Challenges in implementing corporate governance : whose business is it anyway? / John Zinkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zinkin, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate governance--Asia.

Corporate governance.

Corporate governance--Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Wiley, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Zinkin's new book on Challenges in Implementing Corporate Governance is a welcome addition for board members and senior management on how to improve corporate governance in the post-crisis period. John correctly identifies that most boards on underperforming companies have three elements of failure: a lack of proper understanding of the business and its strategy; a total lack of appreciation of both the strategic and systemic risks created by new product markets; and a total failure by boards to ensure that the incentive structures for top management reflect long-term needs rather

Contents:

Challenges in Implementing Corporate Governance: Whose Business is it Anyway?; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Do Western Codes of Corporate Governance Apply in Asia?; 2: What is the Business of Business?; 3: The Role of the Board; 4: The Role of Board Members; 5: Why Boards Fail and How to Avoid Failure; 6: From Good Governance to Good Results; 7: Managing Risk; 8: What We Measure and Reward; 9: Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists; Appendices; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613618504

9781119199588

1119199581

9781118222997

1118222997

9781280588679

1280588675

9781118222980

1118222989

OCLC:

784883687