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Book review: “Corporate governance: Theoretical essentials and international practices”

Published:2021 Issue:1 Volume:3 Page:53-57
ISSN:2664-1542
Container-title:Corporate Law and Governance Review
language:en
Short-container-title:CLGR

Author:

Vaz Ferreira osé Manuel Bernardo¹

Affiliation:

1. Economics and Management School, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Abstract

This review covers the textbook titled “Corporate governance: Theoretical essentials and international prectices”, authored by Aws Alhares and Naser Ibrahim Abumustafa (Virtus Interpress, 2021; ISBN: 978-617-7309-17-7). The review focuses particularly on the relationship between corporate governance and financial structure, the role of institutional investors in corporate governance, the board of directors’ impact on performance and the role of non-executive directors, the audit function and the role of regulation international corporate governance, and socially responsible investment. It also highlights the contribution of this textbook to the ongoing discussion on key points relating to corporate governance

Publisher

Virtus Interpress

Subject

Applied Mathematics,General Mathematics

Link

https://virtusinterpress.org/IMG/pdf/clgrv3i1p5_.pdf

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