Asian Corporate Governance
Trends and Challenges

This Element explores key institutional characteristics of several Asian economies relevant to corporate governance practices.

Toru Yoshikawa (Author)

9781108450362, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 March 2018

55 pages
23 x 15.3 x 0.5 cm, 0.15 kg

This Element aims to achieve three objectives. First, it explores some key institutional characteristics of several Asian economies that are relevant to corporate governance practices. Second, it reviews corporate governance codes or rules in those economies and examines levels of requirements in terms of formal rules. Third, this Element looks at recent trends related to corporate governance such as executive compensation and a proportion of independent directors on boards of large listed firms.

Subject Areas: Company secretary: role & responsibilities [KJRS], Boards & directors: role & responsibilities [KJRD], Corporate governance [KJR]