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TITLE	Social Responsibility: Corporate Governance Issues
ISBN	0-7623-1025-1
URL	Hyperlink
AUTHORS	Batten, J.A.;Fetherston, T.A.
EDITION
VOLUME
PAGES	446
IMPRINT	Jai
BINDING	HC
DESCRIPTION	Hardbound. It is the goal of this work to contribute to the Corporate Governance literature, which has evolved over the last twenty-five years. Even though there is a voluminous literature on "Corporate Governance" stemming from Jensen and Meckling (1976), it is still an unfinished work and still has room for further research and elucidation. There has been extensive research interest in the allied realm of "Corporate Social Responsibility" with the outcome of this research work providing further progress and understanding. The aim of this volume is to provide further research insight on topics, which still have not reached saturation in terms of analysis and understanding. The efforts in this volume will measurably add to the body of literature and understanding in the field. This volume is structured into three parts: a Global Overview section, a section with papers focusing the performance impact of Social Responsibility Procedures and a th
PUBDATE	01-May-03
USD	105
Euro	105
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TOC	RIBF, Volume XVII. Corporate governance issues (J.A. Batten, T.A. Fetherston). Why corporate governance matters (J.A Batten, T.A. Fetherston). Globalisation, the environment and recent trends in international trade (P.M. Sgro). Corporate governance and performance measures. Board of director diversity and firm performance (D.A. Carter et al.). Indicators for social, ethical and environmental performance: Using systems analysis based social choice theory for social welfare measurement (S.M.N. Islam, M.F. Clarke). Corporate governance, market discipline and productivity growth (J. Köke). Corporate control concentration measurement and firm performance (Y. Crama et al.). The effects of corporate environmental performance and environmental capital investment on stock market valuation in Taiwan (S. Ling Lin, S. Wu). Valuation and reporting of native fauna in monetary terms: Compatibility between a market based system and natural resources? (A. Purnell, Dr. J. Raar). Beware the Ides of March: The collapse of HIH insurance (B. Buchanan et al.). Models and measurement of sustainable growth and social value (S.M.N Islam, B.D. Craven). Monitoring and incentives of executives in risky firms: A test of the association with firm performance (M. Hutchinson). Corporate reputation and investment performance: The US and UK experience (S.Y. Chung et al.). Parallel lines - how social accountability reporting is developing in New Zealand (W. Low, E. Davenport). Governance action proposals. Fostering informed and responsible management: The failure of the corruption treaties' provisions on accounting and control (P.W. Schroth). Embedding corporate social responsibility into core business: Creating an enabling environment (D. Birch). Role of civil society in trade negotiations: A case study of food safety regulations (T. Murray, M. Lassalle-de-Salins). Method to their madness: dispelling the myth of economic rationality as a behavioral ideal (J. Dobson). Reforming Indonesian corporate governance - A legal-sociological perspective (B.S. Tabalujan). In search of society: Redefining corporate social responsibility, organisational theory and business strategies (J. Jonker). Banking: Corporate governance and social responsibility (J. Batten, W. Hogan). The informational complexity approach as a criterion for model selection in finance (A.S. Dutta et al.).
SUBJECT	Financial Economics (General)
BOOK SERIES	Research in International Business and Finance
SUPER AREA	Economics, Business and Management

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