Corporate Governance: Mechanisms and Systems

Professor Steen Thomsen runs the MSc course in Corporate Governance at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.Martin Conyon is a Senior Fellow and Lecturer at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America.

• PART I. INTRODUCTION1. What is Corporate Governance? 2. Theories of Corporate Governance 3. The Mechanisms of Governance: An Introduction4. International Corporate Governance PART II. MECHANISMS5. Informal Governance 6. Corporate Social Responsibility 7. Corporate Ownership8. Board Theories and Board Structure 9. Board Behavior 10. Executive Compensation PART III. INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS11. Corporate Governance in the United States and the United Kingdom 12. Corporate Ownership: Institutional investors and activist shareholders13. Germany and Bank Governance 14. Japanese Corporate Governance 15. Corporate Governance in China 16. Stakeholder Governance in Scandinavia17. Family Business with examples from AsiaPART IV. PRACTICE18. Corporate Governance in Practice

1. 4/5

   A good book about corporate governance

   The text book is absolutely good to grasp a broader knowledge about the current dilemma surrounding Corporate Governance. It also provides a sound comparison between the different corporate governance systems around the world. A beginner reader in business might find it a bit difficult to grasp a thorough understanding about everything mentioned in its boards, but as he or she goes through the book ideas will be clearer. This book was my course book for Corporate Governance course at Umeå University and it helped me much in understanding the ideas and thoughts discussed by the lecturer. As an advise, I would recommend using a critical approach while skimming this book, as some of its ideas are controversial and relative rather than absolute. Also, referring to extra research papers is absolutely essential to have an eye-in-depth point of view about the topics raised.

   Nawras A

   13 februari 2014