Corporate Governance In Asia A Comparative Perspective

Poor corporate governance was identified as one of the root causes of the recent Asian financial crisis. The absence of effective disciplines on corporate managers, coupled with complicated and opaque relationships between corporations, their owners ...

Of the meeting -- Introduction / by Joanna R. Shelton -- Corporate governance patterns in OECD economies: is convergence under way? / by Stilpon Nestor and John K. Thompson -- Latest directions in corporate governance / by Ian T. Dunlop -- The legal and institutional preconditions for strong stock markets: the nontriviality of securities law / by Bernard Black -- Comparative corporate governance trends in Asia / by Il Chong Nam, Yeongjae Kang, Joon-Kyung Kim -- Corporate governance in Japan / by Takahiro Yasui -- Disclosure and corporate governance: a Japanese perspective / by Hideki Kanda -- Corporate governance in Korea / by Il Chong Nam et al. -- Corporate restructuring in Thailand and Korea / by William P. Mako -- Chaebol reform: the missing agenda in corporate governance / by Yoon Youngmo -- Corporate governance in the special administrative region of Hong Kong / The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, China -- Corporate governance in India / by Pratip Kar -- Corporate governance and restructuring in Malaysia: a review of markets, mechanisms, agents and the legal infrastructure / by R. Thillainathan -- Corporate governance environment and policy: their impact on corporate performance and finance in the Philippines / by Cesar G. Saldana -- Corporate governance in Singapore: current practice and future developments / by Mak Yuen Teen and Phillip H. Phan -- Corporate governance: the challenge facing the Thai economy / by Deunden Nikomboriak and Somkiat Tangkitvanich -- Corporate governance in Chinese Taipei / by Chen-En Ko et al.

Provides a comparative overview of corporate governance frameworks and practices in major Asian countries.

This research handbook provides a state-of-the-art perspective on how corporate governance differs between countries around the world. It covers highly topical issues including corporate purpose, corporate social responsibility and shareholder activism.

Comparative Corporate Governance considers the effects of globalization on corporate governance issues and highlights how, despite these widespread consequences, predictions of legal convergence have not come true. By adopting a comparative legal approach, this book explores the disparity between convergence attempts and the persistence of local models of governance in the US, Europe and Asia.

Comprehensive and up-to-date, this important textbook analyzes the escalating crisis in corporate governance and the growing interest in its reform across the globe. Written by a leading name in the field of corporate governance from a genuinely international perspective, this excellent textbook provides a balanced analysis of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Anglo-Saxon, European and Asian traditions of corporate governance; offering a prognosis of the future development, complexity and diversity of corporate governance forms and systems. It: investigates the reasons for the failure of Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Parmalat and other major international corporations examines the role of international standards of corporate governance, with the intervention of the OECD, World Bank and IMF explores the continuing cultural diversity in corporate and institutional forms in the United States and UK, Europe and Asia Pacific. Illustrated with a wealth of up-to-the minute case studies and packed full of excellent illustrative material that guides student readers through this complex subject, International Corporate Governance is a must read for anyone studying corporate governance today.

The business corporation is one of the greatest organizational inventions, but it creates risks both for shareholders and for third parties. To mitigate these risks, legislators, judges, and corporate lawyers have tried to learn from foreign experiences and adapt their regulatory regimes to them. In the last three decades, this approach has led to a stream of corporate and capital market law reforms unseen before. Corporate governance, the system by which companies are directed and controlled, is today a key topic for legislation, practice, and academia all over the world. Corporate scandals and financial crises have repeatedly highlighted the need to better understand the economic, social, political, and legal determinants of corporate governance in individual countries. Comparative Corporate Governance furthers this goal by bringing together current scholarship in law and economics with the expertise of local corporate governance specialists from twenty-three countries.