The insider's view on corporate governance : the role of the company secretary
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The insider's view on corporate governance : the role of the company secretary
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
- : hardback
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An up-to-date look at the latest thinking on Corporate Governance, capturing the wealth of experience of some 60 company secretaries in the world's top companies, whose job it is to make corporate governance work. A must for anyone who has ever had to make tough decisions on their board and wondered how their peers might have done it.
Table of Contents
1 The Evolution of Modern Corporate Governance. 1.1 The corporate governance earthquake and where we stand today. 1.2 The role of the company secretary. 1.3 Overview of recent research and literature. 1.4 Roadmap through this book. 2 Study design. 2.1 Scope and framework. 2.2 Method. 2.3 Samples. 3 Descriptive evidence. 3.1 Drivers for corporate governance. 3.2 Organization of the board. 3.3 The company secretary. 3.4 A look at recent developments. 4 Analyzing causal effects. 4.1 Which factors determine how the company secretary views his/her setting? 4.2 Which factors shape the secretary's tasks and responsibilities? 4.3 Which factors influence corporate governance performance? 5 Conclusion: Making sense out of diversity - where are we heading? 5.1 Future dynamics of the corporate governance officer. 5.2 Where shall we go? What has to be done?
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