The third edition of this text/CD-ROM package provides students and business professionals with an update on key issues facing managers, boards of directors, investors, and shareholders. Monks and Minow, founders of an independent research firm dedicated to corporate governance, overview the history, the myth, and the reality of corporate governance, and, in this edition, analyze the latest cases of corporate disaster and explore recent corporate governance guidelines and codes of practice in developing and emerging markets. The CD-ROM contains a comprehensive case study of the Enron collapse, with US Senate Hearings and video footage. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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In the wake of the 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 history, the myth and the reality of corporate governance, this new edition has been updated to include:analysis of the latest cases of corporate disaster; An overview of corporate governance guidelines and codes of practice in developing and emerging markets new cases: Adelphia; Arthur Andersen; Tyco Laboratories; Worldcom; Gerstner's pay packet at IBMOnce again in the new edition of their textbook, Robert A. G. Monks and Nell Minow show clearly the role of corporate governance in making sure the right questions are asked and the necessary checks and balances in place to protect the long-term, sustainable value of the enterprise. A CD-ROM containing a comprehensive case study of the Enron collapse, complete with senate hearings and video footage, accompanies the text. Further lecturer resources and links are available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/monks
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