Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

Originally published in 1986, this volume brings together papers on the organisational structure of select public enterprises from nine countries, developed and developing.

This book is a very practical guide to help managers put their own and their employees' professional values to work.

This book is a very practical guide to help managers put their own and their employees' professional values to work.

Originally published in 1971, when nationalized industries employed about 7 per cent of the national labour force, created about 10 per cent of the gross domestic product and had annual investment programmes which were equal to those of all private manufacturing put together.

IT Security governance is becoming an increasingly important issue for all levels of a company.

While good data is an enterprise asset, bad data is an enterprise liability.

This three-volume set is a landmark comprehensive overview of the business of sustainability, providing 56 separate chapters from leaders in business, non-profit organizations, and from within the academic and policy world.

In a book businesswomen can rally around and use as a manual, an expert in female board representation shows what it takes to get nominated to a corporate board and become a productive and respected member.

What is the greatest return on a leader's time?

This volume takes a hard look at the soft practice of corporate governance.

Keep shareholders happy and manage for the long term.

Command the room--whether you're speaking to an audience of one or one hundred.

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.

An "e;engaging and informative"e; history of one of capitalism's longest-running tensions-the high-stakes battles between management and shareholders (The New Yorker).

No boardroom in any industry is safe from new market threats in this time of rapid technological growth.

Is your firms board creating valueor destroying it?

The last ten years have seen an extraordinary transformation in how business has to account for itself.

The last ten years have seen an extraordinary transformation in how business has to account for itself.

It is the year 2017 and gender equality and women thriving in work place without fear of sexual harassment or discrimination is the #1 unsolved social issue of our time.

It is the year 2017 and gender equality and women thriving in work place without fear of sexual harassment or discrimination is the #1 unsolved social issue of our time.

President Theodore Roosevelt once proclaimed, "e;Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions, and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with those institutions.

Corporate governance, the internal policies and leadership that guide the actions of corporations, played a major part in the recent global financial crisis.

Portfolio management is becoming the 'must have' for organizations to prosper and survive in this decade and beyond.

President, whistleblower, crusader.

Effective corporate governance, or the set of controls and incentives that drive top management, originates both outside and inside the firm and assures investors who hope to commit their capital.

In order to avoid another Enron, WorldCom, or Tyco, company directors have assumed a bold and independent role in the boardroom, monitoring the actions and day-to-day operations of the CEO.

The scholarly literature on executive compensation is vast.

The New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur investigates what would happen if a new financial world order took hold, one in which global elites own everything and you own nothingand yet you are somehow happy.

Aspirational business book based on interviews with over 75 leading American CEOs.

What is the greatest return on a leader's time?

A blueprint for creating sustainable businesses, emphasizing the power and potential of cooperative models Drawing on both her extensive experience founding and directing social enterprises and her interviews with sustainability leaders, Melissa Scanlan provides a legal blueprint for creating alternate corporate business models that mitigate climate change, pay living wages, and act as responsible community members, including Certified B Corps and benefit corporations.

The definitive book on leadership in the digital era: why digital technologies call for leadership that emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity.

What happens to the relationship between business and literature when storytelling becomes a privileged form of communication for organizations.

How the best companies prepare for and manage modern vulnerabilities—from cybersecurity risks to climate change: new tools, processes and organizations for developing corporate resilience.

Today's solutions are social and technical.

Boeing was once a symbol of engineering excellence, a company driven by the innovation and precision of its engineers.

When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety.

Conventional economic and accounting systems have been exposed by the limitations of market-driven mechanisms, where public services, education and healthcare have been subordinated to profit, exacerbating the inequalities between people and countries.

"e;Uses a combination of great stories and thoughtful analysis to suggest that we must find a way to change the purpose of our corporations if we are to build a society that works for all of us.

Shareholder activism in Korea, led by a civil society organization, has been commended by Western economists.

Asset management Standards discussion's main focus on governance issues matches the established structural components of the Asset Management Standard's systematic classification.

A timely evaluation of rapidly globalizing governance mechanisms in China and Japan.

How can we explain the persistent worsening of the income distribution in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s?

An up-to-date look at the latest thinking on Corporate Governance, capturing the wealth of experience of some 60 company secretaries in the world's top companies, whose job it is to make corporate governance work.

This book reports on foreign investments in transitional economies and the corporate governance of international strategic alliances in China.

Economic studies which examine the financing patterns of firms, particularly in emerging markets seldom consider the market environment in which they operate.

Corporate Governance in the US and Europe provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the most recent developments in corporate governance.

Business Elites and Corporate Governance in France and the UK is a cross-national study of business elites and corporate governance in France and the UK.

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