Title from e-book title screen (viewed October 16, 2007).
GMD: electronic resource.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The background -- Huge interest in corporate governance -- Is a definition still useful? -- The cultural and historical perspective -- Institutional prevalence -- What does the study of corporate governance entail? -- The objective of corporate governance -- What corporate governance is not -- Systems of corporate governance -- Transition economies -- How to run a corporate governance system -- Examining corporate governance models -- Family-based governance (FBS) -- Corporate governance in the West: a review of the US and UK -- Corporate governance in Asia -- The lingering effects of socialism -- Is it all good news? -- Catching up and copying -- What's meant here -- The motivation -- From there to here -- Hong Kong -- China: rapidly demystifying itself -- The newcomers -- It means something -- Effects of the process -- Problems with the process -- Plus ca change: the scandals continue -- Winners and losers -- The board of directors -- The role of the board as a whole -- Board composition -- Choosing a board -- Separation of chairman from CEO -- Access to information for directors -- Independent directors -- Directors' and officers' insurance -- Director training -- Board committees -- The nomination committee in the Asian corporation -- The remuneration committee in the Asian corporation -- Accounting standards and procedures -- The link -- Internal audit -- The audit committee -- Potential conflict with shareholders' and board of directors' roles -- Auditor communication with audit committees -- The role of auditors -- Auditor independence -- Summary of US rules -- Summary of changes from proposals -- Audit partner rotation -- Expanded disclosure: principal accountants' fees -- Global accountancy convergence -- Corporate governance and corporate strategy -- The link between governance and strategy -- Managing risk -- A spanner in the works -- Rewarding performance: the board -- Rewarding performance: the shareholders -- Related party transactions -- Corporations and politics -- Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility -- Corporate transparency -- Why disclose? -- But disclose what? -- Codes of corporate governance -- Coded objectives -- Now we are six -- All singing from the same hymn sheet -- Singapore -- China -- Work without end -- The role of active shareholding in Asia -- The role of active shareholding in corporate governance -- The basis of action -- The legal background in Asia -- Asia just doesn't have much yet -- Measuring corporate governance -- PERC evaluation of countries -- CLSA and ACGA combine forces -- Ranking companies -- Academic corroboration -- The stance of the ratings agencies -- Flaws of the measurement process -- Measuring tranparency -- From measurement to consultancy -- Corporate governance and company performance -- Behold the good news -- Why is it so? -- Mine is better than yours -- Wait a minute ... -- Policing corporate governance: compliance and enforcement -- The perennial problem -- Who is responsible? -- Identifying culprits -- Mechanisms of enforcement -- Sanctions -- The future -- Thinking about the future -- The limits to corporate governance -- Tables on corporate governance in Asia.