Research handbook on corporate board decision-making / edited by Oliver Marnet, Associate Professor of Accounting, Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Marnet, Oliver, editor.

Series:

Research Handbooks in Business and Management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate governance.

Decision making.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2022]

Summary:

With a state-of-the-art perspective on corporate board decision-making that encourages thinking outside the box, this cutting-edge Research Handbook provides fresh insights on the meaning, value, contribution, quality and purpose of the decision-making of those charged with corporate governance.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Tables

Contributors

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Corporate Board Decision-Making

PART I Board decision-making: by whom, and who for?

2. Institutions and corporate decision-making

3. Board composition and decision-making: who makes the decisions?

4. Liminality, purpose, and psychological ownership: board decision practices as a route to stewardship

5. Beyond the listed company: meaningful, appropriate and relevant governance in SMEs

PART II Governance best practice

6. Non-executive directors' behaviour and activities, and firm performance

7. Driving higher enterprise value through good governance

8. Knowledge, experience and measurement for stakeholder decision-making: a historical case study

9. Human capital resources accounting and firm value creation: a governance and board decision-making perspective

PART III Board decision-making in practice

10. A device to attract the money? Or an invitation to partnership?

11. How green is strategic decision-making in a 'green company'?

12. Corporate social responsibility and how the corporate sector should behave: a case study of New Zealand

13. Do corporate governance codes matter in Africa?

PART IV Board decision-making in extreme situations

14. Nonexecutive director influence on informational asymmetries in offshore financial centres

15. The impact of the audit committee and internal audit function on board decision-making during an extreme financial crisis

16. Cycles of corporate fraud: a behavioural economics approach

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Marnet, Oliver Research Handbook on Corporate Board Decision-Making

ISBN:

9781800377189