Challenges in implementing corporate governance [[electronic resource] ] : whose business is it anyway? / / John Zinkin

• Autore: Zinkin John
• Pubblicazione: Singapore, : Wiley, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.422095
• Soggetto topico: Corporate governance - Asia; Corporate governance - Pacific Area; Corporate governance
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Challenges in Implementing Corporate Governance: Whose Business is it Anyway?; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Do Western Codes of Corporate Governance Apply in Asia?; 2: What is the Business of Business?; 3: The Role of the Board; 4: The Role of Board Members; 5: Why Boards Fail and How to Avoid Failure; 6: From Good Governance to Good Results; 7: Managing Risk; 8: What We Measure and Reward; 9: Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists; Appendices; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: John Zinkin's new book on Challenges in Implementing Corporate Governance is a welcome addition for board members and senior management on how to improve corporate governance in the post-crisis period. John correctly identifies that most boards on underperforming companies have three elements of failure: a lack of proper understanding of the business and its strategy; a total lack of appreciation of both the strategic and systemic risks created by new product markets; and a total failure by boards to ensure that the incentive structures for top management reflect long-term needs rather
• Titolo autorizzato: Challenges in implementing corporate governance
• ISBN: 1-119-19958-1; 1-118-22299-7; 1-280-58867-5; 9786613618504; 1-118-22298-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910139553703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II