The book focuses on corporate governance with an original perspective: (i) It is based on academic research, solid theory, and rigorous empirical findings provided by previous studies; (ii) It has a strategic-management perspective, and it aims to help students learn mindsets, frameworks, competencies, and useful knowledge to design and assess corporate governance practices; (iii) It presents best practices across major national governance systems at international level; (iv) It has been developed for didactic purposes; (v) It acknowledges the recent debate on shareholder and stakeholder views.