Elgar Encyclopedia of Corporate Governance / edited by Thomas Clarke, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, Wafa Khlif, TBS Business School, Barcelona, Spain, Coral Ingley, Faculty of Business and Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table Of Contents -- Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Corporate Governance -- PART 1 PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- 1. Adam Smith: moral sentiments -- 2. Karl Marx: the labour theory of value and exploitation -- 3. John Stuart Mill: utilitarianism and the economic conditions of happiness -- 4. Do private vices bring public benefit? Mandeville and the foundations of modern capitalism -- 5. Capitalism and Deleuze -- 6. Resisting the financialization of corporate governance with Deleuze and Guattari -- 7. Enriqué Dussel’s philosophy of liberation: moving beyond colonial Eurocentrism -- PART 2 ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- 8. Corporate governance -- 9. The genesis of the corporation: The 17th- and 18th-century East India Companies -- 10. Berle and Means and the modern corporation as a new public institution (1850s–1930s) -- 11. The evolution of corporate governance -- 12. Managerial capitalism (1940s–1970s) -- 13. The countervailing power of the New Deal, and the rise of the financialised corporation and neo-liberalism -- 14. The new contractual economic theory of the firm (1970s–2010s) -- 15. The displacement of managerial capitalism by financial capitalism (2010s–2020s) -- PART 3 CHALLENGING NEO-LIBERALISM -- 16. Neoliberal resilience -- 17. The financialisation of corporate governance -- 18. Challenging neoliberalism in the face of global complexity -- PART 4 CRITICAL THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIES -- 19. Shareholder primacy and long-term corporate investment -- 20. The myths of shareholder primacy -- 21. Social approaches to corporate governance -- 22. Team production theory of corporate law -- 23. Extended team production theory -- 24. Stakeholder theory -- 25. A critique of stakeholder theory -- 26. Behavioural theory of boards and governance -- 27. Multi-level corporate governance -- 28. Resource dependence theory: a political understanding of corporate governance -- 29. Sustainability and corporate governance -- 30. Methodological perspectives in corporate governance -- 31. Integrating theoretical perspectives on corporate governance -- PART 5 GOVERNANCE REGIMES -- 32. Anglo-American corporate governance -- 33. European corporate governance: relationship-based approaches -- 34. Asia-Pacific corporate governance: family-controlled business networks -- 35. Corporate governance in Italy -- 36. Corporate governance in Central and Eastern Europe between 1945 and 1990 -- 37. Corporate governance in Central and Eastern Europe after 1990 -- 38. Neopatrimonial (corporate) governance -- 39. Director independence in developed and developing economies -- 40. Structural information asymmetry, local institutions and corporate governance in Africa -- 41. Corporate governance and boards in Africa: the Ubuntu model -- PART 6 FINANCE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- 42. Ownership and corporate governance -- 43. Corporate governance and finance: investment funds -- 44. The global growth of equity markets -- 45. Investor voting and shareholder rights -- 46. Insider trading -- 47. Pyramidal groups -- 48. Corporate governance and finance aspects: dividend policy, bond yields, and risk-taking -- 49. Dividend policy -- 50. The international premium for corporate governance -- 51. Investors as stewards: a sustainable symbiosis? -- 52. Purpose and paradigm shifts in banking governance -- PART 7 ACCOUNTING AND CORPORATE REPORTING -- 53. Creative accounting, fraud, and international accounting scandals -- 54. Accounting for inequality -- 55. The OECD/G20 agreement on minimum corporate taxation: scope for fairness or financialisation? -- 56. Waves of international frameworks for sustainability reporting -- 57. Integrity in disclosure and accountability -- 58. ESG: overview and critique -- 59. ESG: reporting and greenwashing -- 60. Transparency in corporate governance and ethical conduct -- 61. Voluntary environmental disclosure in an authoritarian political context -- PART 8 LAW AND REGULATION -- 62. The dimensions of corporate personality -- 63. Corporate moral personhood -- 64. Enterprise -- 65. Fiduciary duty -- 66. Corporate governance deviance -- 67. Contractual corporate governance -- 68. Codes of good governance -- 69. Stewardship codes and investor stewardship -- 70. Questioning CEO-Chair separation: a critical review and integrative model -- 71. (Convergence of) legal corporate perspectives -- 72. The globalisation of regulation -- 73. Revisiting regulatory frameworks -- 74. A new global regulatory architecture for corporate governance? -- PART 9 STRATEGY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- 75. Corporate governance life cycle -- 76. Corporate governance and M&As -- 77. Strategic leadership by the board -- 78. Boards and strategy -- 79. Value and value creation in corporate governance -- 80. Ambidexterity -- 81. Corporate governance, boards, and innovation: reviews of literature -- 82. Organization allegitimacy -- 83. Board strategic balance: a practical theory of sport governance -- PART 10 FORMS OF GOVERNANCE -- 84. Meta-organizations: evolving forms of governance -- 85. Entrepreneurial threshold firms -- 86. Corporate governance: the case of the Mondragon Cooperative Group -- 87. Corporate governance in IPOs -- 88. Value and value creation persp

With 163 authoritative entries providing definitive explanations and critiques of the fundamental principles and practices of corporate governance, this timely Encyclopedia is a comprehensive overview of the economic, political, social, legal and environmental impacts of corporations across the globe. Bringing together almost 100 leading experts, the Encyclopedia addresses the meaning and purpose of corporate governance and how this term has evolved over time. Philosophical perspectives on corporate governance, as well as its origins and history are laid out, alongside critical theories and methodologies on governance. The Encyclopedia then examines different aspects of governance related to governance regimes, neoliberalism, finance, accounting and corporate reporting, law and regulation, strategy and forms of governance. Board processes and performance, leadership in the boardroom, board directors and board diversity are explained. Focus is drawn to emerging societal problems and crises related to corporate governance and how these have been addressed by different institutions, such as digital era governance, corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability and regeneration of the natural world. The Elgar Encyclopedia of Corporate Governance is an essential reference source for academics, researchers and students of business and management, economics and finance and environmental studies. Professionals and policymakers working in the sectors of corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, management and sustainability and strategic management will also find this to be an indispensable reference work. Key Features: - 163 distinct entries structured by theme - Combines empirical findings with real-world examples - Adopts a comparative global analysis from leading academics - Accessible explanations of fundamental concepts and principles

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