Challenges in Implementing Corporate Governance: Whose Business is it Anyway?

Foreword vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

1 Do Western Codes of Corporate Governance Apply in Asia? 1

2 What is the Business of Business? 21

3 The Role of the Board 41

4 The Role of Board Members 59

5 Why Boards Fail and How to Avoid Failure 81

6 From Good Governance to Good Results 111

7 Managing Risk 139

8 What We Measure and Reward 169

9 Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists 187

Appendices 209

Index 237