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Corporate Governance
This book provides a comprehensive look at the history, the myth, the reality, and the future of corporate governance issues.
Provides a comprehensive look at the history, the myth, the reality, and the future of corporate governance issues.
Second edition has been extensively re-written and updated.
Includes numerous case studies and supplementary online material.
For supplemental resources including full appendices visit www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/monks
Provides a comprehensive look at the history, the myth, the reality, and the future of corporate governance issues.
Second edition has been extensively re-written and updated.
Includes numerous case studies and supplementary online material.
For supplemental resources including full appendices visit www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/monks
480 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1994
About the author
Robert A.G. Monks
13 books2 followersRobert Augustus Gardner Monks was an American author, shareholder activist, corporate governance advocate, attorney, corporate director, venture capitalist and energy company executive — as well as political candidate and Reagan administration official.
Monks co-founded Institutional Shareholder Services, Lens Investment Management, Lens Governance Advisors and The Corporate Library (now part of GMI Ratings). He authored The Emperor’s Nightmare, Corpocracy, Citizens DisUnited, Reel and Rout: A Novel, The New Global Investors and, with Nell Minow, Watching the Watchers, Corporate Governance and Power & Accountability.
He was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from Maine in 1976, losing in a landslide to Democratic Senator Edmund Muskie. He again ran for Senate in 1996, but lost that Republican primary to Susan Collins. He also unsuccessfully challenged longtime Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith in the 1972 Republican primary. In 1977, Monks was named Chair of the Maine Republican Party. He resigned as party chair in 1978.
Monks co-founded Institutional Shareholder Services, Lens Investment Management, Lens Governance Advisors and The Corporate Library (now part of GMI Ratings). He authored The Emperor’s Nightmare, Corpocracy, Citizens DisUnited, Reel and Rout: A Novel, The New Global Investors and, with Nell Minow, Watching the Watchers, Corporate Governance and Power & Accountability.
He was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from Maine in 1976, losing in a landslide to Democratic Senator Edmund Muskie. He again ran for Senate in 1996, but lost that Republican primary to Susan Collins. He also unsuccessfully challenged longtime Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith in the 1972 Republican primary. In 1977, Monks was named Chair of the Maine Republican Party. He resigned as party chair in 1978.
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May 28, 2010an adequate resource to understand how the american corporate system works
August 9, 2011
An Average Corporate Governance Guide, two good case studies, however lot of author's bias creeped in it
May 17, 2016
Reasonable overview for those beginning study of the subject. Does a good job of referencing real events.
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