Deals with the control and direction of companies by boards, owners and company law, and also looks at the mechanisms of governance and the different governance systems around the world. This title studies individual international corporate governance systems.

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