The decade since the publication of the Cadbury Report in1992 has seen growing interest in corporate governance. This growth has recently become an explosion with major corporate scandals such as Worldcom and Enron in the US, the international diffusion of corporate governance codes and wider interest in researching corporate governance in different institutional contexts and through different subject lenses. In view of these developments, this book will be a revision of the editors earlier work, Corporate Governance: Economic, Management and Financial Issues, published by OUP in 1997. It will be a radical development of the first book, reflecting the major developments in the area, and thus will embrace material from financial, accounting, strategy and economic perspectives. Each chapter, written by an expert in the subject, will be a high-level review incorporating the latest research and policy developments.
Book Details:
- Author: Kevin Keasey
- ISBN: 9780470667729
- Year Published: 2005
- Pages: 482
- BISAC: BUS104000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Corporate Governance
About the Book and Topic:
The decade since the publication of the Cadbury Report in1992 has seen growing interest in corporate governance. This growth has recently become an explosion with major corporate scandals such as Worldcom and Enron in the US, the international diffusion of corporate governance codes and wider interest in researching corporate governance in different institutional contexts and through different subject lenses. In view of these developments, this book will be a revision of the editors earlier work, Corporate Governance: Economic, Management and Financial Issues, published by OUP in 1997. It will be a radical development of the first book, reflecting the major developments in the area, and thus will embrace material from financial, accounting, strategy and economic perspectives. Each chapter, written by an expert in the subject, will be a high-level review incorporating the latest research and policy developments.
Corporate governance and corporate control is the branch of finance that studies how decisions are taken in companies, how managers are monitored by the stock market or a large shareholder and under what circumstances control changes hands. Corporate governance has been a buzzword since the early 1990s, but has assumed much larger recognition following the scandals at Enron and Worldcom. The realization of the importance of corporate governance to organizations around the world has been reflected in an explosion of research and writing.
A fully revised and updated edition of successful 1997 OUP book Editors are top names in field, and have a team of specialist names Carefully grounded in latest academic research.
About the Author
Kevin Keasey Professor of Financial Services and the Director of the International Institute of Banking and Financial Services, Leeds University Business School, the University of Leeds. His previous senior posts include Professor of Finance and Accounting at the University of Leeds and Reader in Finance and Accounting at the University of Warwick. He has established and developed the International Institute of Banking and Financial Services with substantial sponsorship from BT, Halifax plc, Unisys and Wang Global. He is a member of the editorial boards of Accounting and Business Research, and the Journal of Regulation and Compliance. He has extensive experience as a non-executive and as a mentor to chief executives. His non-executive positions have included a hi-tech holding company, a fast growth care company, a venture capital company and a plc in the IT sector. In addition, he is a founder and executive director of Stratica Ltd – a strategy and performance management consultancy that holds contracts with a number of international blue chips; for example, General Motors, British Airways, BP, etc. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Institute of Directors. Steve Thompson Professor of Strategic Management, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. Tel +44 (0) 115 8466629 Mike Wright Professor of Financial Studies, Director of Centre for Management Buy-out Research, Co-Director of Centre for Research into Enterprise in Emerging Markets, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD.