Synopses & Reviews
Corporate governance has changed and developed a good deal in recent years. Thomas Clarke's International Corporate Governance offers a comprehensive guide to understanding corporate governance as a discipline, and does so with a style and panache that can be lacking in many competitor texts.
While the popular structure has been retained, significant changes have been made to take account of the implications of the global financial crisis, the relevance of the post-GFC new regulatory order and corporate governance in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South America, and Africa. In this cutting edge new edition, Clarke extends an already excellent range of case studies to include Lehman Brothers, AIG, Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS, as well as updating classic case studies in light of recent events. New textbook features include student questions to assist with assessments, as well as a new and impressive companion website.
Already a popular textbook, this new edition of International Corporate Governance will prove essential reading for all students of corporate governance, whether advanced undergraduate, masters or executive.
Synopsis
Thomas Clarke's International Corporate Governance offers a comprehensive guide to corporate governance forms and systems, and examines the recurring crises in corporate governance, alongside corporate governance reform around the world.
While the popular structure of the original text has been retained, significant changes have been made to take account of the global financial crisis, ever-changing governance regulations and worldwide developments. Key topics include:
- The governance failures of international corporations such as Enron and Lehman Brothers
- The role of international corporate governance standards
- Diversity in corporate and institutional forms across the world
- Digital disruption in capital markets and proposals for rebuilding commitment to long-term investing
- The impact of financialization and corporate governance practices on inequality
- The links between corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and sustainability
This textbook contains a wealth of pedagogical material to guide the reader through this complex subject, including student questions to help with assessments, and a new companion website. There are also thirteen case studies which scrutinize the governance failures seen at UBS, BP, Volkswagen and many other international corporations.
International Corporate Governance will be an essential text for anybody studying corporate governance at advanced undergraduate, masters or executive level.