The SAGE Handbook of Corporate Governance critically overviews the key themes, theoretical controversies, current research and emerging concepts that frame the field.

Table of Contents

• About the Authors
• Preface - Sir Adrian Cadbury
• Introduction: Corporate Governance - An Emerging Discipline? - Thomas Clarke and Douglas Branson
• Origins and Development
• 1 The Evolution of Corporate Governance - R.I. (Bob) Tricker
• 2 In the Best Interest of the Corporation: Directors' Duties in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis - Margaret M. Blair
• 3 Limited Liability Companies - Mark J. Loewenstein
• 4 Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives - Joan MacLeod Heminway
• Markets and Regulation
• 5 The Juridical Nature of the Firm - Simon Deakin
• 6 The Ascent of Shareholder Monitoring and Strategic Partnering: The Dual Functions of the Corporate Board - Michael Useem
• 7 An Economic Analysis of Fair Value: A Critique of International Financial Reporting Standards - Vincent Bignon, Yuri Biondi and Xavier Ragot
• Boards and Directors: Leadership and Accountability
• 8 Boards and Board Effectiveness - Hans van Ees and Gerwin van der Laan
• 9 Between the Letter and the Spirit: Defensive and Extensive Modes of Compliance with the UK Code of Corporate Governance - John Roberts
• 10 Boards' Contribution to Strategy and Innovation - Alessandro Zattoni and Amedeo Pugliese
• 11 Board Leadership and Value Creation: An Extended Team Production Approach - Morten Huse and Jonas Gabrielsson
• Boards and Directors: New Challenges and Directions
• 12 Changing Scenes in and Around the Boardroom: UK Corporate Governance in Practice from 1989 to 2010 - Annie Pye, Szymon Kaczmarek and Satomi Kimino
• 13 Board Evaluations: Contemporary Thinking and Practice - Gavin Nicholson, Geoffrey Kiel and Jennifer Ann Tunny
• 14 Women and the Governance of Corporate Boards - Ruth Sealy and Susan Vinnicombe
• 15 Diversity among Senior Executives and Board Directors - Sabina Nielsen
• Competing Governance Regimes
• 16 Global Convergence in Corporate Governance? What a Difference 10 Years Make - Douglas M. Branson
• 17 A Bundle Perspective to Comparative Corporate Governance - Ruth V. Aguilera, Kurt A. Desender and Luiz Ricardo Kabbach de Castro
• 18 Family-Owned Asian Business Groups and Corporate Governance - Marie dela Rama
• 19 The Limitations of Corporate Governance Best Practices - Shann Turnbull
• Dilemmas of Corporate Governance
• 20 Executive Compensation, Pay-for-Performance and the Institutions of Executive Pay Setting - Martin J. Conyon and Simon I. Peck
• 21 In the Name of Shareholder Value: How Executive Pay and Stock Buybacks are Damaging the US Economy - William Lazonick
• 22 Governance, Innovation and Finance - Ciaran Driver
• 23 The Governance and Regulation of Complex Conglomerates - John H. Farrar
• Emerging Issues: Governance and Sustainability
• 24 Markets, Regulation and Governance: The Causes of the Global Financial Crisis - Thomas Clarke
• 25 Corporate Governance and the Global Financial Crisis: The Regulatory Response - Alice Klettner
• 26 International Corporate Responsibility - Paul Redmond
• 27 Governance for Sustainability: Challenges for Theory and Practice - Suzanne Benn