Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

This book focuses on topics such as the cultural specificity of Arab family businesses with regard to shaping their governance and management; the influence that specific values in the Arab world could exert on the management of family businesses; how spiritual and religious values influence business in Arab family firms; and the role of emotions in the management of family firms in the Arab World.

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

This book will help facilitate successful leadership transition in museums and arts organizations.

This book deals with the highly complex but exciting subject of corporate fraud and corruption, which has since become the cops and robbers game of the 21st century: accounting fraud, embezzlement, bribery and many other forms of corruption and non-compliance cause turmoil between board members, supervisory board members and managers, while economic crime and corruption cause damages amounting to billions every year.

What role do independent institutional investors play in the corporate governance of listed German companies?

The modern hospital represents a complex community in which life and death decisions are made on the front lines of patient care, and difficult operational and strategic initiatives are developed in the offices of institutional leaders.

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

Existing research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) is written from a largely Westernized viewpoint, but what is the relationship between CSR, organizational - and wider - culture on the sustainability of businesses in the Arab region?

The book highlights emerging topics in key areas of corporate governance with special emphasis on traditionally unexplored issues.

This title provides clear and readily applicable guidance to corporate board members on the involvement of boards of directors in information technology (IT) governance.

This book explores different dimensions of the field of corporate governance and social responsibility.

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.

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

A battle is being fought within corporations.

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.

This book addresses the increasing prominence of family-owned business groups and their potential to influence growth and development in the global economy.

This collection of expert articles highlights the standards and practices concerning sustainability reporting among companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Corporate Governance is a text which considers the problems surrounding governance and proposes solutions to help restore investor confidence in the corporate world.

Competitive paradigms, which are constantly being shifted, and turbulent environmental conditions, which today are a constant, tend to dictate rather than inform strategic decision making regarding an organization's status quo and desired outcomes.

This book proposes a solution to the ''too big to fail'' problem that will help to prevent future financial crises.

This book provides insightful approaches to how to improve business sustainability.

The greatest myth of modern times is the suggestion that capitalism and corporations do better with less government.

Project governance, investment governance, and risk governance precepts are woven together in Self-Service Data Analytics and Governance for Managers, equipping managers to structure the inevitable chaos that can result as end-users take matters into their own hands Motivated by the promise of control and efficiency benefits, the widespread adoption of data analytics tools has created a new fast-moving environment of digital transformation in the finance, accounting, and operations world, where entire functions spend their days processing in spreadsheets.

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.

Winner of the GOLD Nonfiction Book Award presented by the Nonfiction Authors Association!

Based on unique access interviews with leading chairmen and senior executives, All Above Board examines the key functions of the ideal 21st century board, how and why badly led boards fail, and what changes can be made to improve board behavior and efficiency for best practice.

*Shortlisted in the Management and Leadership Textbook Category at CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2016* Why has CSR become part of the mainstream business and academic agenda in the 21st century?

This book discusses how taxation can contribute to a sustainable economic development.

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

An analysis of the different ways in which power operates within modern corporations.

This book aims to enrich the banking and finance literature by gathering insights in new research topics being undertaken in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This text remains the only book to analyse corporate internal investigations on an international level, covering the applicable law in each jurisdiction and providing guidance on how an integrated international investigation should be conducted.

It has become increasingly clear that promotion of sustainability initiatives by governments and other public institutions alone is not enough to bring about the necessary progress in tackling the 'Grand Challenges' of climate change and inequality.

An expert on ethical leadership analyzes the complicated history of business people who tried to marry the pursuit of profits with virtuous organizational practicesfrom British industrialist Robert Owen to American retailer John Cash Penney and jeans maker Levi Strauss to such modern-day entrepreneurs Anita Roddick and Tom Chappell.

Islamic Finance and Corporate Governance: Synergies for Sustainable Growth explores the intersection of Islamic financial concepts and corporate governance practices, with the objective of promoting long-lasting economic expansion.

This new edition of The SAGE Handbook of International Corporate and Public Affairs builds on the success of the first edition (2005) by comprehensively updating and enhancing the material and structure, setting a new standard for the practitioner and student of the global public affairs discipline.

Why did some firms weather the financial crisis and others not?

This book describes the results of a research project on compliance and organizational integrity, financed by the German government and conducted over the last three years.

Social entrepreneurs greatly differ from other forms of entrepreneurs in terms of judgment capacity, pro-activeness, innovativeness, entrepreneurial virtue.

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).

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.

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.

This book explores the current state of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from an international perspective, the goal being to share ideas and visions for a sustainable future and to provide useful guidelines for academics, practitioners and policymakers in the context of the 2030 "e;Agenda for Sustainable Development"e; released by the United Nations.