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Author : Neville John Owen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975067802
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (678 download)
Download or read book The Failure of HIH Insurance: A corporate collapse and its lessons written by Neville John Owen and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julie Garland McLellan
Publisher : AICD
ISBN 13 : 9781876604615
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)
Download or read book All Above Board written by Julie Garland McLellan and published by AICD. This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean Jacques du Plessis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009287389
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance written by Jean Jacques du Plessis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-30 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fifth edition, Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance offers a comprehensive introduction to the rules and regulations of corporate governance systems. It takes an inclusive stakeholder approach to examine how companies apply corporate governance principles in the private sector.
Author : Kym Maree Sheehan
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857938339
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book The Regulation of Executive Compensation written by Kym Maree Sheehan and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ïBased on extensive interviews with those directly involved in the executive pay setting process _ executives themselves, remuneration committee members, remuneration consultants, and institutional investors _ this excellent study finally explains how, despite repeated regulation over the past twenty years in both the UK and Australia, limits on the amount executives get paid, and a clear relationship between pay and performance remain as elusive as ever. Dr. SheehanÍs study suggests that by targeting the pay setting process rather than pay itself, regulation may have contributed, albeit unintentionally, to the endless upward ratcheting of absolute levels of executive pay.Í _ John Roberts, University of Sydney, Australia ïFor those that believe executive remuneration in the UK and Australia is too high and poorly aligned with company performance, this book provides an excellent analytical framework and strong arguments in favor of greater shareholder oversight of remuneration practices and pay levels. It is well-written, carefully argued and persuasive in its treatment of the subject. I wholeheartedly recommend it.Í _ Randall S. Thomas, Vanderbilt University Law School, US In this timely book, Kym Sheehan examines the regulatory technique known as ïsay on payÍ _ where shareholders vote on executive compensation in an annual, advisory vote on the remuneration report. Using the model of the regulated remuneration cycle, and drawing upon evidence of its operation from interviews, voting data and remuneration reports from UK and Australian companies, the book demonstrates whether say on pay can operate successfully to both constrain executive greed and ensure accountability exists for company performance and decision-making. The Regulation of Executive Compensation is essential reading for corporate governance academics, remuneration consultants, company directors, regulators, pension and superannuation fund trustees and unions. Politicians and their policy advisers, lawyers, accountants and anyone concerned about the corporate governance of listed companies will find much to interest them in this detailed study.
Author : Thomas Clarke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317610555
Total Pages : 733 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book International Corporate Governance written by Thomas Clarke and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-03 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Thomas Clarke’s popular International Corporate Governance offers a comprehensive guide to understanding corporate governance as a discipline, while incorporating new case studies and material that takes account of the implications of the global financial crisis and the continuing sustainability crisis.
Author : Andrew R. Keay
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857933124
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book The Corporate Objective written by Andrew R. Keay and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is legal scholarship of the finest kind, concerned with an issue of supreme political, economic and social importance. Professor Keay takes the debate on the object of the modern public corporation by the scruff of its neck and skilfully navigates between the Scylla and Charybdis of the shareholder/stakeholder debate. This book, characterised by admirable analytical clarity and a huge amount of research, faithfully summarises the debate hitherto, and propels us to the next stage with a powerful argument, which challenges, effectively, both the stakeholder and shareholder theories.' – Harry Rajak, University of Sussex School of Law, UK The Corporate Objective addresses a question that has been subject to much debate: what should be the objective of public corporations? It examines the two dominant theories that address this issue, the shareholder primacy and stakeholder theories, and finds that both have serious shortcomings. The book goes on to develop a new theory, called the Entity Maximisation and Sustainability Model. Under this model, directors are to endeavour to increase the overall long-run market value of the corporation as an entity. At the same time as maximising wealth, directors have to ensure that the corporation survives and is able to stay afloat and pursue the development of the corporation's position. Andrew Keay seeks to explain and justify the model and discusses how the model is enforced, how investors fit into the model, how directors are to act and how profits are to be allocated. Analysing in depth the existing theories which seek to explain the corporate objective, this book will appeal to academics in corporate law and corporate governance as well as law, finance, business ethics, organisational behaviour, management, economics, accounting and sociology. Postgraduate students in corporate law and corporate governance, directors, and government regulators will also find much to interest them in this study.
Author : Gareth Jude
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398600938
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (986 download)
Download or read book Retail Innovation Reframed written by Gareth Jude and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retail is defined by disruption; companies either adapt or are replaced by those that will. More so than ever learning how to reframe your business, apply change and stay innovative is key to continued success and survival. Innovation is hard for any organization, even more so for retailers where executing retail basics can often be seen as enough. But the difference between success and failure is increasingly becoming the ability to reframe your approach to innovation and use it to win the competitive edge, as Retail Innovation Reframed explains. Changing your business operations to solve customers' biggest challenges is how established household names and emerging businesses now thrive. Featuring case studies including Walmart, Warby Parker, Starbucks and Amazon, Retail Innovation Reframed demonstrates how to weave innovation into the operating fabric your company to remain ahead of the curve. Start your journey to innovation and learn how to use change to succeed. Online resources include templates for testing and analyzing new innovations.
