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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been developed into a crucial corporate and organizational issue around the world. It has been incorporated within various sectors, countries and includes many types of activities and dimensions.

This book evaluates the differences in the level of compliance with IFRS across the GCC states, exploring the impact of corporate governance on the level of compliance with IFRS and presenting an empirical analysis of companies across the GCC.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been developed into a crucial corporate and organizational issue around the world. It has been incorporated within various sectors, countries and includes many types of activities and dimensions.

This thoughtful book is a complete research guide that provides a new understanding and applicable framework for advanced students, academics and researchers in the area of corporate governance and the related disciplines.

An effective system of corporate governance has both internal and external aspects that have to be sufficiently responsive if governance is to succeed. This book uses a systemic approach to develop a global picture of the theoretical foundations of corporate governance, mainly by putting the emphasis on its double dimension: internal and external.

Exploring the reasons behind corporate misbehaviour, this book answers the question of whether reforms are sufficient to prevent scandals from occurring. This book sheds light on questions regarding the feasibility of independence and impartiality of boards of directors and external auditors as monitors and gatekeepers in corporate governance.

Aimed at academics, post-graduate students in business and management, reflective practitioners, standards or policy developers, those in governance roles and others in need of a detailed knowledge of the spectrum of project related governance in organizations, this book will help develop a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and practical underpinnings of the subject, their interaction, and implications for implementation. This allows for understanding and developing of both generic and idiosyncratic governance structures, such as those needed in project-based organizations.

Enhancing Board Effectiveness seeks to examine the conceptualization and role of the board in a variety of contexts and articulate solutions for improving the effectiveness of the board.

This thoughtful book is a complete research guide that provides a new understanding and applicable framework for advanced students, academics and researchers in the area of corporate governance and the related disciplines.

Aimed at academics, post-graduate students in business and management, reflective practitioners, standards or policy developers, those in governance roles and others in need of a detailed knowledge of the spectrum of project related governance in organizations, this book will help develop a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and practical underpinnings of the subject, their interaction, and implications for implementation. This allows for understanding and developing of both generic and idiosyncratic governance structures, such as those needed in project-based organizations.

Green Business, Green Values, and Sustainability offers a concise and definitive book on the green transformation of business. The book examines the dramatic changes in business values and strategies that have taken place in recent years in response to the sustainability imperative. Government, industry, academic and science leaders spell out the green future for business.

This book, including contributions from world recognized experts in the sphere of corporate governance presents a number of international corporate governance systems; comparing and contrasting the experiences of several countries across the world.

A work on the green transformation of business in major sectors including government, finance, energy, and retail. It explores different solutions to sustainability including ethical approaches, alternative environmental strategies, corporate responsibility, and carbon reductions.

Presents boards of directors from a strategic and entrepreneurial management perspective. This book covers concepts such as: board leadership and structure, boardroom decision-making, board task performance, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation boards in small and medium-sized firms, board diversity and women directors.

Explores several national corporate governance reform experiences from around the world and offers an explanatory theory with regard to national systems of corporate governance. This book also underlines corporate governance as a management tool and principle.