Corporate governance : an economic and financial analysis / edited by Kevin Keasey, Steve Thompson and Mike Wright. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997. - 300p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: the corporate governance problem : competing diagnoses and solutions / Kevin Keasey, Steve Thompson, and Mike Wright -- Institutional shareholders and corporate governance in the United Kingdom / Helen Short and Kevin Keasey -- Wearing two hats: the conflicting control and management roles of non-executive directors / Mahmoud Ezzamel and Robert Watson -- Executive reward and corporate governance / Alistair Bruce and Trevor Buck -- Institutional arrangements for setting directors\' compensation in UK companies / Martin J. Conyon -- Governance by exit: an analysis of the market for corporate control / Pauline O\'Sullivan -- Venture capitalists, buy-outs and corporate governance / Mike Wright, Steve Thompson, and Ken Robbie -- Market (United States) versus managed (Japanese) governance / Hicheon Kim and Robert E. Hoskisson -- Cross-border governance in multinational enterprises / Peter J. Buckley -- Corporate governance in Central and Eastern Europe / Mike Wright, Igor Filatotchev, and Trevor Buck -- Governance in Germany: the foundations of corporate structure? / Thomas Clarke and Richard Bostock -- Corporate governance in the privatized utilities: the case of the water industry / Stuart Ogden -- Corporate governance in the public sector: the case of the NHS / Lynn Ashburner.

Topics covered include the role of institutional investors, the corporate board, the market for corporate control, management buy-outs and venture capital, regulation and auditing, and governance in the public sector.

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Corporations--Finance--Cross-cultural studies
Corporate governance--Cross-cultural studies
Corporations--Finance
Industrial management.
Industry.
Industry & industrial studies
International economics
Europe
United States of America, USA
Corporate finance
Business & Management

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