Corporate Governance in Asia
A Comparative Approach

Provides a comparative overview of corporate governance frameworks and practices in major Asian countries.

Bruce Aronson (Edited by), Joongi Kim (Edited by)

9781108420778, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 January 2019

424 pages, 11 b/w illus. 15 tables
25 x 17.5 x 2.6 cm, 0.89 kg

'This book is remarkable for three reasons: first, it gives a highly informative introduction to the corporate governance practice in eight Asian countries (Australia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan). Second, it is an excellent textbook for students and professors. Third, it puts the experiences of these countries into the perspective of general corporate governance theory and shows that, while both, the US and UK models and the German and European models, have had their impact, corporate governance in Asia is multifaceted. A book to be read.' Klaus J. Hopt, Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany

Corporate governance in Asia continues to attract global interest due to its critical importance to the world's fastest-growing region. The study of governance systems remains complicated by Asia's mix of legal traditions, market systems and social history. This comprehensive textbook provides a comparative overview of the corporate governance framework, theory and practice in major Asian countries. Students at all levels will gain an understanding of corporate governance systems in Asia and how they compare with models attributed to the US, the UK and Europe. Featuring six foundational chapters focusing on general theory and corporate governance systems and eight country-specific chapters, this book can be used as the basic textbook for a general course on comparative corporate governance or as an essential reference about corporate governance in Asia for a wide variety of professionals including academics, jurists, students, practitioners, investors, creditors, policymakers and analysts.

Part I. Introduction and Models: 1. Comparative corporate governance – introduction and overview Bruce Aronson and Joongi Kim
2. US and UK models Bruce Aronson and Joongi Kim
3. German and European models Bruce Aronson and Joongi Kim
4. Global theories of corporate governance: law, development and convergence theory Bruce Aronson and Joongi Kim
Part II. Asian Corporate Governance Systems: 5. Australia Jennifer Hill
6. Hong Kong Say H. Goo and Yu-Hsin Lin
7. India Umakanth Varottil
8. Singapore Dan Puchniak
9. China Jiangyu Wang
10. Japan Bruce Aronson
11. Korea Joongi Kim
12. Taiwan Christopher Chen
Part III. Future/Conclusion: 13. Stock exchange competition Bruce Aronson and Joongi Kim
14. Conclusion Bruce Aronson and Joongi Kim.

Subject Areas: Commercial law [LNCB], Company, commercial & competition law [LNC], Comparative law [LAM], Corporate governance [KJR]