The Sage handbook of corporate governance / editores Thomas Clarke y Douglas Branson.

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Part 1. Origins and development ; 1. The Evolution of Corporate Governance ; 2.In the Best Interest of the Corporation: Directors Duties in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis ; 3. Limited Liability Companies ; 4. Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives ; Part 2. Markets and regulation ; 5. The Juridical Nature of the Firm ; 6. The Ascent of Shareholder Monitoring and Strategic Partnering: The Dual Functions of the Corporate Board ; 7. An Economic Analysis of Fair Value: A Critique of International Financial Reporting Standards ; Part 3. Boards and directors: leadership and accountabiliy ; 8. Boards and Board Effectiveness ; 9. Between the Letter and the Spirit: Defensive and Extensive Modes of Compliance with the UK Code of Corporate Governance ; 10. Boards' Contribution to Strategy and Innovation ; 11. Board Leadership and Value Creation: An Extended Team Production Approach ; Part 4. Boards and directors: new challenges and directions ; 12. Changing Scenes in and around the Boardroom: UK Corporate Governance in Practice from 1989 to 2010 ; 13. Board Evaluations: Contemporary Thinking and Practice ; 14. Women and the Governance of Corporate Boards ; 15. Diversity among Senior Executives and Board Directors ; Part 5. Competing governance regimes ; 16. Global Convergence in Corporate Governance: What a Difference 10 Years Make ; 17. A Bundle Perspective to Comparative Corporate Governance ; 18. Family-Owned Asian Business Groups and Corporate Governance ; 19. The Limitations of Corporate Governance Best Practices ; Part 6. Dilemmas of corporate governance ; 20. Executive Compensation, Pay-for-Performance and the Institutions of Executive Pay Setting ; 21. In the Name of Shareholder Value: How Executive Pay and Stock Buybacks are Damaging the US Economy ; 22. Governance, Innovation and Finance ; 23. The Governance and Regulation of Complex Conglomerates ; Part 7. Emerging issues, governance and sustainability ; 24. Markets, Regulation and Governance: The Causes of the Global Financial Crisis ; 25. Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis: The Regulatory Response ; 26. International Corporate Responsibility ; 27. Governance for Sustainability: Challenges for Theory and Practice.

Un mapa intelectual oportuno y definitivo de una disciplina emergente clave, el Manual SAGE de Gobierno Corporativo resume críticamente los temas clave, las controversias teóricas, la investigación actual y los conceptos emergentes que enmarcan el campo. Consistente en capítulos sustantivos originales de destacados académicos internacionales, y examinando el gobierno corporativo desde una base interdisciplinaria, el texto destaca cuán críticos son los problemas de gobierno para la formación, crecimiento, financiamiento, desarrollo estructural y dirección estratégica de las empresas y cómo las instituciones de gobierno corporativo A su vez, influyen en la innovación y el desarrollo de los sistemas industriales y económicos a nivel mundial. Completo, autorizado y presentado en un marco altamente accesible, el Manual es un recurso importante para aquellos interesados ​​en comprender este importante campo emergente.