Corporate Governance in Public Sector Enterprises


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This book attempts to understand issues of corporate governance in the case of the public sector units in India.




Corporate Governance of Public Enterprises in Transitional Economies


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World Bank Technical Paper No. 323.Draws on the contrasting experiences of five large transitional economies--Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine--in the management and oversight of public enterprises. Relevant experiences of developed market economies are included.




Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises


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This Toolkit provides an overall framework with practical tools and information to help policymakers design and implement corporate governance reforms for state-owned enterprises. It concludes with guidance on managing the reform process, in particular how to prioritize and sequence reforms, build capacity, and engage with stakeholders.







Corporate Governance in Government Corporations


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The only book of its kind, this study of the corporate governance of for-profit business corporations examines the history of government corporations, the problems associated with mating the corporation to a public use, the possibilities for rent-seeking associated with government corporations, a new body of empirical evidence on governance practices and some of the potential areas for reform in government corporations.




The Power of Governance


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Eskom is a South African company that has developed from a state utility under apartheid into a competitive state-owned enterprise. This book draws on the knowledge about corporate governance in state-owned enterprises. It locates Eskom's experience in that context and argues that a state-owned enterprise can be run as efficiently as any other.




Corporate Governance of Public Sector Enterprise


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The book is aimed to, add up to significant gaps in the literature on corporate governance landscape in the context of developing countries like India. This book makes a valuable contribution given the fact that there are only a limited number of comprehensive studies dealing with the assessment corporate governance issues in Indian Public Sector Enterprises. This book shall be quite useful to academicians in terms of understanding developing country corporate governance issues.




Corporate Governance in Public and Private Sector Enterprises


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There is a large variation in the quality of corporate governance practices adopted by firms even when they are subject to the same contractual environment. Therefore, it is possible that firms within the same country have widely divergent standards of overall corporate governance. This leads to the fact that different Indian firms could have varying standards of corporate governance disclosure. The present study aims to provide an understanding of corporate governance disclosure levels of Indian companies in the private and public sector. It provides useful insights into comparing and contrasting corporate governance practices of public and private sector companies in India by developing a Corporate Governance Disclosure Score (CGDS). Research in the field of corporate governance disclosure during recent years has mainly focused on the disclosure practices in the annual reports of firms. In conducting this research also, annual reports for the year 2008-2009 of 77 listed Indian companies have been used as a main source of information. While 48 of these companies belong to the private sector, 29 belong to the public sector. The sample is drawn from across eight industries. The study uses the univariate parametric t-test and non-parametric Mann Whitney test for comparing means, and the results indicate that there is a significant difference between the CGDSs of public and private sector companies in India.




Corporate Governance Best Practices


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Praise for Corporate Governance Best Practices "A thorough and thoughtful guidebook on the governance lay of the land." -Professor Charles M. Elson, Woolard Chair in Corporate Governance and Director of Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware "Frederick Lipman provides a comprehensive approach to best corporate governance practices for all organizations, which is current, thoughtful, and practical. Directors and corporate governance personnel of public, private, and not-for-profit organizations must read this book." -Professor Raphael H. Amit, Director of Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program, Wharton School of Business "Fred Lipman is considered by many directors and CEOs to be the preeminent expert on corporate governance in the country. His advice on this important topic, which impacts the boards of all types of organizations-public, private, and not-for-profit-is required reading in this day and age." -Frederick (Ted) Peters, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (aka The Bryn Mawr Trust Company) "Boards of directors must be aware of best corporate governance practices in order to be effective in their oversight role and that is true for all not-for-profit organizations, including universities, as well as public and private companies. Frederick Lipman has authored a practical and comprehensive guide to 'best practices' for all boards of directors, which is required reading." -George P. Tsetsekos, PhD, Dean, Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University "In a world of 'good,' 'better,' 'best,' where 'good' and 'better' may not be good enough, Fred Lipman's new book is a straightforward, and even comforting, compendium of BEST governance practices for serious directors. It is a handy and reassuring tool for the conscientious." -Allen R. Freedman, Audit Committee Chairman, StoneMor Partners LP,Founding Director, Association of Audit Committee Members




Reforms, Opportunities, and Challenges for State-Owned Enterprises


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State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play significant roles in developing economies in Asia and SOE performance remains crucial for economy-wide productivity and growth. This book looks at SOEs in Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, and Viet Nam, which together present a panoramic view of SOEs in the region. It also presents insights from the Republic of Korea on the evolving role of the public sector in various stages of development. It explores corporate governance challenges and how governments could reform SOEs to make them efficient drivers of the long-term productivity-induced growth essential to Asia's transition to high-income status.