TY - BOOK AU - Keasey,Kevin AU - Thompson,Steve AU - Wright,Mike TI - Corporate governance: accountability, enterprise, and international comparisons SN - 0470870303 (Cloth : alk. paper) AV - HD2741 .C77472 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, England, Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley KW - Corporate governance KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Corporations KW - Finance N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction; Kevin Keasey, Steve Thompson and Mike Wright --; 2; The development of corporate governance codes in the UK; Kevin Keasey, Helen Short and Mike Wright --; 3; Financial structure and corporate governance; Robert Watson and Mahmoud Ezzamel --; 4; Institutional shareholders and corporate governance in the UK; Helen Short and Kevin Keasey --; 5; Boards of directors and the role of non-executive directors in the governance of corporations; Mahmoud Ezzamel and Robert Watson --; 6; Executive pay and UK corporate governance; Alistair Bruce and Trevor Buck --; 7; Compensation committees and executive compensation : evidence from publicly traded UK firms; Rocio Bonet and Martin J. Conyon --; 8; The governance role of takeovers; Noel O'Sullivan and Pauline Wong --; 9; Governance and strategic leadership in entrepreneurial firms; Catherine M. Dalton, Patricia P. McDougall, Jeffrey G. Covin and Dan R. Dalton --; 10; Corporate governance : the role of venture capitalists and buy-outs; Mike Wright, Steve Thompson and Andrew Burrows --; 11; Explaining western securities markets; Mark J. Roe --; 12; International corporate governance; Diane K. Denis and John J. McConnell --; 13; Corporate governance in Germany; Marc Goergen, Miguel C. Manjon and Luc Renneboog --; 14; Network opportunities and constraints in Japan's banking industry : a social exchange perspective on governance; William P. Wan, Robert E. Hoskisson, Hicheon Kim and Daphne Yiu --; 15; Analysing change in corporate governance : the example of France; Mary O'Sullivan --; 16; Ownership and control of Chinese public corporations : a state-dominated corporate governance system; Guy S. Liu and Pei Sun --; 17; Corporate governance in transition economies; Mike Wright, Trevor Buck and Igor Filatotchev ER -