Corporate Governance Around the World

by Naciri; Ahmed

• ISBN13: 9780415428743
• ISBN10: 0415428742
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The last Asian financial crisis, coupled with the western series of corporate scandals, has caused investors and citizens to doubt mangers' ability to guarantee credible financial information about organizations. Consequently, legislators all over the world have come to realise the necessity of legislating in the area of corporate governance. This book explores several national corporate governance reform experiences from around the world (including Canada, China, the United States, and the European Union) and offers an explanatory theory with regard to national systems of corporate governance. It also underlines corporate governance as a management tool and principle. The author argues that each country should be encouraged to build its own system of corporate governance which should be harmonized with its history, culture and the level of its economic development.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. ix
List of tables	p. x
Notes on contributors	p. xii
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
List of abbreviations	p. xvi
Introduction	p. 1
Micro theories of corporate governance	p. 17
Macro theories of corporate governance	p. 39
The American national system of corporate governance	p. 74
The Canadian national system of corporate governance	p. 102
The French national system of corporate governance	p. 137
The Japanese national system of corporate governance	p. 172
The Hong Kong system of corporate governance	p. 198
The Chinese national system of corporate governance	p. 230
The Turkish national system of corporate governance	p. 259
The transition economies national systems of corporate governance	p. 273
The MENA countries national systems of corporate governance	p. 303
The EU system of corporate governance	p. 323
Concluding remarks	p. 344
Bibliography	p. 361
Index	p. 393
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