1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450317103321

Autore

Nam Sang-Woo

Titolo

Corporate governance in Asia : recent evidence from Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand / / Sang-Woo Nam and Il Chong Nam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo, Japan : , : Asian Development Bank Institute, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-29950-8

1-280-17487-0

0-203-46172-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Collana

ADBI policy papers ; ; no. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

NamIl-chʻong

Disciplina

338.6/095

Soggetti

Corporate governance - Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

October 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The background; Chapter 2 Catching up and copying; Chapter 3 The board of directors; Chapter 4 Accounting standards and procedures; Chapter 5 Corporate governance and corporate strategy; Chapter 6 Corporate transparency; Chapter 7 Codes of corporate governance; Chapter 8 The role of active shareholding in Asia; Chapter 9 Measuring corporate governance; Chapter 10 Corporate governance and company performance; Chapter 11 Policing corporate governance: compliance and enforcement

Chapter 12 The futureAppendix; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The impact of the economic downturn and the increase in financial scandals emerging from major corporations has generated a growing interest in governance issues and has emphasized the need for companies to be transparent in their dealings with shareholders and the markets. Although the issues in Asia are fundamentally similar to those in the rest of the world, there are some crucial differences in the way in which Asian corporations acknowledge and confront these issues and in the political and legal frameworks under which they operate. Using examples of good and bad governance, Roche anal



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715070403321

Autore

Pinckney Jonathan C.

Titolo

Precarity and power : reflections on women and youth in nonviolent action / / by Jonathan Pinckney and Miranda Rivers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : United States Institute of Peace, , 2021

©2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Peaceworks ; ; No. 178

Soggetti

Nonviolence

Youth - Political activity

Women - Political activity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"September 2021."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-24).