TY  - GEN
AU  - Clarke, Thomas
TI  - Theories of corporate governance: the philosophical foundations of corporate governance
SN  - 9780415323079
U1  - 658.4001 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Corporate governance
KW  - Directors of corporations
KW  - Industrial management
KW  - Corporate governance - United States
KW  - Directors of corporations - United States
KW  - Industrial management - United States
N2  - 
In the wake of the financial and corporate scandals of recent years, corporate governance increasingly is recognised as being at the heart of understanding how and why businesses are run as they are. But while there are diverse and well-established theories of corporate governance, they are rarely gathered in a coherent and comparative way.

This comprehensive reader brings together the most influential writing in the field, with editorial commentary, to provide a uniquely interdisciplinary resource for students and lecturers that underpins contemporary analysis of corporate governance. Topics covered include:

    the separation of ownership and control
    how economic activity is organised through firms
    the managerial revolution in business
    agency, stewardship and stakeholder theory
    globalization and convergence
    the critique of shareholder value
    post-Enron analysis.

Structured to provide an introduction and overview of corporate governance from the classical theories to contemporary controversies, this reader functions either as a stand-alone text, or as a companion to International Corporate Governance, a textbook also authored by Thomas Clarke. (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415323079/)
ER  -