The most authoritative, complete, and critical guide to corporate governance.
From the 'father of corporate governance' comes the new edition of this bestselling text, designed to equip students with a sound understanding of the frameworks that govern organisations. Corporate Governance, fourth edition, offers a comprehensive coverage of key principles combined with a strong practical focus through a clear, three-part structure. This book provides a new focus for understanding corporate governance that goes far beyond the regulations, rules, and voluntary codes: it has a new emphasis throughout on culture. For the first time, a distinction is drawn between Western and Eastern perceptions of corporate governance, and new cases from China (including Huawei) further support this new approach.NEW TO THIS EDITIONFully updated in light of the UK Corporate Governance Code (2018) and the World Economic Forum risk survey (2018)New coverage of non-listed entities—not-for-profits, cooperatives, and charities—to reflect the growing diversity of organisationsDiscussions of additional non-Western models such as the Keiretsu and Chaebol models used in Japan and South Korea, respectivelyNew case studies including organisations such as Huawei, the NHS, and UnileverIncreased coverage of board diversity, culture, corporate transparency, sustainability and business ethics, cyber risk, and digitisation.This title is available as an eBook. Visit VitalSource for more information or to purchase.
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I am impressed with this textbook. It covers the right things and does so well and accessibly to students. Dr Ian Birchmore, Aberystwyth Business School, Aberystwyth University
After qualifying as a chartered accountant, Bob Tricker served as an officer in the Royal Navy, then for eight years was financial controller of the British subsidiary of a US corporation. He studied at Harvard and Oxford universities, was a Research Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Centre for Management Studies. His research led to the first book with the title 'Corporate Governance'. He was the founder-editor of the research journal Corporate Governance: An International Review. After 18 years in Oxford, he spent 14 years as Professor of Finance at the University of Hong Kong.
From the 'father of corporate governance' comes the new edition of this bestselling text, designed to equip students with a sound understanding of the frameworks that govern organizations. It offers comprehensive coverage of key principles combined with a strong practical focus through a clear three-part structure.This fourth edition provides a new focus for understanding corporate governance that goes far beyond the regulations, rules, and voluntary codes: it has a new emphasis throughout on culture. For the first time, a distinction is drawn between Western and Eastern perceptions of corporate governance, and new cases from China (including Huawei) further support this new approach.The book is supported by an extensive range of online resources: For students: Additional information on casesSuggested further reading and research tipsCorporate Governance BlogWeb linksCorporate Governance codes around the worldAnswers to self-test questions For lecturers: PowerPoint slidesAdditional case studiesGroup exercisesTeaching notes for the case studies in the bookTeaching notes for the projects in the book
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