Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

This study provides a fascinating, fresh analysis of the virtues of shareholder participation in the context of contemporary corporate governance.

In the ten years since this Gower Handbook was first published, Programme Management has been transformed to become the vehicle of choice for realising the objectives of large scale, complicated, business, government and social investment.

Risk management and contingency planning has really come to the fore since the first edition of this book was originally published.

Since 2000, more than half of the Fortune 500 companies have either gone bankrupt, been acquired, or are experiencing stagnation or decline as a result of extreme digital and social disruption.

Since 2000, more than half of the Fortune 500 companies have either gone bankrupt, been acquired, or are experiencing stagnation or decline as a result of extreme digital and social disruption.

Climate change represents the most important environmental challenge of our time.

Climate change represents the most important environmental challenge of our time.

The international conference "e;Sustainable Collaboration in Business, Technology, Information and Innovation (SCBTII) 2019"e; has brought together academics, professionals, entrepreneurs, researchers, learners, and other related groups from around the world who have a special interest in theories and practices in the development of the field of digital economy for global competitiveness.

This timely handbook provides a current and comprehensive examination of integrated reporting, both practical and research-based.

This timely handbook provides a current and comprehensive examination of integrated reporting, both practical and research-based.

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, and regular corporate scandals, there has been a growing concern with the moral and ethical foundations of business.

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, and regular corporate scandals, there has been a growing concern with the moral and ethical foundations of business.

Though corruption exists wherever there is organized human life, reports continue to show markedly higher levels of, for example, bribery, kickbacks, cronyism and nepotism across the Asia Pacific area - particularly as compared to the 'developed' Anglo-European West.

Though corruption exists wherever there is organized human life, reports continue to show markedly higher levels of, for example, bribery, kickbacks, cronyism and nepotism across the Asia Pacific area - particularly as compared to the 'developed' Anglo-European West.

The second edition of Data Protection goes beyond the traditional topics including deduplication, continuous availability, snapshots, replication, backup, and recovery, and explores such additional considerations as legal, privacy, and ethical issues.

The second edition of Data Protection goes beyond the traditional topics including deduplication, continuous availability, snapshots, replication, backup, and recovery, and explores such additional considerations as legal, privacy, and ethical issues.

This book facilitates a systematic comprehension of internal workings of corporate governance in practice.

This book facilitates a systematic comprehension of internal workings of corporate governance in practice.

Cyber Strategy: Risk-Driven Security and Resiliency provides a process and roadmap for any company to develop its unified Cybersecurity and Cyber Resiliency strategies.

Cyber Strategy: Risk-Driven Security and Resiliency provides a process and roadmap for any company to develop its unified Cybersecurity and Cyber Resiliency strategies.

Crossover of Audit and Evaluation Practices brings together academic analysis with insights from practitioners to discuss the potential for collaboration in audit and evaluation practices between three professional disciplines.

Crossover of Audit and Evaluation Practices brings together academic analysis with insights from practitioners to discuss the potential for collaboration in audit and evaluation practices between three professional disciplines.

This highly practical and concise book shows you how to undertake a reporting process and produce a sustainability report in line with the new standards and frameworks presented by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

Modern risk management as practiced today faces significant obstacles-we argue-primarily due to the fundamental premise of the concept itself.

Modern risk management as practiced today faces significant obstacles-we argue-primarily due to the fundamental premise of the concept itself.

Globalisation has opened new avenues to corruption.

Globalisation has opened new avenues to corruption.

This book provides an examination of the general manager, which encompasses their roles as strategist, organizational designer and institutional leader.

This book provides an examination of the general manager, which encompasses their roles as strategist, organizational designer and institutional leader.

This concise volume evaluates the cause and significance of recent corporate failures and financial scandals, and how they reflect on the fitness for purpose of the external auditors, financial reports, financial watchdogs, boards, directors and senior management.

Focussing on the dominance of the Big Four auditing firms - PwC, EY, Deloitte and KPMG - this concise volume provides an authoritative critical assessment of the state and future of the audit market, currently the subject of much debate and the focus of significant government enquiries.

This book offers a fresh method of assessing and managing risks in SMEs, by adopting a multidisciplinary approach.

This concise volume evaluates the cause and significance of recent corporate failures and financial scandals, and how they reflect on the fitness for purpose of the external auditors, financial reports, financial watchdogs, boards, directors and senior management.

Focussing on the dominance of the Big Four auditing firms - PwC, EY, Deloitte and KPMG - this concise volume provides an authoritative critical assessment of the state and future of the audit market, currently the subject of much debate and the focus of significant government enquiries.

"e;Persuasive and brilliantly written, the book is especially timely given the rise of trillion-dollar tech companies.

This book provides empirical insights into the relationship between capital and equity-ownership structure of Indian manufacturing companies and their financial performance.

This volume will present experimental economics research focusing on issues of environmental quality and sustainability.

Governance is very much a current concern in the public interest.

Most people have believed that corporate social responsibility (CSR) played a significant role in the 2008 global financial crisis.

Cross-country differences in institutions of corporate governance and corporate finance tend to be undermined by the increasing internationalization of financial markets.

You took the highly coveted position on the board or audit committee--now it's time to figure out what you're doing.

From bank bailouts and corporate scandals to the financial panic of 2008 and its lingering effects, corporate governance in America has been wracked by crises.

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 book integrates elements from agency theory and signalling theory and draws upon recent changes in the Australian payout policy and incentives pay for risk-averse employees to provide theoretical and empirical analyses that explain the paradox of the popularity of on-market stock buyback activities in a market environment characterised by reasonably high share prices.

Organized as a quick and user-friendly roadmap for board members and chief executive officers as they reflect on their roles and duties together, Transformational Boards offers an engagement framework for board leadership designed to help boards lead their organizations through times of change.

This book presents case studies on financial crime, focusing on money laundering and terrorism finance.

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.

Social and environmental issues are more important than ever and consumers are committed to supporting change.

"e;Institutions matter"e; is a common refrain among all economists-including many who have proposed progressive alternatives to free market fundamentalism.