Gatekeepers : the professions and corporate governance /
John Coffee, a leading international expert on business and law, traces the evolution of the four main 'gatekeeping' professions: auditors, lawyers, securities analysts, and credit-rating agencies. Against the backdrop of 'the failure of the dogs to bark' at Enron and Worldcom, h...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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Colección: | Clarendon lectures in management studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Introduction; Part I. What Happened?; 2. The Failure of the Gatekeepers; 3. Explaining Gatekeeper Failure; 4. A Comparative Perspective; Part II. The Development of Gatekeepers; An Overview; 5. The Rise, Fall, and Redefinition of the Auditor: From Bookkeeper to Professional to Information Consultant; 6. Corporate Attorneys as Gatekeepers: The Short History of a Developing Concept; 7. Securities Analysts; 8. The Ratings Agencies; Part III. The Search for Reform; 9. What Went Wrong?; 10. What Should Work? (and How to Get There).