Governance: An International Perspective, Vol. 1 (Corporate Governance in the New Global Economy series, 6) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843768860 ISBN 13: 9781843768869

Publisher: Edward Elgar, 2005

Synopsis

Editors Denis and McConnell (both: Krannert School of Management, Purdue U.) collaborated on a survey article for the J. of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and out of that effort grew this two-book set reprinting that paper along with 35 others. Selected from sources such as the J. of Financial Economics, J. of Political Economy, and J. of Corporate Finance, among others, most have an empirical orientation. Arrangement is in sections on boards of directors, executive compensation, ownership and control, ownership change via privatization, the external control market, legal systems and corporate governance, and financial markets and economic growth. There is no subject index. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author:

Edited by Diane K. Denis, Professor of Finance and John J. McConnell, Emanuel T. Weiler Distinguished Professor of Management (Finance), Krannert School of Management, Purdue University

Review:

`. . . the papers contained in the two volumes can help accounting researchers to identify the key issues of interest in mainstream research in corporate governance.' -- Juan Manuel Garcia Lara, European Accounting Review `. . . essential reference books for anybody wishing to have a good knowledge of this research field. Excellent reading for researchers.' -- Gestion 2000 `. . . for those deeply interested in corporate governance, [this book] is likely to be considered something close to a necessity. . . few collections can match it in ambition and reach, both in its international concern and coverage of the spectrum of governance issues.' -- Manifest-i `This important collection allows topical issues of corporate governance to be seen in an international perspective, offsetting the ethnocentric Anglo-Saxon orientation of the everyday debate.' -- John Kay, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK `Denis and McConnell have compiled a collection of excellent papers on all the main issues relating to corporate governance. Executive compensation, board composition, shareholder dispersion and control, take-overs, financial structure, privatization, and comparisons of governance systems are all well covered. Researchers and teachers of corporate governance will find in this two-volume collection of papers a convenient, well-organized and very valuable source of information about the current debate.' -- Martin Ricketts, University of Buckingham, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1843768860
• ISBN 13: 9781843768869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1152
• Editor: Diane K. Denis, John J. McConnell