There is little doubt that corporate governance has become one of the key issues for students of business and management in the 1990s. This book is the first to draw together the various strands of the debate from the economics, finance, and accounting perspectives, and from an international angle that includes discussion of the issues as they relate to governance in the UK, USA, Germany, Japan, and Eastern Europe.
List of Figures List of Tables Notes on the Contributors 1. Introduction: The Corporate Governance Problem - Competing Diagnoses and Solutions,Kevin Keasey, Steve Thompson, and Mike Wright 2. Institutional Shareholders and Corporate Governance in the United Kingdom,Helen Short and Kevin Keasey 3. Wearing Two Hats: The Conflicting Control and Management Roles of Non-Executive Directors,Mahmoud Ezzamel and Robert Watson 4. Executive Reward and Corporate Governance,Alistair Bruce and Trevor Buck 5. Institutional Arrangements for Setting Directors' Compensation in UK Companies,Martin J. Conyon 6. Governance by Exit: An Analysis of the Market for Corporate Control,Pauline O'Sullivan 7. Venture Capitalists, Buy-Outs and Corporate Governance,Mike Wright, Steve Thompson, and Ken Robbie 8. Market (United States) versus Managed (Japanese) Governance,Hicheon Kim and Robert E. Hoskisson 9. Cross-Border Governance in Multinational Enterprises,Peter J. Buckley 10. Corporate Governance in Central and Eastern Europe,Mike Wright, Igor Filatotchev, and Trevor Buck 11. Governance in Germany: The Foundations of Corporate Structure?,Thomas Clarke and Richard Bostock 12. Corporate Governance in the Privatized Utilities: The Case of the Water Industry,Stuart Ogden 13. Corporate Governance in the Public Sector: The Case of the NHS,Lynn Ashburner Index