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1 online resource |
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- An ever-new theme -- Uncertainty, freedom, fairness -- Transparency is worthwhile -- Introduction -- What is corporate governance? -- What is the content of this book? -- How to use this book? -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Corporate Governance Theories and Frameworks -- 1 Corporate Governance -- 1.1 The Goldman Sachs case -- 1.2 Historical evolution of the debate on corporate governance -- 1.3 Broad and narrow views of corporate governance -- Check list -- Notes -- 2 What is the Purpose of a Corporation? |
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2.1 The Body Shop case -- 2.2 Firm and its stakeholders -- 2.3 Theory of shareholder value creation -- 2.4 Theory of stakeholder value creation -- 2.5 Allocation of ownership rights to stakeholder -- Check list -- Notes -- 3 The Corporate Governance Mechanisms -- 3.1 The Parmalat case -- 3.2 Agency problems -- 3.3 Possible remedies to the agency problems -- 3.4 Bundle of governance mechanisms -- Check list -- Notes -- 4 The Relationship Between Strategy, Ownership, and Governance -- 4.1 The Telecom Italia case -- 4.2 Relationship between strategy, ownership, and governance |
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4.3 Company archetypes -- Check list -- Notes -- Part Two. Corporate Governance Mechanisms in Large Listed Companies -- 5 Corporate Governance Models Around the World -- 5.1 The Satyam case -- 5.2 Comparative corporate governance -- 5.3 Comparative corporate governance: lessons learned -- Check list -- Notes -- 6 The Ownership Structure -- 6.1 Hermes fund's challenge to Italmobiliare group -- 6.2 Relationship between ownership structure and company performance -- 6.3 Ownership structures around the world -- 6.4 The pyramidal groups -- Check list -- Notes -- 7 The Board of Directors |
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7.1 The Lehman Brothers case -- 7.2 The three roles of the board of directors -- 7.3 The design of the board of directors -- 7.4 Characteristics of boards of directors around the world -- 7.5 A contingency perspective on boards of directors -- Check list -- Notes -- 8 The Remuneration of Top Management -- 8.1 The Home Depot case -- 8.2 Directors' remuneration -- 8.3 Top managers incentive plans -- 8.4 Stock option plans -- 8.5 The remuneration of executive and non-executive directors around the world -- 8.6 The current debate on executive remuneration |
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8.7 Contingency design of top managers' compensation -- Check list -- Notes -- Afterword -- The Future of Corporate Governance -- Bibliography |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 3, 2020) |
| Subject |
Corporate governance.
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Corporate governance
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Airoldi, Giuseppe, writer of foreword.
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Judge, William Q., writer of afterword.
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| ISBN |
9788885486751 |
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8885486754 |
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