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1848881061
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)
Download or read book The Real and the Reflected: Heroes and Villains in Existent and Imagined Worlds written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Real and the Reflected: Heroes and Villains in Existent and Imagined Worlds, unpacks many of the issues that surround heroes and villains. It explores the shadows that fall between the traditional black and white definitions of good and evil.
Author : Stephen Bell
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674425618
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Masters of the Universe, Slaves of the Market written by Stephen Bell and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of the financial crisis of 2008–2009 compares banking systems in the United States and the United Kingdom to those of Canada and Australia and explains why the system imploded in the former but not the latter. Central to this analysis are differences in bankers’ beliefs and incentives in different banking markets. A boom mentality and fear of being left behind by competitors drove many U.S. and British bank executives to take extraordinary risks in creating new financial products. Intense market competition, poorly understood trading instruments, and escalating system complexity both drove and misled bankers. Formerly illiquid assets such as mortgages and other forms of debt were repackaged into complex securities, including collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). These were then traded on an industrial scale, and in 2007 and 2008, when their value collapsed, economic activity fell into a deep freeze. The financial crisis threatened not just investment banks and their insurers but also individual homeowners and workers at every level. In contrast, because banks in Canada and Australia could make good profits through traditional lending practices, they did not confront the same pressures to reinvent themselves as did banks in the United States and the United Kingdom, thus allowing them to avoid the fate of their overseas counterparts. Stephen Bell and Andrew Hindmoor argue that trading and systemic risk in the banking system need to be reined in. However, prospects for this are not promising given the commitment of governments in the crisis-hit economies to protect the “international competitiveness” of the London and New York financial markets.
Author : Hunter, M. Gordon
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1605661392
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Information Management and the Global Landscape written by Hunter, M. Gordon and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the many issues surrounding living and working in a global environment. Relates how necessary it is for companies to conduct business while taking a global perspective to their operations.
Author : Ellie (Larelle) Chapple
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1394184581
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (941 download)
Download or read book Company Law, Print and Interactive E-Text written by Ellie (Larelle) Chapple and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-09-15 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning text is written specifically for accounting students. It is concise and to the point, covering the core topics a student needs to learn in a typical company law unit. With an expansive range of digital resources within the interactive eText, students will be guided through the real-life application of what they are learning, using media such as practitioner interview videos, animated work problems and questions with immediate feedback.
Author : Ellie (Larelle) Chapple
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0730369331
Total Pages : 621 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Company Law: An Interactive Approach, 2nd Edition written by Ellie (Larelle) Chapple and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapple’s award winning Company Law textbook is written for business or commerce students studying an accounting major. This updated second edition presents company law in an applied context rather than the doctrinal context many major legal publishers use. It is concise and to the point, covering the core concepts in a typical company law unit without any extraneous topics. The Company Law interactive e-text features a range of instructional media content designed to provide students with an engaging learning experience. This includes practitioner videos from Clayton Utz, animated work problems and questions with immediate feedback. Chapple’s unique resource can also form the basis of a blended learning solution for lecturers.
Author : Daniel Meidl
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668194912
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (681 download)
Download or read book Corporate Governance and Corporate Control. The Market for Corporate Control in Australia written by Daniel Meidl and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,7, Munich Business School University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: Particularly in the last decades the awareness of companies themselves and the public for good corporate governance increased dramatically. “Corporate governance is set to be the primary focus for the 21st” century. Most of the advanced economies have released new corporate governance rules and codes or company laws, especially as a result of the financial crisis in 2007 and the breakdown of several big companies worldwide. In Australia attention to corporate governance has grown after the „major corporate collapses and scandals of 2001 and 2002“, which included „five publicly traded (...) companies (...) [such as the] telecom company (One.Tel)“. One.Tel ran out of money and collapsed in 2001. The company could not be revived, all assets were sold and the workers laid off. It has once been the fourth largest telecom company in Australia. The collapse of the Australian company is „associated with serious deficiencies in its corporate governance, including weaknesses in internal control, (...) management communication with the board, and poor executive pay-to-performance link.“ In the first part, this paper will provide you with background information on the terms corporate governance and corporate control. The second part outlines corporate control in Australia by elaborating on the market for corporate control, monitoring by shareholders, monitoring by non-executives and renumeration.
