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A primer on corporate governance

This book is a primer on corporate governance for large, publicly held companies in the United States, the system that defines the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in a corporation, such as the board, managers, shareholders, and other stakeholders, and spells...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Kluyver, Cornelis A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2013.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:2013 digital library.
Corporate governance collection.
Subjects:
Corporate governance.
corporate governance
boards of directors
shareholders
stakeholders
capitalism
Sarbanes-Oxley
Dodd-Frank
regulation
security and exchange commission
New York Stock Exchange
NASDAQ stock exchange
auditors
security analysts
credit rating agencies
CEO succession planning
CEO evaluation
CEO compensation
strategy
management
oversight
audit committee
nominating committee
compensation committee
takeovers
risk management
shareholder activism
corporate social responsibility
global convergence
chairman of the board
lead director
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Corporate governance: the system and its purpose
  • 1. Corporate governance: the link between corporations and society
  • 2. Governance and accountability
  • 3. The board: role and composition
  • 4. Major U.S. governance reforms: 2002-2012
  • Part II. The board's responsibilities
  • 5. CEO selection and succession planning
  • 6. Oversight, compliance, and risk management
  • 7. The board's role in strategy development
  • 8. CEO performance evaluation and executive compensation
  • 9. Responding to external pressures and unforeseen events
  • 10. Creating a high-performance board
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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