Book review: “Board of directors and company performance: An international outlook”

Abstract

This review covers the book titled “Board of directors and company performance: An international outlook”, edited by William Megginson, Pablo de Andres, Marina Brogi, and Dmitriy Govorun (Virtus Interpress, 2019; ISBN: 978-617-7309-04-7), which examines the state of regulations and the studies about corporate governance (CG), boards of directors, and company performance in 11 countries. The chapters of this book cover different aspects of CG, devoting a primary focus on the board of directors, which is considered by Brogi in the Foreword as “the very heart of corporate governance”