1st Edition

Corporate Governance, Finance and the Technological Advantage of Nations

By Andrew Tylecote, Francesca Visintin Copyright 2008
332 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

332 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

There is much debate regarding which countries’ economies have the best economic systems to encourage economic growth and technological change. This book is a major contribution to this discussion, connecting the fields of corporate governance and finance with the field of innovation and technology and analysing the ways in which countries’ systems of corporate governance affect firms’ ability to... Read more

1. Introduction: The Role of Corporate Governance and Finance in Innovation  2. How Sectors Vary in their Requirements from the System of Corporate Governance and Finance  3. How National Systems of Corporate Governance and Finance Differs  4. Corporate Governance, Finance and Innovation in the US, the UK and Switzerland  5. Corporate Governance, Finance and Innovation in Japan, Germany and Sweden  6. Corporate Governance, Finance and Innovation in France and Korea  7. Corporate Governance, Finance and Innovation in Italy and Taiwan  8. Corporate Governance, Finance and Technological Development in Mainland China  9. Looking Forward: Current Trends, Future Prospects and Modest Proposals

Biography

Andrew Tylecote is a Professor of the Economics and Management of Technological Change at the University of Sheffield. Francesca Visintin is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Udine.

'An excellent resource for researchers, a useful reference for academic collections, and interesting reading for graduate students and practitioners...highly recommended' J. Fitzpatrick, SUNY Fredonia, Choice