Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

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

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

In this book we capture and explore different aspects of value in corporate social responsibility (CSR).

This book systematically defines and analyses the rise of China's innovation system and Chinese corporate governance model.

Things will always go wrong in organisations.

Establishing a corporate governance strategy that promotes the efficient use of organisational resources is instrumental in the economic growth of a country, as well as the successful management of firms.

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This book provides an extensive overview of family business-related topics such as context and uniqueness, lifecycle and ownership configurations, conflict management, corporate governance, succession challenges, internationalization, innovation, and socioemotional wealth.

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.

This book is the first independent exploration of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA) institutional history.

Connecting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with Corporate Governance (CG) is a 21st Century challenge.

This book illustrates how CSR can be used as a tool to improve corporate governance in organizations and improve the relationship between business and society.

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

This book addresses the growing interest among policymakers, practitioners and academics in the evolution and the future implications of social, environmental and sustainability accounting.

This book examines corporate governance through a holistic lens that integrates financial, social and environmental goals, e.

This book presents the latest evidence on, and new approaches to, the development of Corporate Social Responsibility in emerging and established economies.

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 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.

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

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

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 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.

This book examines key methodological and organizational questions with regard to assessing the quality of internal audits.

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

This book examines the Indian mandate for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its implementations in various individual organizations.

This book provides a concise and pragmatic introduction to transfer pricing.

Initially, introducing compliance functions within the financial industry had been forced by regulatory scrutiny.

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

This book discusses the implementation of sustainability in corporate governance mechanisms since 2013 and assesses how much the role of the Board of Directors has changed as a result.

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 discusses the role of grant-making foundations in supporting local communities, and how effective governance can contribute to greater success of the social projects they finance.

This book presents a study of cooperatives as a two-layer entrepreneurial model, and analyzes cooperative enterprises.

Exploring the concept of win-win agreements, this book analyses how they pose an important challenge for entrepreneurs, managers and advisors involved in complex negotiations among firms.

This proceedings book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on risk and risk management.

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 offers up-to-date insights into the theory and practice of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability management.

This book explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the formulation of a global code of conduct for transnational corporations.

This book offers innovative ideas and frameworks for sustainable strategizing to advance business by scaling-up its positive impact, which is so urgently needed at this time in the 21st century.

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Corporate governance, a subject that a few decades ago escaped the attention of all but a handful of academics and shareholders, has gradually become a central concern worldwide.

This book provides a rich collection of essays discussing and showcasing the transformation of businesses around the world towards sustainability and responsibility.

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

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.

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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.

This handbook maps and analyzes cross-sector (public-corporate-social-community-faith) governance theories, models, and practices as they are evolving in a digital world.

This book examines how consumers are protected on the online marketplace in the context of ASEAN countries.

This book is about providing a comprehensive framework for understanding business ethics and corporate governance.