International Bookstore: Company - Corporate Law | Corporate Governance

Abbildung: "The Handbook of International Corporate Governance: A Definitive Guide"

Institute of Directors

Kogan Page

2. Auflage, ca. 510 Seiten

EUR 135,09

A well-established corporate governance framework should ensure that corporate boards effectively monitor managerial performance and achieve an equitable return for shareholders. This Handbook provides the latest information in terms of legal and regulatory frameworks, corporate structures and ownership, disclosure and transparency, and responsibilities of the board. ...

Abbildung: "Perspectives in Company Law and Financial Regulation"

Michel Tison

Cambridge University Press

656 Seiten

EUR 154,39

The deepening of European financial integration and the transatlantic regulatory dialogue has generated new paradigms of rule-setting in a multinational framework and reinforced the need to develop adequate instruments for co-operation between regulators. Regulators increasingly use concepts such as equivalence or mutual recognition to regulate cross-border relations.

Abbildung: "Corporate Governance as a Limited Legal Concept"

de Groot, Cornelis

Kluwer Law, NL

240 Seiten

EUR 113,50

The concept of corporate governance has come under intense public scrutiny in recent years. Business people everywhere are asking: What exactly does 'good' corporate governance entail? Which aspects of it are legally binding, and in what ways is it merely a set of expectations on how corporations should be organized ideally? Nowhere are these important questions answered more precisely - nowhere are the lines more clearly drawn - than in the insightful synthesis of statutory law, case law, and organizational theory presented in this book.

Abbildung: "Corporate Governance Handbook"

Andrew Chambers

Bloomsbury

4. Auflage, ca. 1310 Seiten

EUR 142,81

Corporate Governance Handbook offers invaluable advice on how to ensure your company functions within the required legal and ethical parameters.
This new edition has been comprehensively updated to take account of the significant changes brought in by the Companies Act 2006 with regard to responsibilities of Boards and responsibilities of directors, the revised Turnbull Guidance and amended EC Directives as well as myriad other changes. This indispensable handbook shows you how to implement developments in corporate governance using accepted best practice standards with useful precedents, checklists bullet point summaries and references to legislation/codes of practice throughout.

Abbildung: "Derivative Actions and Corporate Governance"

Reisberg, Arad

Oxford University Press, UK

368 Seiten

EUR 120,00

Derivative actions are an important aspect of the continuing debate about corporate governance in the UK, the US and many other jurisdictions worldwide. This book offers a conceptually inclusive approach to thinking about derivative actions by providing a detailed and clear overview, commentary, and a theoretical explanation of the law governing derivative actions in the corporate governance context.
Reisberg provides a fundamental reassessment of the nature and objectives of the derivative action, and conceptualizes a new nodel of the derivative action mechanism.

Abbildung: "Corporate Management, Governance, and Ethics Best Practices"

S. Rao Vallabhaneni

Wiley, J.

430 Seiten

EUR 59,90

Corporate Management, Governance, and Ethics Best Practices is an essential reference offering best practices that lead to better management and, ultimately, to good corporate governance.

Abbildung: "The Business Case for Corporate Governance"

Ken Rushton

Cambridge University Press

264 Seiten

EUR 111,16

This book goes beyond the 'what and how' of corporate governance to explore the impact and benefits of good governance for companies and their investors. The contributors are leading market practitioners, investors, academics and consultants who offer their own views based on a wealth of experience.

Abbildung: "Piercing the Corporate Veil"

van de Kerckhove

Kluwer Law, NL

EUR 203,50

This study clears up some of the mists hanging around the concept of corporate veil piercing. What exactly is corporate veil piercing and in which situations does it occur? What are the legal rules involved? Following a short overview of the applicable law in the six legal systems that are the subject of this study - those of Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States - the author proceeds with a more profound analysis from a functional comparative perspective, starting from particular situations that typically call for shareholder liability for the debts of subsidiary companies.

Abbildung: "The Language of Compliance"

A Glossary of Terms, Acronyms, and Extended Definitions

Cougias, Dorian J.

SCHASER VARTAN BOOKS

ca. 592 Seiten

EUR 23,12

The Language of Compliance is the biggest (3,000+ entries), and the best (the only glossary endorsed by the Unified Compliance Framework) resource for acronyms, terms, and extended definitions.
Authored by the internationally acclaimed and award winning authoring team of Dorian Cougias and Marcelo Halpern, this is the glossary that more IT professionals turn to than any other. It covers the terms found in HIPAA, SOX, GLB, CobiT, ISO 17799 and 27001, BCI, BSI, ISSF, and over 100 other regulatory bodies and standards agencies.

Abbildung: "A Practical Guide to Corporate Governance"

Smerdon

Sweet & Maxwell, UK

EUR 209,00

Contents:
Definition and background. The regulatory regime. The board and its structure. Directors - General principles. Directors - The non executive director. The Chairman. The Company Secretary. Board Meetings. Directors' remuneration. D&O Policies. Financial Reporting and internal control. The Auditor and the Audit Committee. The Annual Report. The AGM. Communicating with shareholders. Institutional shareholder activism. CSR. Governance in the context of listing. Pension Fund. Not for profit sector. The EU - an overview of continental governance. The USA - an overview of US Governance.