Corporate Governance: Mechanisms and Systems

PART I. INTRODUCTION
1. What is Corporate Governance?
2. Theories of Corporate Governance
3. The Mechanisms of Governance: An Introduction
4. International Corporate Governance

PART II. MECHANISMS
5. Informal Governance
6. Corporate Social Responsibility
7. Corporate Ownership
8. Board Theories and Board Structure
9. Board Behavior
10. Executive Compensation

PART III. INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS
11. Corporate Governance in the United States and the United Kingdom
12. Corporate Ownership: Institutional investors and activist shareholders
13. Germany and Bank Governance
14. Japanese Corporate Governance
15. Corporate Governance in China
16. Stakeholder Governance in Scandinavia
17. Family Business with examples from Asia

PART IV. PRACTICE
18. Corporate Governance in Practice

This exciting new text provides a complete introduction to Corporate Governance. It deals with the control and direction of companies by boards, owners and company law, and also looks at the mechanisms of governance and thedifferent governance systems around the world.

Part 1: is a non-technical overview of the relevant theories, governance mechanisms and the country models.Part 2: looks at some of the most important governance mechanisms in detail.Part 3: studies individual international corporate governance systems.Part 4: wraps up with a discussion on governance practices.