Open AccessBook review: “Corporate governance: Theoretical essentials and international practices”
Author(s) -
José Manuel Bernardo Vaz Ferreira
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
corporate law and governance review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2707-1111
pISSN - 2664-1542
DOI - 10.22495/clgrv3i1p5
Subject(s) - corporate governance , accounting , audit , audit committee , business , function (biology) , political science , finance , biology , evolutionary biology
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