Corporate Governance : Promises Kept, Promises Broken /

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Even in the wake of the biggest financial crash of the postwar era, the United States continues to rely on Securities and Exchange Commission oversight and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which set tougher rules for boards, management, and public accounting firms to protect the interests of shareholders. Su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Macey, Jonathan R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Business & Economics.
Management.
Industrial Management.
Corporate governance.
LAW > Corporate.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Leadership.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate Governance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Workplace Culture.
Gouvernement d'entreprise.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Corporate governance as promise
  • The goals of corporate governance : the dominant role of equity
  • Corporate law and corporate governance
  • Institutions and mechanisms of corporate governance : a taxonomy
  • Boards of directors
  • Case studies on boards of directors in corporate governance
  • Dissident directors
  • Formal external institutions of corporate governance : the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the stock exchanges, and the credit-rating agencies
  • The market for corporate control
  • Initial public offerings and private placements
  • Governance by litigation : derivative lawsuits
  • Accounting, accounting rules, and the accounting industry
  • Quirky governance : insider trading, short selling and whistle-blowing
  • Shareholder voting
  • The role of banks and other lenders in corporate governance
  • Hedge funds and private equity.

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