The Economist: Directors: An A-Z Guide
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The Economist: Directors: An A-Z Guide by Bob Tricker
A guide to the role and responsibilities of directors. Including case studies that illustrate poor standards of corporate governance in companies, it covers such concepts and terms as: agency theory, audit committee, corporate veil, deep pocket syndrome, disclosure, ethics, games directors play, helicopter vision, Keiretsu, and log rolling.
There couldn't be a better time for these business guides from The Economist - They're a handy guide, with some dry humour and stern disapproval thrown it to stop things getting too dull - These are interesting and excellent reference guides to those interested in the markets, or who own sharesAnybody who thinks they have nothing to learn from these is asking for trouble, or raised eyebrows at the very leastA" - Jeremy Hazlehurst, City AM.
Dr. R. I. (Bob) Tricker directed the Oxford Management Centre (now Säid Business School) and as a research fellow of Nuffield College wrote the first book titled Corporate Governance (1984).As Hong Kong University Business School's Professor of Finance he developed corporate governance in Hong Kong, China, and Russia, and wrote Directors - an A-Z of corporate governance, the fifth edition of the Economist Pocket Director.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846681677 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846681677 |
| Title | The Economist: Directors: An A-Z Guide |
| Author | Bob Tricker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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