Corporate Governance Books

New and Published Books

1. Building Big Business in Russia

   The Impact of Informal Corporate Governance Practices

   By Yuko Adachi

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   This book examines the development of big business in Russia since the onset of market oriented reform in the early 1990s. It explains how privatized post-Soviet enterprises, many of which made little sense as business units, were transformed into functional firms able to operate in the environment...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Political Determinants of Corporate Governance in China

   By Chenxia Shi

   Series: Routledge Research in Corporate Law

   This book investigates the key factors shaping corporate governance in China and presents a sophisticated study of corporate governance in China from a comparative and historical perspective. Drawing on extensive corporate governance literature, this book articulates why path dependence theory is...

   Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge
3. Case Studies in Public Governance

   Building Institutions in Singapore

   Edited by June Gwee

   This book makes available original case studies on how institutions developed in Singapore. Up until now, these case studies have been used exclusively in Singapore to teach public governance, and have been well-received in the Singapore Civil Service College’s milestone programmes. With this...

   Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge
4. Risk Management and Corporate Governance

   Edited by Abol Jalilvand, Tassos Malliaris

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   The asymmetry of responsibilities between management and corporate governance both for day-to-day operations and the board’s monthly or quarterly review and evaluation remains an unresolved challenge. Expertise in the area of risk management is a fundamental requirement for effective corporate...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
5. Regulatory Governance and Risk Management

   Occupational Health and Safety in the Coal Mining Industry

   By Binglin Yang

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   Regulatory Governance and Risk Management will be the first book addressing the diffusion of risk-based governance in the coal mining industry from a health and safety standpoint. More specifically, it aims to understand a puzzling phenomenon. Since the 1990s, the approach of risk-based governance...

   Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
6. Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights and the Law

   Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries

   By Olufemi Amao

   Series: Routledge Research in Corporate Law

   The control of multinational corporations is an area of law that has attracted immense attention both at national and international level. In recognition of the importance of the subject matter, the United Nations Secretary General has appointed a special representative to work in this area. The...

   Published May 4th 2011 by Routledge
7. Law, Corporate Governance and Accounting

   European Perspectives

   Edited by Victoria Krivogorsky

   Series: Routledge Studies in Accounting

   The growing internationalization of markets, the relaxation of constraints on capital flows between countries, and the creation of different economic unions -- the European Union in particular -- initiated the flow of capital, goods, and services across national borders, growth and diffusion of...

   Published April 5th 2011 by Routledge
8. Behaviour and Rationality in Corporate Governance

   By Oliver Marnet

   Series: Routledge Studies in Corporate Governance

   Corporate scandals due to bad accounting happen far too frequently for a system of corporate governance to be deemed effective. This book tells why the safeguards designed to prevent bad accounting so often fail. By studying why the auditors and members of a board of directors regularly...

   Published March 6th 2011 by Routledge
9. Corporate Governance Around the World

   Edited by Ahmed Naciri

   Series: Routledge Studies in Corporate Governance

   The last Asian financial crisis, coupled with the western series of corporate scandals, has caused investors and citizens to doubt mangers’ ability to guarantee credible financial information about organizations. Consequently, legislators all over the world have come to realise the necessity...

   Published March 3rd 2011 by Routledge
10. Governance and Regulation in the Third Sector

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Susan Phillips, Steven Rathgeb Smith

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations

    Governance and Regulation in the Third Sector brings together scholars and experienced practitioners from different countries to investigate the relationship between regulation and relational governance for the third sector in a comparative context. Each chapter reviews recent regulatory changes in...

    Published December 20th 2010 by Routledge