Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

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

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 presents a comprehensive study on how twenty-three countries have approached the issue of company groups.

Entering developing markets, companies are challenged by various cultures and widespread corruption.

This professional guide presents an extensive overview of the German family enterprise landscape, with a special focus on its structure and diversity.

This book presents case studies of South Asian companies that have strategic business implications, highlighting the complex interplay of business and social dynamics in South Asia.

Why has Japan's lost decade become the lost two decades?

On the backdrop of the institutionalisation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability, and the emergence of multi-stakeholder-driven voluntary regulation, this timely collection places special emphasis on India and explores its international voluntary sustainability standards.

This book proposes three normative frameworks pertaining to risk-measurement, disclosure and governance using expert opinion and data from the top 429 non-financial companies (of the NIFTY 500 index) over a 10-year period.

This book argues that three powerful symbiotic forces (globalization, competitiveness, and governability) are disrupting business in the 21st century, resulting in an impact on the economic and business environment far greater than the effects of any of these three individually.

This book provides insights into identifying and dealing with possible corporate tax risks.

This book addresses the status quo of Corporate Social Responsibility practices and their development since 2008.

This book brings together research works, ideas, critical reviews and strategic proposals encompassing various ethical and corporate governance issues in workplaces and organizations around the globe.

Strategic Financial Management Casebook strategically uses integrative case studies-cases that do not emphasize specific subjects such as capital budgeting or value based management-to provide a framework for understanding strategic financial management.

This book argues that contemporary society in general, and public administration specifically, can benefit from more reflexive learning processes through democracy and public involvement.

Boards of directors are a central feature of any corporate governance regime.

This book focuses on enhancing management theories of Knowledge-Intensive Organizations (KIOs), analyzing academic and research institutions and multilateral agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO).

More than 80% of the financial assets in the United States fall under the purview of a trustee.

Human resource (HR) governance is a relatively new construct that has recently begun attracting more and more attention in both research and practice.

This book is the first to explore the issue of corporate governance in China's new corporations.

This new book examines the relationship between agency theory and executive pay.

This book presents the first broad reflection on the challenges, opportunities, and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

This book continues the discussion on recent developments relating to ethical and sustainable issues in accounting & finance from Ethics and Sustainability in Accounting and Finance, Volume I.

This book seeks to understand the investigation and settlement of employer/employee disputes within companies.

Emerging economies arguably have different socio-fiscal dynamics compared to developed economies.

This book takes a fresh look at current issues in corporate social responsibility (CSR) with a special focus on emerging economies.

Japan's fisheries sector is undergoing a major restructuring.

This book explores research that contributes to the current literature on the Oil and Gas Sector by analysing the multiple discourses that experts use to examine social investment.

This book discusses how systems thinking and approaches can aid management consultants in navigating the complexities of client advisory in current realities.

The book discusses the concepts of E-Governance from the understanding of a naive user.

While emerging market economies do not have a mature market structure yet, there is a need for research on corporate governance practices in these economies from different perspectives, including corporate social responsibility.

This book reviews the three life-and-death crisis moments that Huawei experienced during its growth and the major transformation process triggered by these crises.

This book discusses and analyses fraud and corruption cases from many industries including construction, finance, pharmaceutical, transport, retail, medical, health, communication, education and military.

Since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis the prevailing economic development model based on an assumption of unlimited resources and, therefore, unlimited growth has been increasingly put into question by academics, policy-making agencies and even industry leaders themselves.

This casebook demonstrates how companies can design and execute corporate sustainability strategies into their overall business strategy to achieve sustainable transformation.

The effects of climate change on the one hand, and government promises to achieve sustainable development on the other, are only two examples of the factors driving businesses to incorporate sustainability into their business strategies.

The effects of climate change on the one hand, and government promises to achieve sustainable development on the other, are only two examples of the factors driving businesses to incorporate sustainability into their business strategies.

This book explores the correlations of diversity and power in UK boardrooms and the difficulties inherent in truly merit-based appointments.

This book explores the correlations of diversity and power in UK boardrooms and the difficulties inherent in truly merit-based appointments.

This book analyses the effect of biological risk on business and management by considering case studies from Malaysia, Lebanon, and G20 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book analyses the effect of biological risk on business and management by considering case studies from Malaysia, Lebanon, and G20 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This casebook demonstrates how companies can design and execute corporate sustainability strategies into their overall business strategy to achieve sustainable transformation.

President Theodore Roosevelt once proclaimed, "e;Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions, and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with those institutions.

This research report presents the findings of a broad survey of corporate security programs conducted by the Security Executive Council's Security Leadership Research Institute (SLRI).

From award-winning economic historian Sanford M.

"e;Persuasive and brilliantly written, the book is especially timely given the rise of trillion-dollar tech companies.