Corporate governance after the financial crisis / edited by P.M. Vasudev, Susan Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vasudev, P. M.

Watson, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate governance.

Financial crises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham [England] ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The financial crisis of 2008 - 09 raises questions about the assumptions that underpin corporate governance. Shareholder value and private ordering may not in fact be the best means of promoting efficiency and corporate responsibility and the mechanisms used to ensure management accountability may not be effective. In this fascinating study, experts from around the world draw on the experience of the financial crisis to explore topical issues ranging from shareholder primacy and the corporate objective to the stakeholder principle, business ethics, and globalization of corporate governance pri

Contents:

pt. 1. The 'great debate'

pt. 2. Private remedy in corporate law and its limits

pt. 3. Corporate governance and globalization

pt. 4. Corporate ethics and responsibility.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-49261-9

9786613587848

0-85793-153-9

OCLC:

782880191