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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783647603321

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

1-134-29949-4

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

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