ABSTRACT

Thomas Clarke’s International Corporate Governance offers a panoramic guide to corporate governance and examines the recurring crises in governance and the reform around the world.

This is a popular classic book but significant changes have been made to this new edition to take account of:

  • the continuing impact of the global financial crisis and the wave of regulation development flowing from this
  • the profound consequences of climate change and the urgent need for corporations to respond with the commitment to sustainable value creation

Important elements of the work include:

  • contemporary governance failures including BP, VW, Boeing, GM/Tesla, Apple, Purdue Pharma, and Theranos;
  • the ongoing vitality of the diversity of corporate governance across the world;
  • digital disruption in capital markets and initiatives to build long-term investment;
  • the universal impact of financialization and resulting increasing inequality;
  • the essential logic of corporate governance and corporate sustainability.

The textbook contains a wealth of pedagogical material to guide the reader through this complex subject, with student questions to help with assessments and new companion website. There are 14 new forensic case analyses critically scrutinizing governance failures.

International Corporate Governance is an essential text for those studying corporate governance at the advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, or executive level.

chapter 1|61 pages

Cycles of governance

chapter 2|84 pages

Boards and directors

The political mechanisms of corporate governance

chapter 3|75 pages

Finance, law, and markets

The institutional elements of corporate governance

chapter 4|78 pages

Anglo-American corporate governance

chapter 5|59 pages

European corporate governance

chapter 6|56 pages

Asia Pacific corporate governance

chapter 8|59 pages

Corporate social responsibility

chapter 9|40 pages

Climate change and corporate governance

chapter 10|29 pages

Corporate sustainability

part |94 pages

Case studies

part |31 pages

Global financial crisis cases (2007–2014)

chapter Case study 1|8 pages

Lehman Brothers

chapter Case study 2|7 pages

Royal Bank of Scotland

chapter Case study 3|6 pages

Ubs

chapter Case study 4|9 pages

Iceland

part |20 pages

Asia Pacific cases (2009–2023)

chapter Case study 5|6 pages

Satyam

chapter Case study 6|5 pages

Olympus

chapter Case study 7|5 pages

Renault/Nissan

chapter Case study 8|3 pages

Adani

part |30 pages

Sustainability cases (2010–2022)

chapter Case study 9|5 pages

BP

chapter Case study 10|5 pages

Vw

chapter Case study 11|5 pages

Boeing

chapter Case study 12|5 pages

GM/Tesla

chapter Case study 13|8 pages

Apple

part |12 pages

Public health cases (2018–2022)

chapter Case study 14|5 pages

Purdue Pharma OxyContin

chapter Case study 15|6 pages

Theranos