Corporate governance in developing economies: country studies of Africa, Asia and Latin America

This book is not a stand-alone. It is the sixth book in the Springer series on transition and developing economies. The other five volumes in the series dealt with financial reporting and tax issues or corporate governance issues in transition economies. This book addresses corporate governance issues Focuses exclusively on corporate governance in developing economies Also, there is an emphasis in this book on accounting aspects of corporate governance Most otherbooks on this topic ignore accounting issues and limit their coverage to policy issues INDICE: From the contents Preface.- Corporate governance in developing economies.- Shareholder rights issues.- equitable treatment of shareholders.- Therole of stakeholders in corporate governance.- Disclosure and transparency issues.- Responsibilities of the board.- Insider trading in developing economies.- Market for corporate control in developing economies.- The timeliness of financial reporting in developing economies: an overview.- Corporate governance and the timeliness of financial reporting: a case study of Kenya.- Corporate governance and the timeliness of financial reporting: a comparative study of Kenya and the European union.- Corporate governance and the timeliness of financial reporting: a comparative study of Kenya and the United States of America. Corporate governance and the timeliness of financial reporting: a comparative study of Kenya and Russia.- Corporate governance and the timeliness of financial reporting: a comparative study of Kenya and the People’s Republic of China.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-84832-7
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 355
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés