Corporate Governance

Marc Goergen is Professor of Finance at Cardiff Business School, a Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute and a former member of the ICAEW Corporate Governance Committee. He has published widely in academic journals on corporate governance, finance and human resource management, including the Journal of Finance, the British Journal of Management, Industrial Relations Journal and the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. He is also the author of three research monographs on corporate governance.

• Part I – Introduction to Corporate Governance1.Defining corporate governance and key theoretical models2.Corporate control across the world3.Control versus ownership rightsPart II – Macro Corporate Governance4.Taxonomies of corporate governance systems5.Corporate governance, types of financial systems and economic growth6.Corporate governance regulation in an international contextPart III – Improving Corporate Governance7.Boards of directors8.Incentivising managers and the disciplining of badly performing managers9.Corporate governance in emerging markets10.Contractual corporate governance11.Corporate governance in initial public offerings12.Behavioural biases and corporate governancePart IV – Corporate Governance and Stakeholders13.Corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment 14.Debtholders15.Employee rights and voice across corporate governance systems16.The role of gatekeepers in corporate governancePart V – Conclusions 17.Learning from diversity and future challenges for corporate governancePart VI – Glossary