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Due Diligence and Corporate Governance
Linda S Spedding (Author)
9780754526223, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 7 March 2005
544 pages
22.5 x 14.9 x 3.4 cm, 0.67 kg
Due Diligence and Corporate Governance is a general guide to a subject of growing importance. This handbook shows you how due diligence is used to assess the risk of any transaction, customer or investor for all businesses regardless of size or location. With its diverse coverage and focus on the practical uses of due diligence, combined with explanations and illustrations of best practice by case studies, diagrams and checklists, this book is the essential guide for all those involved in corporate transactions and risk management. This handbook provides a broad introductory guide to due diligence. It examines due diligence in the context of risk management and corporate governance in a straightforward, comprehensive and practical manner. Case studies are used to illustrate business users, and checklists are included to monitor risk management. The book also offers insights into comparative corporate governance framework. This book will be a valuable resource for directors; finance professionals; company secretaries; risk officers; consultants; and compliance officers.
1. Introduction and traditional due diligence2. Due diligence in corporate finance3. Money laundering4. Drivers for due diligence and corporate governance5. Key due diligence and corporate governance organisational areas6. Commercial due diligence case studies7. Reputation risk management8. Cultural due diligence9. Information technology and e-commerce: Issues of due diligence, risk management and corporate governance10. Corporate governance issues11. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 200212. International dimensions and corporate governance: the Indian perspective13. International dimensions: Corporate governance in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the People’s Republic of China 14. International dimensions: Corporate governance in Australia15. Corporate governance in Japan
Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA], Medical study & revision guides & reference material [MR], Company law [LNCD], Finance [KFF], Management accounting & bookkeeping [KFCM]