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Governance and risk : an analytical handbook for investors, managers, directors, and stakeholders / edited by George S. Dallas.

By: Dallas, George S.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2004Description: xxvi, 598 p. cm.ISBN: 0071429549; 9780071429542.Other title: Analytical handbook for investors, managers, directors, and stakeholders.Subject(s): Corporate governance | Risk management | Business and Management | Business & Management | Corporate finance | Industry & industrial studies | Investment & securitiesDDC classification: 658.4 GOV Summary: This is an analytical handbook for investors, stakeholders, and other analysts wishing to achieve a better practical understanding of key corporate governance issues in individual companies. It also can be used by company managers and directors as a basis for self-assessment.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An authoritative global framework for understanding and benchmarking risks related to a company's governance policies and practices

Effective corporate governance has long been viewed as essential for healthy capital markets. Careless and corrupt governance practices, however, have thrust the governance debate from the shadows to the forefront, and corporate governance can now be recognized as a stand-alone risk factor. Many market participants now question whether true self-governance is possible or even realistic in today's era of razor-thin profit margins and bloated executive paychecks.

The Standard & Poor's Handbook of Governance & Risk provides a solid conceptual grounding on the principal themes of governance in today's global corporate arena. Straightforward and authoritative, with compelling insights into today's key micro (internal) and macro (external) corporate governance issues, this all-encompassing book:

Provides a wide-ranging discussion of methodologies and criteria relating to corporate governance analysis Brings together diverse country environments in a common analytical framework Seamlessly links up-to-date conceptual and theoretical thinking about governance to practical performance issues Explores broader themes of governance--sustainable development, directors and officers insurance, behavioral aspects, and approaches to governance in managed funds and governments.

Highly publicized collapses in governance have replaced calm and complacency with vigilance and even stridence, often obscuring valuable and necessary aspects of governance that are long-overdue for discussion and review. The Standard & Poor's Handbook of Governance & Risk presents a balanced and rational approach to one of today's most emotional topics, and outlines an analytical model for both evaluating the governance practices of individual corporations and protecting yourself or your organization from the effects of incomplete, inaccurate, and potentially misguiding practices.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is an analytical handbook for investors, stakeholders, and other analysts wishing to achieve a better practical understanding of key corporate governance issues in individual companies. It also can be used by company managers and directors as a basis for self-assessment.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (p. ix)
  • Preface (p. xi)
  • Author Biographies (p. xvi)
  • Part 1 Introduction (p. 1)
  • Chapter 1 Corporate Governance as a Risk Factor (p. 2)
  • Chapter 2 Methodological Overview: Perspective of an External Analyst (p. 20)
  • Part 2 Corporate Governance: Micro Perspective (p. 39)
  • Chapter 3 Ownership Structure and External Influences (p. 41)
  • Chapter 4 Shareholder Rights and Stakeholder Relations (p. 61)
  • Chapter 5 Transparency, Disclosure, and Audit (p. 86)
  • Chapter 6 Board Structure and Effectiveness (p. 111)
  • Part 3 External Influences on Company Governance: Macro Perspective (p. 137)
  • Chapter 7 Country Influences on Individual Company Governance (p. 138)
  • Chapter 8 The Legal Environment of Corporate Governance (p. 164)
  • Chapter 9 Core Earnings (p. 187)
  • Chapter 10 Social and Environmental Reporting (p. 200)
  • Part 4 Wider Themes of Governance (p. 215)
  • Chapter 11 Sustainable Development (p. 216)
  • Chapter 12 Directors' and Officers' Insurance and Corporate Governance Risk (p. 233)
  • Chapter 13 Managed Fund Governance (p. 251)
  • Chapter 14 Public Sector Governance (p. 269)
  • Chapter 15 The Human Side of Corporate Governance (p. 280)
  • Part 5 Country Reviews (p. 297)
  • Chapter 16 Anglo-American Governance: The "Outsider" System (p. 299)
  • Chapter 16-1 United States (p. 300)
  • Chapter 16-2 United Kingdom (p. 320)
  • Chapter 16-3 Similarities and Differences in the United States and United Kingdom (p. 342)
  • Chapter 17 Continental Europe and Japan: The "Insider" System (p. 356)
  • Chapter 17-1 European Union (p. 357)
  • Chapter 17-2 France (p. 372)
  • Chapter 17-3 Germany (p. 388)
  • Chapter 17-4 Japan (p. 410)
  • Chapter 18 Emerging Markets and Transition Economies (p. 423)
  • Chapter 18-1 Brazil (p. 424)
  • Chapter 18-2 China (p. 439)
  • Chapter 18-3 India (p. 459)
  • Chapter 18-4 Korea (p. 476)
  • Chapter 18-5 Russia (p. 493)
  • Chapter 18-6 Turkey (p. 511)
  • Appendix A Case Studies (p. 526)
  • Fannie Mae (United States) (p. 528)
  • Central Telecommunication Company (Russia) (p. 555)
  • Appendix B The Evolving Role of Corporate Governance in Credit Rating Analysis (p. 580)
  • Index (p. 585)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

George S. Dallas is managing director and global practice leader of Standard & Poor's Governance Services unit