Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

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.

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.

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 focuses on leadership and strategy, corporate governance, operational excellence, and corporate social responsibility.

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

Everybody has a plan - until they don't.

Corporate purpose has become a global phenomenon in recent years.

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.

This is the first book to furnish a root cause of the low valuation of Japanese listed companies by using, as qualitative evidence, unique global investor surveys, which are rarely available for Japanese companies.

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

This book explores the linkages between the evolution of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financing and governance in Japan since the late 2000s.

This book discusses the concepts of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) that are the core of various paradigms used in strategic management to understand competitive advantage as well as flexibility in organizational boundaries.

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

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

This book discusses several important issues related to corporate governance reporting, corporate social responsibility (CSR), fraud and bankruptcy.

This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing.

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

This book addresses key issues related to the choice between governments regulating and enforcing society's sustainability and social responsibility objectives, and firms reporting on their sustainable and socially responsible activities so stakeholders can exert pressure on firms to achieve society's goals.

This book provides useful tools and information to help readers understand the key factors involved in organizing, structuring and managing a company in China.

This book explores sustainability and social responsibility from the point of view of accountability reporting systems.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of sustainability and management in India and through its insightful essays highlights the complex and multifaceted nature of sustainability as a concept.

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

The book examines the market reaction to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) announcements over a period from 2003 to 2015.

The book is based on practical experience gained during the planning and execution of e-governance projects in India coupled with extensive research based on six national/multi-state-level agriculture related projects.

The book explores the theoretical and empirical issues relating to the interaction between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities undertaken by Indian companies.

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 presents the current state of knowledge concerning developments in organisational behaviour and human capital management in the new millennium.

This book discusses several important issues related to corporate governance reporting, corporate social responsibility (CSR), fraud and bankruptcy.

This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing.

The book is based on practical experience gained during the planning and execution of e-governance projects in India coupled with extensive research based on six national/multi-state-level agriculture related projects.

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This book addresses key issues related to the choice between governments regulating and enforcing society's sustainability and social responsibility objectives, and firms reporting on their sustainable and socially responsible activities so stakeholders can exert pressure on firms to achieve society's goals.

ADB became a Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) supporter in November 2021 and this report represents ADB's first climate-related financial disclosures under the TCFD framework.

Coastal municipalities across the Asia and Pacific region are looking for solutions to worsening salinity levels in their water sources due to overextraction of groundwater and rising sea levels.

In Indonesia, the provincial, city, and regency governments typically rely on the central government for financial support.

This publication outlines the performance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in achieving the goals of Strategy 2030, the institution's long-term strategic framework.

The Knowledge Management Action Plan (KMAP) 2021-2025 connects ongoing reforms of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve how knowledge is managed across its business processes.

The Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report has been produced biennially since 2007.

This publication looks at several corporate governance issues, and provides an analysis of four core areas of corporate governance in South Asia in light of global trends and best practices.

This report reviews the implementation of ADB's Accountability Mechanism Policy during the period 2016-2018.

This study examines 73 publicly listed companies in the Philippines to determine the relationship between the quality of corporate governance practices and company performance.

This book documents ADB's knowledge management journey since 1966 and looks at how the bank has emerged as an increasingly valuable knowledge advisor to its developing member countries.

Strategy 2030 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) recognizes the "e;increasingly diversified and sophisticated"e; needs of its clients.

This publication describes how state-owned enterprises (SOEs) can access finance on commercial terms, without sovereign guarantees.

This report provides key information about the 2020 financial operations of trust funds, global funds and special funds administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

This report explains how the quality of infrastructure investments in developing Asia can be enhanced and why this is vital for the region's sustainable recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

The fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS) and small island developing states (SIDS) approach represents a new way of doing business for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its most vulnerable developing member countries.

Knowledge is critical in addressing the complex challenges of development and poverty reduction faced by the Philippines.

The Private Sector Operations-Report on Development E ffectiveness series reviews the development effectiveness of private sector operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and their contributions to Strategy 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals.

These guidelines describe how a project-level design and monitoring framework should be developed and used throughout the project cycle for Asian Development Bank (ADB) sovereign operations and technical assistance projects.