Corporate Governance Accountability, Enterprise and International Comparisons [Hardcover]

The decade since the publication of the Cadbury Report in1992 has seen growing interest in corporate governance. This growth has recently become an explosion with major corporate scandals such as WorldCom and Enron in the US, the international diffusion of corporate governance codes and wider interest in researching corporate governance in different institutional contexts and through different subject lenses.

In view of these developments, this book will be a rigorous update and development of the editor’s earlier work, Corporate Governance: Economic, Management and Financial Issues.   Each chapter, written by an expert in the subject offers a high level review of the topic, embracing material from financial accounting, strategy and economic perspectives. 

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1 Introduction (Kevin Keasey, Steve Thompson and Mike Wright).

Introduction.

Alternative perspectives on corporate governance.

Background to corporate governance reform.

Governance reforms: the early days.

New perspectives from the 1990s.

The volume’s contents.

Notes.

References.

2 The Development of Corporate Governance Codes in the UK (Kevin Keasey, Helen Short and Mike Wright).

Introduction.

Corporate governance in the UK – definitions and framework.

The evolution of policy recommendations – from Cadbury to Hampel.

The evolution of governance policy – from Combined Code I to Combined Code II.

Overview of policy evolution.

Conclusion.

Notes.

References.

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