Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

A number of truly disruptive events have occurred in recent times, from the financial crisis and the pandemic to political conflict with broad ramifications for international business conduct.

Museum Basics provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to professional practice in museums, galleries and related heritage organisations.

This book takes stock of the position of motorsport in the 21st century and considers how it will continue to influence sport business, politics, and society in the future.

This book takes stock of the position of motorsport in the 21st century and considers how it will continue to influence sport business, politics, and society in the future.

In modern capitalist societies, the executives of large, profit-seeking corporations have the power to shape the collective life of the communities, local and global, in which they operate.

The fundamental goal of any business is to be different-to be better than those with whom it is competing.

This book helps the organization's top leader gather the information needed to identify opportunities and threats and decide on the appropriate risk response in this uncertain world.

Few organizations realize a return on their digital investment.

This book offers a groundbreaking collection of chapters in the emerging field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Communication.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an increasingly heated topic since the 1980s.

This book makes a valuable contribution to innovation management in the form of an interdisciplinary analysis of contemporary international approaches.

Building better organisations, with a clear sense of purpose, is a common challenge faced by many entrepreneurs and executives in industry.

This book provides a deep understanding of state-owned multinationals (SOMNCs) and their role in global business.

This book provides a concise and authoritative guide to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and related paradigms, including environmental responsibility, corporate sustainability and responsibility, creating shared value, strategic CSR, stakeholder engagement, corporate citizenship, business ethics and corporate governance, among others.

This book illustrates the EU-wide Solvency II framework for the insurance industry, which was implemented on January 1, 2016, after a long project phase.

Willibald Erk geht in diesem essential alle Verantwortungsbereiche eines Unternehmens systematisch an, um sie zu optimieren bzw.

Dieses essential bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die aus Compliancegründen zu beachtenden Pflichten der Geschäftsleitung in der Krise ihres Unternehmens.

This book offers readers a deeper understanding of the Cyberspace, of how institutions and industries are reinventing themselves, helping them excel in the transition to a fully digitally connected global economy.

This volume is divided into three major parts, each of which symbolizes a new virtuous circle that is added to the previous one in order to foster the dissemination of humanistic management (HM) among corporations and social institutions.

Transparency is generally seen as a corporate priority and a central attribute for promoting business growth and social morality.

Die Autoren zeigen in diesem essential auf, wie ein internes Kontrollsystem (IKS) insbesondere in kleinen und mittelgroßen Unternehmen einen wichtigen Beitrag zur finanziellen Führung leisten kann.

Today's financial sector faces multiple challenges stemming from ecological, societal, and technological risks such as climate change, political extremism, and cyber-attacks.

This book explores recent developments in the theory, strategic perspective and international practice of corporate social responsibility.

This book discusses the tasks and functions of corporate governance in the light of current challenges and the dynamics that arise from a broader approach to company management and the integration of corporate governance with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability.

This book addresses a selection of major topics in family businesses, namely 'managerialization' and 'professionalization', succession, internationalization, access to financial markets, and how governance and control systems can help family firms respond to common problems inherent in the business.

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.

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.