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Kim, Kenneth A.

Corporate governance / Kenneth A. Kim, John R. Nofsinger & Derek J. Mohr. - 3rd ed. - Boston : Prentice Hall, c2010. - xvii, 185 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Prentice Hall series in finance .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Corporations and Corporate Governance
Chapter 2: Executive Incentives
Chapter 3: Accountants and Auditors
Chapter 4: The Board of Directors
Chapter 5: Investment Banks and Securities Analysts
Chapter 6: Creditors and Credit Rating Agencies
Chapter 7: Shareholders and Shareholder Activism
Chapter 8: Corporate Takeovers: A Governance Mechanism?
Chapter 9: The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Chapter 10: Moral Hazard, Systemic Risk and Bailouts
Chapter 11: Corporate Citizenship

Corporate Governance, in its flexible, modular format, sheds light on these recent problems and scandals through a detailed explanation of the corporate governance mechanism, and the various incentives within today’s governance system, while offering potential solutions in context.

Corporations and Corporate Governance; Executive Incentives; Accountants and Auditors; The Board of Directors; Investment Banks and Securities Analysts; Creditors and Credit Rating Agencies; Shareholders and Shareholder Activism; Corporate Takeovers: A Governance Mechanism?; The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Moral Hazard, Systemic Risk and Bailouts; Corporate Citizenship

For readers interested in understanding corporate governance and how it applies to today’s business world.



ISBN: 9780136096986 0136096980

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Corporate governance--United States.

LC Class. No.: HD2741 / .K56 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 338.7/4