TY - BOOK AU - Keasey,K. AU - Thompson,Steve AU - Wright,Mike AU - Keasey,Kevin AU - Thompson,Steve TI - Corporate governance: an economic and financial analysis SN - 9780198289906 (hbk.) : U1 - 658.4 KEA PY - 1997/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Corporations KW - Finance KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Corporate governance KW - Industrial management KW - Industry KW - ukslc KW - Industry & industrial studies KW - thema KW - International economics KW - Europe KW - United States of America, USA KW - Corporate finance KW - Business & Management N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -