Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors

This book explores the regulatory challenges of public company shareholder activism.

This book takes into consideration the development of different forms of populism in various countries with democratic political systems over the past two decades.

This publication examines beneficial ownership transparency in nine countries in Asia and the Pacific and explains how overcoming hurdles to ensure the full disclosure of company ownership is key to cracking down on crime and corruption.

This report explains the complex challenges facing the six countries in the renewables-rich Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) as they work to implement a comprehensive framework to enable regional electricity power trading.

Under the Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s long-term corporate strategy, ADB will strengthen its collaboration with civil society organizations.

Grounded in institutional theories, this volume offers a framework for understanding the evolution of corporate governance in the six leading Latin American countries, namely Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.

El gobierno corporativo, entendido como la forma como se dirigen y se controlan las empresas, constituye uno de los aspectos fundamentales para la perdurabilidad y competitividad de las organizaciones.

The Profit Motive offers a legal and economic defense of shareholder capitalism against proponents of corporate social responsibility.

The Profit Motive offers a legal and economic defense of shareholder capitalism against proponents of corporate social responsibility.

This book shows how the Rana Plaza disaster led to voluntary labour governance initiatives based on a model of transnational industrial democracy.

Often highlighted for being a microcosm within the greater global context, Icelandic businesses and institutions provide the perfect opportunity to advance knowledge of corporate governance and business ethics amidst once-in-a-lifetime events such as the 2008 Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Often highlighted for being a microcosm within the greater global context, Icelandic businesses and institutions provide the perfect opportunity to advance knowledge of corporate governance and business ethics amidst once-in-a-lifetime events such as the 2008 Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Artificial intelligence - and social responsibility.

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

What is the social licence to operate, and what are its ethical risks and promises?

What is the social licence to operate, and what are its ethical risks and promises?

A number of truly disruptive events have occurred in recent times, from the financial crisis and the pandemic to political conflict with broad ramifications for international business conduct.

A number of truly disruptive events have occurred in recent times, from the financial crisis and the pandemic to political conflict with broad ramifications for international business conduct.

The pandemic that struck in late 2019 - the coronavirus, commonly referred to as COVID-19 - affected every country in the world.

To promote smoother flows of goods across borders while reducing trade costs, this report explores an integrated approach to facilitating trade and transport across Asia and the Pacific, for better engagement in value chains.

Giuseppe Frau, einer der erfolgreichsten Wirtschaftsermittler Deutschlands, deckt auf.

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.

The fundamental goal of any business is to be different-to be better than those with whom it is competing.

This book helps the organization's top leader gather the information needed to identify opportunities and threats and decide on the appropriate risk response in this uncertain world.

Few organizations realize a return on their digital investment.

This book offers a groundbreaking collection of chapters in the emerging field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Communication.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an increasingly heated topic since the 1980s.

Actuarial Principles: Lifetables and Mortality Models explores the core of actuarial science: the study of mortality and other risks and applications.

Driven to the Brink is a collection of short stories about corporate disasters and how inadequate governance and flawed culture caused a massive destruction of shareholder value.

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

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

This book provides a deep understanding of state-owned multinationals (SOMNCs) and their role in global business.

This book provides a concise and authoritative guide to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and related paradigms, including environmental responsibility, corporate sustainability and responsibility, creating shared value, strategic CSR, stakeholder engagement, corporate citizenship, business ethics and corporate governance, among others.

This book illustrates the EU-wide Solvency II framework for the insurance industry, which was implemented on January 1, 2016, after a long project phase.

Willibald Erk geht in diesem essential alle Verantwortungsbereiche eines Unternehmens systematisch an, um sie zu optimieren bzw.

Dieses essential bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die aus Compliancegründen zu beachtenden Pflichten der Geschäftsleitung in der Krise ihres Unternehmens.

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 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.

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

Die Autoren zeigen in diesem essential auf, wie ein internes Kontrollsystem (IKS) insbesondere in kleinen und mittelgroßen Unternehmen einen wichtigen Beitrag zur finanziellen Führung leisten kann.

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 recent developments in the theory, strategic perspective and international practice of corporate social responsibility.

This book discusses the tasks and functions of corporate governance in the light of current challenges and the dynamics that arise from a broader approach to company management and the integration of corporate governance with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability.

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.