Corporate category: 1876 books
Auditor Independence
Auditing, Corporate Governance and Market Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
In Auditor Independence, Ismail Adelopo argues that the importance of auditors' independence cannot be over-emphasised. Not only do auditors provide certification of the truth and fairness of the information prepared by managers, they also have a duty to express opinions on the degree of compliance...
Selling Hope, Selling Risk
Corporations, Wall Street, and the Dilemmas of Investor Protection
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
In the midst of globalization, technological change, and economic anxiety, we have deep doubts about how well the task of investor protection is being performed. In the U.S., the focus is on the Securities & Exchange Commission. Part of the explanation is economic and political: the failure to...
Global Perspectives on Frameworks for Integrated Reporting
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Organizations rely on annual reports to communicate their value and create a sense of corporate community. Assessment of these communications is integral in determining the amount of relevant information disclosed. Global Perspectives on Frameworks for Integrated Reporting: Emerging Research and Opportunities...
by Kevin Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
If you work in business, the chances are you have fallen under the poisonous spell of business bullsh*t and jargon. Very few of us seem able to avoid 'reaching out', or 'walk the talk', or 'shifting paradigms' or 'think outside the box'. No longer solely the province of management consultants, investors...
by Pat Choate
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2008
From one of the most respected and vigorous economic thinkers in Washington, a wake-up call about the perils of unfettered globalization. In this impassioned, prescient book, Pat Choate shows us that while increased worldwide economic integration has some benefits for our fiscal efficiency, it also...
Corporate and Social Transformation of Money and Banking
Breaking the Serfdom
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
As the real economy is increasingly digitalized, banking lags behind. It is thus not well placed to support the new economy. The book provides some perspective on the changes taking place, identifying the systemic weaknesses in the traditional financial infrastructure, and proposing some radical rethinking to address systemic financial instability.
The Inside Counsel Revolution
Resolving the Partner-Guardian Tension
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
In the past 25 years, there has been a revolution in the legal profession. General Counsel and other inside lawyers have risen in quality, responsibility, power and status. Once second class citizens in corporations and the legal profession, they have become core members of top corporate management,...
The Anatomy of Fraud and Corruption
Organizational Causes and Remedies
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
This ground-breaking book explores what happens when the fine line between competitive excellence and fraudulent and corrupt practice is crossed. Whilst most fraud literature focuses on the individual perpetrator, The Anatomy of Fraud and Corruption looks at how organizations as a whole and the people...
by Olivier Coispeau, Stéphane Luo
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
Mergers & Acquisitions and Partnerships in China provides a fast and accessible framework to external growth in China, and is an attempt to accurately describe the main operative conditions and in particular the most common pitfalls for foreign businessmen. The business cases in this book illustrate...
Harboring Data
Information Security, Law, and the Corporation
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
As identity theft and corporate data vulnerability continue to escalate, corporations must protect both the valuable consumer data they collect and their own intangible assets. Both Congress and the states have passed laws to improve practices, but the rate of data loss persists unabated and companies...
Outsourcing the Board
How Board Service Providers Can Improve Corporate Governance
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
In this groundbreaking work, Stephen M. Bainbridge and M. Todd Henderson change the conversation about corporate governance by examining the origins, roles, and performance of boards with a simple question in mind: why does the law require governance to be delivered through individual board members?...
Financialization and Strategy
Narrative and Numbers
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Considering the recent impact of the capital market on corporate strategy, this text analyzes, through argument and supportive case studies, how pressures from the capital bull market of the 1990s and bear market of the early 2000s, have reshaped management action and calculation in large, publicly...
by Daniela Pîrvu
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Corporate Strategies in Recession and Recovery (Routledge Revivals)
Social Structure and Strategic Choice
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
First published in 1989, this book is based on detailed comparative case studies of eight firms’ responses to the recession of the early 1980s, the worst crisis for British manufacturing in the post-war period. Following these companies’ progress from 1979 to 1985, Whittington examines the various...