Corporate Governance and the Global Financial Crisis: International Perspectives

Cambridge University Press, 7/21/2011
EAN 9781107001879, ISBN10: 1107001870

Hardcover, 416 pages, 23.1 x 15.4 x 2.8 cm
Language: English

Over the last two decades there has been a notable increase in the number of corporate governance codes and principles, as well as a range of improvements in structures and mechanisms. Despite this, corporate governance failed to prevent a widespread default of fiduciary duties of corporate boards and managerial responsibilities in the finance industry, which contributed to the 2007–10 global financial crisis. This book brings together leading scholars from North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East to provide fresh and critical analytical insights on the systemic failures of corporate governance linked to the global financial crisis. Contributors draw from a range of disciplines to demonstrate the severe limitations of the dominant corporate governance framework and its associated market-oriented approach. They provide suggestions on how the governance problems could be tackled to prevent or mitigate any future financial crisis and explore new directions for post-crisis corporate governance research and reforms.

List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Rethinking corporate governance
lessons from the global financial crisis William Sun, Jim Stewart and David Pollard
Part I. The Failure of the Market Approach to Corporate Governance
2. Corporate governance causes of the global financial crisis Thomas Clarke
3. The failure of corporate governance and the limits of law
British banks and the global financial crisis Roman Tomasic
4. Where was the 'market for corporate control' when we needed it? Blanaid Clarke
5. Information asymmetry and information failure
disclosure problems in complex financial markets Steven L. Schwarcz
6. Finance, governance and management
lessons to be learned from the current crisis Roland Perez
Part II. Ownership, Internal Control and Risk Management
The Roles of Institutional Shareholders and Boards
7. A review of corporate governance in UK banks and other financial industry entities
the role of institutional shareholders Robert A. G. Monks
8. Ownership structure and shareholder engagement
reflections on the role of institutional shareholders in the financial crisis Roger Barker
9. Board challenges 2009 Jay W. Lorsch
10. Do independent boards effectively monitor management? Evidence from Japan during the financial crisis Chunyan Liu, Jianlei Liu and Konari Uchida
11. Risk management in corporate law and corporate governance Christoph Van der Elst
Part III. Post-Crisis Corporate Governance
The Search for New Directions
12. Corporate governance, capital market regulation and the challenge of disembedded markets Peer Zumbansen
13. The focus of regulatory reforms in Europe after the global financial crisis
from corporate to contract governance Florian Möslein
14. The great recession's impact on global corporate governance James Shinn
15. Corporate governance in the Islamic finance industry and mitigation of risks in the post global financial crises Nasser Saidi
16. A holistic approach to corporate governance
lessons from the financial crisis and the way forward Suzanne Young and Vijaya Thyil
Index.

'There is no doubt about the timeliness and relevance of this book. Practitioners, supervisors, regulators and those teaching or studying corporate governance would all gain from reading it. I am particularly impressed by the breadth of the analysis and the choice of contributors. It is essential that potential reforms should be based on as clear an understanding as possible of the nature of the relationship between corporate governance and the financial crisis. The introduction to the book alone should be compulsory reading for those concerned with shaping the future of corporate governance in a world-wide context.' Sir Adrian Cadbury, Honorary Professor, Aston Business School