Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

This book advances an original conception of the relationship between state and corporate power in the United States.

Promoting Microfinance brings together essays and empirical work by leading researchers and practitioners in the field of microfinance.

This management book is published in association with the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).

In this book world-renowned experts present a timely investigation of the prospects for reformed market-regulation after the financial crisis.

Most scholarship on corporate governance in the last two decades has focused on the relationships between shareholders and managers or directors.

This book is about how power communication inrecent years hasbegun to reflect on its own limits in a new way.

Japanese corporate governance and managerial practice is at a critical juncture.

This book provides a concise and pragmatic introduction to transfer pricing.

By learning from inspiring individuals in the industry, finance professionals can pursue viable careers while benefiting society and upholding humanistic values.

This second edition brings together the views of expert academics and practitioners on the latest regulatory developments in sustainable finance in Europe and includes 5 new chapters on sustainable remuneration, reporting, lending, green monetary policy and ESG.

In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in public pressure on the accountability of business organizations.

This book deals with climate finance and presents a balance between the theoretical framework—as drawn by the most widely cited practitioner-oriented and academic journals in environmental management—and experimental finance.

How can we explain the persistent worsening of the income distribution in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s?

A comprehensive textbook that integrates tools from technology, economics, markets, and policy to approach energy issues using a dynamic systems and capital-centric perspective.

Corporate fraud is unlike any other risk that an organisation has to manage.

As sales of fair-trade goods explode across the globe, Fair Trade and the Citizen-Consumer provides a timely analysis of the organizations, institutions and grassroots networks behind this growing movement.

Offers a set of approaches from leading experts, covering the major areas of corporate governance reform and analyzing a range of issues and concerns.

In equal parts a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of some of our best-loved institutions and a guide on how governing boards should work - HRDirectorThroughout the world, thousands of people give their time, skill and energy to serving on a board.

The definitive book on leadership in the digital era: why digital technologies call for leadership that emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity.

Since September 11, 2001, long-standing debates over the nature and proper extent of executive power have assumed a fresh urgency.

Focusing on anti-corruption as a corporate social responsibility issue, Adefolake O.

A different way of discovering and developing the best business ideas Jack Welch once said, "e;Someone, somewhere has a better idea.

Today's views of leadership and management have significantly expanded to incorporate a variety of elements such as rewards, visions, and worker participation.

This book answers the question ''Are CEOs overpaid?

Written from a governance perspective, this book brings together pension fund management and operation.

The aim of the book series is to explore public concerns and practical issues deeply and rethink theoretical debates and institutional policies critically in the broad area of corporate responsibility, corporate governance and sustainability around the world.

This book is a critical analysis of the impact of the financial system on the economy, society and the natural environment.

In the wake of the recent global financial collapse the timely new edition of this successful text provides students and business professionals with a welcome update of the key issues facing managers, boards of directors, investors, and shareholders.

Command the room--whether you're speaking to an audience of one or one hundred.

Senior Executive Assessment is a concise and practical guide that demystifies assessment that is conducted at the senior-executive level.

Asset management standards are crucial for building trust between investors and capital market experts.

THE PRACTITIONER S GUIDE TO GOVERNANCE AS LEADERSHIP The Practitioner s Guide to Governance as Leadership offers a resource that shows how to achieve excellence and peak performance in the boardroom by putting into practice the groundbreaking model that was introduced in the book, Governance as Leadership.

The aim of this edited volume is to bring together the views of expert academics and practitioners on the latest regulatory developments in sustainable finance in Europe.

This book provides a critical analysis of the evolution of corporate disclosure.

Recent financial crises and instances of corporate malpractice have prompted many questions about how companies are run - and whether this tallies with how they should be run.

Provides a comparative overview of corporate governance frameworks and practices in major Asian countries.

QFINANCE: The Ultimate Resource (4th edition) offers both practical and thought-provoking articles for the finance practitioner, written by leading experts from the markets and academia.

In einer Zeit, in der Technologie jede Facette des Geschäftslebens prägt, steht IT-Governance im Mittelpunkt strategischer Entscheidungen.

This edited volume contains original papers examining issues concerning the effects of national and international institutional factors on corporate governance and performance.

Recent experience from the global financial crisis suggests that the future of corporate governance will bring radical changes, surprises and challenges.

A firm's reputation is an asset that can be built or harmed over time and most companies invest in their good standing.

This book explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the formulation of a global code of conduct for transnational corporations.

Business firms are ubiquitous in modern society, but an appreciation of how they are formed and for what purposes requires an understanding of their legal foundations.

The corporate governance systems of continental Europe have traditionally been quite different to those of the liberal market economies (e.