The focus has now shifted to societal needs and Directors are made more responsible to take care of the organization. This has been discussed in Chapter 12. Some new chapters are added to underline the importance of Business Ethics, CSR, and Whistleblowing in Corporate Governance. The text deals with models, theories/ approaches in ethics, governance, and CSR. Different types of prominent corporate scams across the globe have been discussed as examples. The live case studies, as discussed in the 3rd edition, have been retained in totality. The evolving definition of corporate governance has been duly discussed in Chapter 10 and 11. Provisions under the Indian Company Law 2013 have been discussed in detail, especially the mandatory provisions for controlling corruption/malpractices in companies. The author has tried to relate importance of the ethical principles and CSR as pillars of good corporate governance. In the changing times corporate governance has become a skilled job for the Directors and they are required to equip themselves with skills, knowledge, and expertise for managing different issues on governance. In nutshell, the new additions make the text richer and updated. Attempt has been made for covering different syllabuses of MBA programmes offered by B-Schools in the country on this subject. NEW TO THE EDITION • Sequentially revised and rearranged as per the subject content, which makes it very competitive in the market. • Introduces two new subjects: Ethics and CSR. • Underlines the importance of Business Ethics, CSR, and Whistleblowing in Corporate Governance. • Discusses different types of prominent corporate scams across the globe and the live case studies. • Principles on good corporate governance for implementation during COVID-19 regime have been covered in a separate chapter. • Role of company Directors has been highlighted in the changing times. • Includes mandatory provisions under the Indian Companies Act 2013 (updated up to 2020) for compliance in Corporate Governance. TARGET AUDIENCE The students pursuing MBA, MSW, and M.Com




Corporate Governance and Accountability


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Corporate Governance and Accountability presents students with a complete and current survey of the latest developments involving how a company is directed and controlled. Providing a broad research-based perspective, this comprehensive textbook examines global corporate governance systems, the role and responsibilities of the directorate, and the frameworks designed to ensure effective corporate accountability for stakeholders. A holistic approach to the subject enables students to develop a well-rounded knowledge of corporate governance theory and practice, policy documents, academic research, and current debates, issues, and trends. Now in its fifth edition, this comprehensive view of the corporate governance agenda features fully revised content that reflects new research and global developments in codes of practice and governance and accountability mechanisms. In-depth chapters contain numerous real-world case studies and compelling debate and discussion topics, exploring corporate transparency, social responsibility, boardroom diversity, shareholder activism, and many other timely issues.




Understanding Company Law


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UNDERSTANDING COMPANY LAW 3RD EDITION is a textbook for non-law students at polytechnics and universities studying the law of companies and business organisations. Providing an excellent balance between theory, case law and practice, UNDERSTANDING COMPANY LAW covers the essential concepts of company law, business organisations, financial markets and takeovers in a clear and straightforward manner.




Corporate Governance and Accountability


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Recent examples of massive corporate failures, such as Enron, have highlighted the need to reform corporate governance at an international level. The importance of effective corporate governance for corporate success, as well as for social welfare, cannot be overstated. Corporate Governance and Accountability has been written to provide readers with an up-to-date summary of both theory and practice in the area. Features: Provides a full discussion of corporate governance issues taking the broadest view of the corporate governance agenda. Draws on the extensive and original research carried out by the authors and demonstrates the close relationship between academic research and professional practice. Contains numerous contemporary illustrations and case studies, including a chapter dedicated to the collapse of Enron. Focuses on the relevance of corporate governance reform throughout the world. Highlights the importance of corporate social responsibility to companies and institutional investors from a corporate governance perspective. Includes an appendix containing the Combined Code on Corporate Governance issued by the Financial Reporting Council in July 2003. Corporate Governance and Accountability has been written as a core textbook for students taking undergraduate and MBA courses in corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. A website containing answers to end of chapter questions for lecturers can be found at www.wileyeurope.com/go/solomon




Corporate Governance


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The most accessible introduction to corporate governance, providing broad, international coverage, whilst illustrating real world governance in action.




Applied Corporate Finance


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Aswath Damodaran, distinguished author, Professor of Finance, and David Margolis, Teaching Fellow at the NYU Stern School of Business, has delivered the newest edition of Applied Corporate Finance. This readable text provides the practical advice students and practitioners need rather than a sole concentration on debate theory, assumptions, or models. Like no other text of its kind, Applied Corporate Finance, 4th Edition applies corporate finance to real companies. It now contains six real-world core companies to study and follow. Business decisions are classified for students into three groups: investment, financing, and dividend decisions.




International Standardisation of Good Corporate Governance


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In International Standardisation of Good Corporate Governance - Best Practices for the Board of Directors the Academy of Directors (AoD) presents a multidisciplinary approach for the governance of a company. The AoD also aims to use the interaction between the academic and the business world to change the environment in which companies work. This task is realised in different ways: by conducting applied scientific research, creating a large pool of professional experience and networking within the AoD, confronting these research results with the practical experience of the members, publishing these results, and organising training programmes. The AoD therefore collaborates very closely with the academic world. The Vlerick School of Management was the co-founder of the AoD, together with a great number of national and international business partners. The foundation of the AoD goes back to the initiative of its president, Mr. L.H. Verbeke (Loeff Claeys Verbeke). He was convinced that the increasing international interest in corporate governance would also affect Belgian companies, but that there was a need for an `indigenous coherent' view of corporate governance. Being at the cross-roads of different cultures and languages and at the same time being a very open economy, Belgium could not simply copy another country's code on good corporate governance. Therefore the initiative was taken to set up a broad international overview of the best practices for the board of directors, which is presented in this volume. This analysis is not only oriented towards the `famous' codes but aims to highlight as well the practical applications and problems faced in implementing these suggestions. Consequently special attention is given to the best practices for family businesses and medium-sized companies.