Theories of corporate governance : the philosophical foundations of corporate governance (Record no. 39477)
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| fixed length control field | 02965nam a2200241 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780415323079 |
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| ISBN | 041532307X |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 658.42 |
| Item number | THE |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Theories of corporate governance : the philosophical foundations of corporate governance |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London ; New York : |
| Name of publisher | Routledge, |
| Year of publication | 2004. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xii, 370 p.: |
| Other physical details | illustrations. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Including Index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part 1: Economic foundations --<br/>1.1. The managerial revolution in American business --<br/>1.2. The impact of the corporation on classical economic theory --<br/>Part 2: Agency theory --<br/>2.1. Theory of the firm: managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure --<br/>2.2. Separation of ownership and control --<br/>2.3. Agency theory: an assessment and review --<br/>Part 3: Managerial hegemony --<br/>3.1. Directors: myth and reality --<br/>3.2. Pawns or potentates: the reality of America's corporate boards --<br/>Part 4: Stewardship theory --<br/>4.1. Toward a stewardship theory of management --<br/>Part 5. External pressures --<br/>5.1. The resource dependence role of corporate directors: strategic adaptation of board composition in response to environmental change --<br/>5.2. Institutional and strategic choice perspectives on board involvement in strategic decision process --<br/>5.3. A general theory of network governance: exchange conditions and social mechanisms --<br/>Part 6: Stakeholder theory --<br/>6.1. Ownership and control: rethinking corporate governance for the twenty-first century --<br/>6.2. The stakeholder corporation: a business philosophy for the information age --<br/>Part 7: Theories of convergence --<br/>7.1. Corporate leadership in globalizing equity market --<br/>7.2. Corporate governance and blobalization: is there convergence across countries --<br/>7.3. Capital unbound? the transformation of European corporate governance --<br/>7.4. The very uncertain prospects of 'global' convergence in corporate governance --<br/>Part 8: Crtitique of squareholder value --<br/>8.1. Maximizing shareholder value: a new ideology for corporate governance --<br/>8.2. Corporate governance, property and democracy: a conceptual critique of shareholder ideology --<br/>Part 9: Post-Enron theories --<br/>9.1. What Enron means for the management and control of the modern business corporation: some initial reflections --<br/>9.2. What caused Enron? a capsule social economic history of the 1990s. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Providing a grounding in the theories that underpin analysis of corporate governance, this book includes topics such as the origins of modern business enterprise, risk management, the globalisation of corporations and the impact of corporate objectives onstakeholders. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Corporate governance. |
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| Topical Term | Directors of corporations. |
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| Topical Term | Industrial management. |
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| Topical Term | Business Management. |
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| Topical Term | Corporate Governance - United States. |
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| Topical Term | Company directors - United States. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Clarke, Thomas (Editor) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 13/02/2007 | Purchased | 4418.30 | 658.42 THE | 010333 | Reference Books |
| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Stacks | 14/02/2007 | Purchased | 3790.15 | 658.42 THE | 010344 | Lending Books |