Corporate Governance Books

New and Published Books

1. Corporate Governance and Banking in China

   By Michael Tan

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   As China began its economic reforms in the late 1970s and made a transition from planned to a market economy, corporate governance of the banking sector became an increasingly pressing issue. Further, in the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crises in the late 1990s, Chinese authorities became...

   Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
2. Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions

   Improving Emergency Management and Climate Change Adaptation, 2nd Edition

   By John Handmer, Stephen Dovers

   Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsuited to the emerging scales of...

   Published January 8th 2013 by Routledge
3. Rethinking Corporate Governance

   The Law and Economics of Control Powers

   By Alessio Pacces

   Series: Routledge Research in Corporate Law

   The standard approach to the legal foundations of corporate governance is based on the view that corporate law promotes separation of ownership and control by protecting non-controlling shareholders from expropriation. This book takes a broader perspective by showing that investor protection is a...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
4. Case Studies in Public Governance

   Building Institutions in Singapore

   Edited by June Gwee

   The case study, whether a simple scenario about choices in decision-making or a multi-dimensional narrative of conflicts and dilemmas, is a rich source of knowledge, ideas, and insights. Using case studies as a method to document and learn the experiences of nations and their institutions reveal...

   Published December 3rd 2012 by Routledge
5. Progressive Corporate Governance for the 21st Century

   By Lorraine Talbot

   Series: Routledge Research in Corporate Law

   Progressive Corporate Governance for the 21st Century is a wide ranging and ambitious study of why corporate governance is the shape that it is, and how it can be better. The book sets out the emergence of shareholder primacy orientated corporate governance using a study of historical developments...

   Published September 9th 2012 by Routledge
6. 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 July 10th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Enlightened Shareholder Value Principle and Corporate Governance

   By Andrew Keay

   Series: Routledge Research in Corporate Law

   The enlightened shareholder value principle (ESV) was formulated during the comprehensive review of UK company law by the Company Law Steering Group in the late 1990s and early 2000’s and requires directors of companies to act in the collective best interests of shareholders. The principle was...

   Published July 4th 2012 by Routledge
8. 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
9. 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
10. Case Studies in Public Governance

    Building Institutions in Singapore

    Edited by June Gwee

    The case study, whether a simple scenario about choices in decision-making or a multi-dimensional narrative of conflicts and dilemmas, is a rich source of knowledge, ideas, and insights. Using case studies as a method to document and learn the experiences of nations and their institutions reveal...

    Published February 29th 2012 by Routledge