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Book SynopsisCorporate governance remains a central area of concern to business and society, and this Handbook constitutes the definitive source of academic research on this topic, synthesizing international studies from economics, strategy, international business, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, business ethics, accounting, finance, and law.
Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Regulation and Comparative Corporate Governance ; 3. The History of Corporate Governance ; 4. Capital Markets and Financial Politics: Preferences and Institutions ; 5. An International Corporate Governance Index ; 6. Boards and Governance ; 7. Process Matters: Understanding Board Behavior and Effectiveness ; 8. Board Committees ; 9. The Governance of Director Networks ; 10. Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance: What Do We "Know" and Where Are We Going? ; 11. Corporate Governance: Ownership Interests, Incentives, and Conflicts ; 12. Financial Leverage and Corporate Governance ; 13. Financial Reporting, Disclosure and Corporate Governance ; 14. Auditing and Corporate Governance ; 15. The Market for Corporate Control ; 16. The Life-cycle of Corporate Governance ; 17. Corporate Governance in High Tech Firms ; 18. Family Businesses and Corporate Governance ; 19. Corporate Governance in IPOs ; 20. Corporate Governance, Multinational Firms, and Internationalization ; 21. Corporate Governance in Business Groups ; 22. Governance in Financial Distress and Bankruptcy ; 23. Venture Capital and Corporate Governance ; 24. Private Equity, Leveraged Buyouts and Corporate Governance ; 25. Hedge Fund Activism and Corporate Governance ; 26. The Financial Role of Sovereign Wealth Funds ; 27. Corporate Governance and Nonprofits: Facing up to Hybridization and Homogenization ; 28. Corporate Governance and Labor ; 29. Corporate Governance and Principal-Principal Conflicts ; 30. Multiple Agency Theory: An Emerging Perspective ; 31. An Age of Corporate Governance Failure?: Financialization and its Limits ; 32. Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility
