In the wake of the recent dramatic series of corporate meltdowns: Enron: Tyco: Adelphia: WorldCom: the timely new edition of this successful text provides students and business professionals with a welcome update of the key issues facing managers, boards of directors, investors, and shareholders. In addition to its authoritative overview of ...
The fate of corporations, the decisions they make or fail to make, is inextricably tied to the financial well-being of millions of shareholders - and these people are not just professional investors but also retired school teachers, policeman and factory workers. Yet, corporations are not meaningfully accountable to them. The business news is a ...
Shareholder control over large corporations is worryingly weak and the unrestrained hunt for profits is taking a toll on the environment and society. In "Corpocracy", corporate lawyer, venture capitalist, and shareholder activist Robert Monks reveals how corporations abuse their power and what we the people must do to rein them in. In a clear and ...
Taking readers behind the boardroom door, Thin on Top issues a wake-up call to directors and executives, government regulators and lobbyists, owners and investors, about what it will take to break the cycle of corporate misdeeds, professionalise directing, reduce corruption and ensure a civil society. Garratt advocates a back-to-basics approach ...
A challenging and indicting examination of American businesses, with a clarion call for corporate accountability. "Monks and Minow are a persuasive pair . . . a good, thorough book".--The Economist.
The world's leading shareholder activist and expert on corporate governance displays remarkable skill in turning his vast experience and knowledge of business, boardrooms, media, and politics into a forceful first novel. As one of the leading media moguls of the last 50 years nears the end of his work life, Cedric "Drive" Rhodes turns his ...
Robert Monks is known for his pursuit of ineffective management as a shareholder activist. He presents corporations as ever-changing systems of relationships between owners, managers, governments, customers and society, and shows success as the ability to manage these relationships.
Shareholder activism in Korea has been commended by Western economists. A prominent leader is the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), a civil society organization. How could the activism led by a civil society organization grow and thrive in the poor soil of Korea to become the success story of corporate governance reform in ...
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