Author : Reid Mortensen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136937404
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)
Download or read book Alternative Perspectives on Lawyers and Legal Ethics written by Reid Mortensen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of legal ethics and the legal profession has emerged as a distinct and important field of scholarship over the last 30 years. However, as in other disciplines, academic recognition can in turn entrench static and powerful meta-theories and narratives about professional ethos and practise, this collection seeks to disrupt this homogenising impulse and to present alternative voices by bringing together a range of international scholars writing about legal ethics and the legal profession. The book features significant and timely contributions which take contemporary and non-mainstream perspectives on the current and future shape of the legal profession. The essays not only describe the rapidly changing profession but canvas different approaches to scholarship on the legal profession. The collection seeks to explore a diverse and contextualised profession from a number of angles. Authors examine how the public sees lawyers and how lawyers see their own profession; how we practise law and how this practice shapes lawyers; how such cultural and professional practice intersects with institutional structures of the law to create certain legal outcomes; and how we regulate the legal profession to modify or institute ethical practice. The volume provides insights into legal culture and ethics from the perspective of authors from Australia, Canada, England, the United States, New Zealand and Kenya – a diversity of national perspectives that give valuable insights into developments in the profession at the local and global level. It also illustrates diversity within the profession by tracing differing professional career trajectories based on raced or gendered barriers, alternative ethical strategies and the impact of organisational cultures in which lawyers practice.
Author : Andrew Keay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317910699
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Board Accountability in Corporate Governance written by Andrew Keay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within corporate governance the accountability of the board of directors is identified as a major issue by governments, international bodies, professional associations and academic literature. Boards are given significant power in companies, and as a consequence it is argued that they should be accountable for their actions. Drawing on political science, public administration, accounting, and ethics literature, this book examines the concept of accountability and its meaning in the corporate governance context. It examines the rationale for making boards accountable, and outlines the obstacles and drawbacks involved in providing for accountability. The book goes on to examine how current mechanisms for ensuring accountability are assessed in terms of fairness, justice, transparency, practicality, effectiveness and efficiency, before discussing the ways that accountability might be improved. Andrew Keay argues that enhanced accountability can provide better corporate governance, helping to reduce the frequency and severity of financial crises, and improve confidence in company practice. As an in depth study of a key element within the exercise of authority and management in corporate entities, this book will be of great use and interest to researchers and students of corporate governance, business and management, and corporate social responsibility.
Author : Fiona Haines
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857933159
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book The Paradox of Regulation written by Fiona Haines and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paradox of Regulation is a tour de force of regulatory scholarship that successfully contextualizes the regulatory project as an effort to reduce multiple forms of risk. Three case studies of regulatory reforms, fascinating in their own right, when read together forcefully demonstrate why context matters to the actuarial assessments, political realities, and possibilities for insuring safety, security and integrity. Haines, penetrating analysis presents no simple answers to what works and why. The Paradox of Regulation nimbly demonstrates that the strengths and limits of a particular regulatory reform must be understood as a complicated response to a dynamic constellation of actuarial, political, and socio-cultural risks.,- Nancy Reichman, University of Denver, US , This new book by Fiona Haines is an elegant but sophisticated analysis of the three risks (technical, social and political) that regulation must address if it is to be effective. This analysis is original and fresh bringing together critiques of risk based regulation with empirical literature on compliance and effectiveness evaluation. This is exactly the sort of book we need more of to develop and deepen empirical and theoretical research in regulatory scholarship: - it helpfully melds together different literatures and theoretical approaches with her own empirical work on regulatory reforms to build a multi-layered theoretical analysis that really pushes forward our understanding of regulation, why it happens and how it fails and succeeds., - Christine Parker, Monash University, Australia ,This is an insightful and nuanced analysis of the strengths and limitations of regulation. Through a close grained analysis of three recent disasters, Haines demonstrates that regulation is not just a technical but also a political and a social project and how a failure to recognise its multiple dimensions can lead to regulatory failure. This book is a major contribution that enriches our understanding of the challenges of risk management and of how best to address them.'- Neil Gunningham, Australian National University, Canberra , Fiona Haines shows us that regulatory policy is complex and paradoxical in ways that should require us to attend to the substance and the politics of specific regulatory regimes. This book is a major contribution to the reconceptualisation of risk and regulation. It is a perceptive treatment of the role of crisis by one of the best scholars of regulation we have., - John Braithwaite, Australian National University, Canberra
Author : Nigel Feetham
Publisher : Spiramus Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1907444467
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (74 download)
Download or read book A Guide to Insurance written by Nigel Feetham and published by Spiramus Press Ltd. This book was released on 2012 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Insurance examines the practice of insurance law as an issue of governance. The author applies a practical approach to insurance regulatory law (both domestic and international) and provides a guide to current trends, markets and policy choices facing governments and regulators. The book covers the way captives as well as open market insurers are regulated, how they operate and what the potential issues are.
