• The international approach to corporate governance tackles the topical issues of globalisation and emerging markets. This gives students a truly global picture of corporate governance in the real world.
• Using new and updated examples, the development of corporate governance is contextualised throughout the book so that students can see its application in the real world. examples include Fiat, Vodaphone and Marks and Spencer.
• Updated throughout, with examples ranging from the Company Law Reform Bill,to the EU Accounts Modernisation Directive, to address this fast-moving area.
• Experienced and well known author.
• Accompanied by an Online Resource Centre with PowerPoints and crosswords, fill in the gap questions and articles and links for students.

New to this edition

• Extracts from news articles have been added, encouraging students to read from further sources. This also ensures the material in the book is topical and has a real-world context for more theoretical areas.
• At the end of each part, an extended case study draws issues from all the chapters together in order to offer a more holistic illustration of the concepts covered and show students their relation to one another.
• The glossary has been extended to address the difficulty of different terminology that can sometimes be confusing for students from a number of degree pathways.
• Some case studies have been updated, and additional cases (taken from the previous edition) are available online in the lecturer section of the site. These can be distributed to students on a system such as Web CT/Blackboard, or used in tutorials.
• A WWW icon in the margin highlights areas where additional material is available on the website, serving to integrate the online resource centre with the text.
• An increased number of Key Terms are highlighted to support students' learning, and to ensure that they understand the concepts being discussed.
• Discussion questions and problems are available on the lecturer password-protected section of the website so that lecturers can set these questions in class and use them as the basis for discussion and interactive exercise.

Readership: Second and third year undergraduates and postgraduate Business, Economics, and Accounting and Finance students.

Christine Mallin, Director of Centre for Corporate Governance Research, the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham

1: Introduction
Part 1: Developments in Corporate Governance
2: Theoretical Aspects of Corporate Governance
3: Development of Corporate Governance Codes
Part 2: Owners and Stakeholders
4: Shareholders and Stakeholders
5: Family Owned Firms
6: Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance
7: Socially Responsible Investment
Part 3: Directors
8: Directors and Board Structure
9: Director's Performance and Renumeration
Part 4: International Corporate Governance
10: Corporate Governance in Continental Europe
11: Corporate Governance in Central and Eastern Europe
12: Corporate Governance in Asia Pacific
13: Corporate Governance in India, South Africa and Brazil
14: Conclusions