Title:
Corporate Governance : Principles and Issues.
Author:
Nordberg, Donald.
Minow, Nell.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; List of case studies; Agenda point boxes; Preface; 1 Introducing corporate governance; 2 The problems of corporate governance; Part 1 -- Principles of Corporate Governance; 3 Theories of corporate governance; 4 Mechanisms of corporate governance; 5 Corporate governance in a global economy; 6 Codes of corporate governance; Part 2 -- Issues on the board's agenda; 7 Issues within the board; 8 Issues between boards and management; 9 Issues between boards and owners; 10 Issues between owners; 11 Issues between the company and its publics.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; Contents; Sticks, Part 1: Can Investors Ensure or Improve Board Independence by Replacing Directors who Perform Badly or Suing Directors who Fail to Act as Fiduciaries?; Cases in Point; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction -- How to Use this Book; 1. What is a Corporation?; Defining the Corporate Structure, Purpose, and Powers; Evolution of the Corporate Structure; The Purpose of a Corporation; Satisfying the human need for ambition, creativity, and meaning; Social structure; Efficiency and efficacy; Ubiquity and flexibility; Identity.
Metaphor 1: The Corporation as a "Person"Metaphor 2: The Corporation as a Complex Adaptive System; Are Corporate Decisions "Moral"?; Are Corporations Accountable?; Three Key External Mechanisms for Directing Corporate Behavior: Law, the Market, and Performance Measurement; Government: legislation, regulation, enforcement; What Does "Within the Limits of the Law" Mean?; When and how do you punish a corporation?; Probation of corporations; The problem of serial offenders; Securities analyst settlement; What is the role of shareholders in making this system work?; The market: too big to fail.
The corporation and electionsCitizens united; The corporation and the law; A Market Test: Measuring Performance; Long term versus short term; Corporate decision making: whose interests does this "person"/adaptive creature serve?; Another (failed) market test: NGOs; Measuring value enhancement; GAAP; Market value; Earnings per share; EVA�: economic value added; Human capital: "It's not what you own but what you know"; The "value chain"; Knowledge capital; The value of cash; Corporate "externalities"; Equilibrium: The Cadbury Paradigm.
ESG: Environment, Social Governance -- A New Way to Analyze Investment Risk and ValueQuantifying Nontraditional Assets and Liabilities; Future Directions; Summary and Discussion Questions; Notes; 2. Shareholders: Ownership; Definitions; Early Concepts of Ownership; Early Concepts of the Corporation; A Dual Heritage: Individual and Corporate "Rights"; The Reinvention of the Corporation: Eastern Europe in the 1990s; The Evolution of the American Corporation; The Essential Elements of the Corporate Structure; The Mechanics of Shareholder Rights.
The Separation of Ownership and Control, Part 1: Berle and MeansFractionated Ownership; The Separation of Ownership and Control, Part 2: The Takeover Era; Waking the Sleeping Giant; A Framework for Shareholder Monitoring and Response; Ownership and Responsibility; No innocent shareholder; To Sell or Not to Sell: The Prisoner's Dilemma; Who the Institutional Investors Are; Bank trusts; Mutual funds; Insurance companies; Universities and foundations; Executive pay from the consumer side -- a leading indicator of risk; Pension plans; The Biggest Pool of Money in the World.
Pension plans as investors.
. Offering a fresh look at the commonly accepted view of what constitutes good governance, Donald Nordberg explores the contexts of board decisions and draws upon his academic research and years of business and financial journalism in Europe, North America and Asia to provide a distinctive and pertinent contribution to the literature on corporate governance. The book: - Features 21 detailed case studies, drawn from international examples, to prompt discussion and analysis - Provides topical, up-to-date examples and evidence - Gives attention to the important question What next for Corporate Go.
Print version record.
Publisher:
Sage Publications,
Publication Place:
London :
ISBN:
9781446248232
1446248232
9781847873323
1847873324
9781473903371
1473903378
9781847873330
1847873332
Subject:
Corporate governance.
Corporate governance -- Case studies.
Gouvernement d'entreprise.
Gouvernement d'entreprise -- �Etudes de cas.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Corporate governance.
Corporate Governance
Business.
Affaires.
businesses (business enterprises)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate Governance.
Business.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of case studies; Agenda point boxes; Preface; 1 Introducing corporate governance; 2 The problems of corporate governance; Part 1 -- Principles of Corporate Governance; 3 Theories of corporate governance; 4 Mechanisms of corporate governance; 5 Corporate governance in a global economy; 6 Codes of corporate governance; Part 2 -- Issues on the board's agenda; 7 Issues within the board; 8 Issues between boards and management; 9 Issues between boards and owners; 10 Issues between owners; 11 Issues between the company and its publics.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; Contents; Sticks, Part 1: Can Investors Ensure or Improve Board Independence by Replacing Directors who Perform Badly or Suing Directors who Fail to Act as Fiduciaries?; Cases in Point; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction -- How to Use this Book; 1. What is a Corporation?; Defining the Corporate Structure, Purpose, and Powers; Evolution of the Corporate Structure; The Purpose of a Corporation; Satisfying the human need for ambition, creativity, and meaning; Social structure; Efficiency and efficacy; Ubiquity and flexibility; Identity.
Metaphor 1: The Corporation as a "Person"Metaphor 2: The Corporation as a Complex Adaptive System; Are Corporate Decisions "Moral"?; Are Corporations Accountable?; Three Key External Mechanisms for Directing Corporate Behavior: Law, the Market, and Performance Measurement; Government: legislation, regulation, enforcement; What Does "Within the Limits of the Law" Mean?; When and how do you punish a corporation?; Probation of corporations; The problem of serial offenders; Securities analyst settlement; What is the role of shareholders in making this system work?; The market: too big to fail.
The corporation and electionsCitizens united; The corporation and the law; A Market Test: Measuring Performance; Long term versus short term; Corporate decision making: whose interests does this "person"/adaptive creature serve?; Another (failed) market test: NGOs; Measuring value enhancement; GAAP; Market value; Earnings per share; EVA�: economic value added; Human capital: "It's not what you own but what you know"; The "value chain"; Knowledge capital; The value of cash; Corporate "externalities"; Equilibrium: The Cadbury Paradigm.
ESG: Environment, Social Governance -- A New Way to Analyze Investment Risk and ValueQuantifying Nontraditional Assets and Liabilities; Future Directions; Summary and Discussion Questions; Notes; 2. Shareholders: Ownership; Definitions; Early Concepts of Ownership; Early Concepts of the Corporation; A Dual Heritage: Individual and Corporate "Rights"; The Reinvention of the Corporation: Eastern Europe in the 1990s; The Evolution of the American Corporation; The Essential Elements of the Corporate Structure; The Mechanics of Shareholder Rights.
The Separation of Ownership and Control, Part 1: Berle and MeansFractionated Ownership; The Separation of Ownership and Control, Part 2: The Takeover Era; Waking the Sleeping Giant; A Framework for Shareholder Monitoring and Response; Ownership and Responsibility; No innocent shareholder; To Sell or Not to Sell: The Prisoner's Dilemma; Who the Institutional Investors Are; Bank trusts; Mutual funds; Insurance companies; Universities and foundations; Executive pay from the consumer side -- a leading indicator of risk; Pension plans; The Biggest Pool of Money in the World.
Pension plans as investors.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Location/SubLocation:
MU /MU_MAIN
Electronic Location:
http://site.ebrary.com/id/11050441
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=980967
http://www.myilibrary.com?id=770374
https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=743700
Publication Date:
2011.
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