Corporate Governance

by Mallin, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780198718024
• ISBN10: 0198718020
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-02-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Written by leading subject expert Christine Mallin, Corporate Governance combines clear, straightforward coverage of theory with a wealth of topical examples of corporate governance to introduce students to both the essential principles of the subject and how they apply in practice.

Extracts from the Financial Times, case studies, and questions for discussion ensure the reader can relate key ideas and concepts to the real world of business, management, and finance. In addition, broad coverage of international attitudes and approaches to governance allow students to develop a more complete understanding of business issues on a global scale.

The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which includes:

For students:
Corporate Governance blog
Fill-in-the-blank questions
Updates
Web links
Crosswords of key terms
Additional case studies

For lecturers:
PowerPoint slides

Author Biography

Christine Mallin, Professorial Fellow at Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia

Table of Contents

Part 1: The development of corporate governance
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical aspects of corporate governance
3. Development of corporate governance codes
Part 2: Owners and stakeholders
4. Shareholders and stakeholders
5. Family owned firms
6. Role of institutional investors in corporate governance
7. Socially responsible investment
Part 3: Directors and board structure
8. Directors and board structure
9. Directors' performance and remuneration
Part 4: International corporate governance
10. Corporate governance in Continental Europe
11. Corporate governance in Central and Eastern Europe
12. Corporate governance in the Asia-Pacific
13. Corporate governance in South Africa, Egypt, India, and Brazil
14. Conclusions