Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

This book presents a variety of discussions from different countries about regulations and applications of ethics in business practice.

This case book on Japanese companies and multinational corporations in Japan presents 12 entirely new cases studies for academics and business professionals alike.

Corporate activities are not only drivers of economic growth but also key actors of the changes towards more sustainable markets and environment as well as inclusive development.

Corporate purpose has become a global phenomenon in recent years.

The book addresses the entrepreneurial origin of the capitalist firm and its asymmetric contractual relationships between capitalists, workers, managers and entrepreneurs, and explains the origin of the firm by focusing on entrepreneurship.

This book is a capstone to the magisterial career of one of Japan's most senior scholars of risk, accounting, and management.

This book examines corporate reform in Japan by focusing on corporate governance and the employment system.

This book analyses various aspects of social responsibility, corporate responsibility, sustainability and governance.

This book delves into corporate governance, sustainability, and information systems related to the aviation sector.

This book gives readers a look inside the boardrooms and directors' minds-a desirable but highly challenging task for researchers due to the lack of access to top teams in organizations.

This book examines various aspects of changes to business behavior through the lenses of the "e;twin pillars"e; of sustainability - responsibility and governance.

This book grapples with the numerous risks organizations face in order to succeed.

This book focuses on the application of sustainable development principles through consultation with, and partnerships between commerce and the community.

This book is intended for human resources management academics, researchers, students, organizational leaders and managers, HR Practitioners, and those responsible for helping support employees in the 21st-century workplace.

This book focuses on the legal and social aspects of corporate governance through doctrinal and empirical research papers presented at the 9th International Conference on Governance Fraud Ethics and Social Responsibility held at National Law University Delhi in 2018.

This volume is a compilation of important papers relating to the financial, governance and political economy structures of the region, using a variety of methods and topics.

Seeking Adam Smith provides a fascinating insider's explanation for why business school faculty members, including the author, bear some responsibility for the highly destructive corporate practices evident throughout the first sixteen years of the 21st century.

Multinational enterprises have become a main engine of the global economy, technical advancement, and product innovation, playing a pivotal role in the world economy and the global technological revolution.

Focusing on the dichotomous and comparative analysis of the legitimacy, paradigm, and operating frames of bank governance and its reproduction in the new financial regime following the global financial crisis, this book examines in depth how corporate governance in bank institutions is legitimized, justified, and delivered in diversified financial models and their influences on the Chinese banking industry.

The purpose of this book is to study an unexplored area of corporate governance.

This book begins by analysing the various corporate governance mechanisms explored in the extant literature and determining their effectiveness in enhancing the firm value using multivariate analysis.

This book continues the discussion on recent developments relating to ethical and sustainable issues in accounting and finance from Volumes I and II, looking into topics such as the importance of good governance in accounting, tax, auditing and fraud examination, ethics, sustainability, environmental issues and new technologies and their effects on accounting and finance, focusing in particular on environmental and sustainability reporting in the oil and gas and banking sectors.

There is a lack of knowledge on how corporations in Asia develop strategies, organize their work processes and deal with competition.

This book continues the discussion in the first two volumes on the challenges that organizations face in order to implement sustainability, ethics, and effective corporate governance, all of which are important elements of "e;standing out"e; from other companies.

This book sets the stage of the evolution of corporate governance, laws and regulations, other forms of governance, and the interaction between data governance and other corporate governance sub-disciplines.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an established management focus of today's companies and organizations of different types, scope and size.

Dieses Buch bietet eine komprimierte und praxisorientierte Einführung in die Grundlagen und Anforderungen eines Compliance-Managements, um den Leser schnell mit aktuellen und zentralen Regelungen vertraut zu machen.

This book highlights the latest research on responsible business and its practical implications for the economy, society, academia, and politics.

The Innovative Dinosaur offers a detailed roadmap for traditional organizations facing the existential threat of digital disruption.

Local government has rapidly become both more important and more complex and the quality of municipal management is becoming more significant every day as local governments deal with a vast array of organizational and community challenges.

Local government has rapidly become both more important and more complex and the quality of municipal management is becoming more significant every day as local governments deal with a vast array of organizational and community challenges.

This book addresses the most widespread forms of financial crime today, namely corporate fraud, corruption, tax fraud, the shadow economy, informal entrepreneurship, money laundering, international informal capital flows, cybercrimes, and cryptocurrency scams.

Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity, Fourth Edition provides a real-world view of this fast-evolving field, reviewing and analyzing recent innovations and developments.

This book highlights the latest research on responsible business and its practical implications for the economy, society, academia, and politics.

This publication reviews the financial performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in nine Pacific island economies and assesses policy mechanisms that could improve the resiliency and sustainability of state-owned power utilities in the context of climate risk.

Asia and the Pacific continues to experience rapid development of innovative technology solutions driven by increased government support to help address the economic fallout of the coronavirus disease pandemic.

This book is a focussed and up-to-date review about the key challenges, trends, implications, strategies, and ways of overcoming, that dynamic and competitive organizations are facing now and increasingly in future by climate change.

Grounded in institutional theories, this volume offers a framework for understanding the evolution of corporate governance in the six leading Latin American countries, namely Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.

This book addresses the development and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in and by companies and the consequent need for private sector AI regulation.

The pandemic that struck in late 2019 - the coronavirus, commonly referred to as COVID-19 - affected every country in the world.

This country sector assessment shows how rapid economic growth and climate change are impacting Bangladesh's agriculture, natural resources, and rural development sector, and outlines ways the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping foster greater food security.

This study examines how Sri Lanka achieved countrywide electrification by 2016 and looks at its socioeconomic impact.

This book discusses the possibility of corporate professionals—specifically accountants, bankers, and financiers—being influenced by the seventh art, i.

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

This book discusses the possibility of corporate professionals—specifically accountants, bankers, and financiers—being influenced by the seventh art, i.

Seeking Justice explores when and why victims of corporate human rights abuse have access to remedy mechanisms.

It has been fairly traumatic for everyone and every organization over the last couple of years as we have had to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

This edited collection presents, reviews, and critically analyzes sustainable practices and long-term-oriented decision-making in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).