Preface / Sir Adrian Cadbury --
Introduction: Corporate Governance / An Emerging Discipline? / Thomas Clarke and Douglas Branson --
Origins and Development. 1 The Evolution of Corporate Governance / R.I. (Bob) Tricker --
2 In the Best Interest of the Corporation: Directors' Duties in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis / Margaret M. Blair --
3 Limited Liability Companies / Mark J. Loewenstein --
4 Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives / Joan MacLeod Heminway. Markets and Regulation. 5 The Juridical Nature of the Firm / Simon Deakin --
6 The Ascent of Shareholder Monitoring and Strategic Partnering: The Dual Functions of the Corporate Board / Michael Useem --
7 An Economic Analysis of Fair Value: A Critique of International Financial Reporting Standards / Vincent Bignon, Yuri Biondi and Xavier Ragot. Boards and Directors: Leadership and Accountability. 8 Boards and Board Effectiveness / Hans van Ees and Gerwin van der Laan --
9 Between the Letter and the Spirit: Defensive and Extensive Modes of Compliance with the UK Code of Corporate Governance / John Roberts --
10 Boards' Contribution to Strategy and Innovation / Alessandro Zattoni and Amedeo Pugliese --
11 Board Leadership and Value Creation: An Extended Team Production Approach / Morten Huse and Jonas Gabrielsson. Boards and Directors: New Challenges and Directions. 12 Changing Scenes in and Around the Boardroom: UK Corporate Governance in Practice from 1989 to 2010 / Annie Pye, Szymon Kaczmarek and Satomi Kimino --
13 Board Evaluations: Contemporary Thinking and Practice / Gavin Nicholson, Geoffrey Kiel and Jennifer Ann Tunny --
14 Women and the Governance of Corporate Boards / Ruth Sealy and Susan Vinnicombe --
15 Diversity among Senior Executives and Board Directors / Sabina Nielsen. Competing Governance Regimes. 16 Global Convergence in Corporate Governance? What a Difference 10 Years Make / Douglas M. Branson --
17 A Bundle Perspective to Comparative Corporate Governance / Ruth V. Aguilera, Kurt A. Desender and Luiz Ricardo Kabbach de Castro --
18 Family-Owned Asian Business Groups and Corporate Governance / Marie dela Rama --
19 The Limitations of Corporate Governance Best Practices / Shann Turnbull. Dilemmas of Corporate Governance. 20 Executive Compensation, Pay-for-Performance and the Institutions of Executive Pay Setting / Martin J. Conyon and Simon I. Peck --
21 In the Name of Shareholder Value: How Executive Pay and Stock Buybacks are Damaging the US Economy / William Lazonick --
22 Governance, Innovation and Finance / Ciaran Driver --
23 The Governance and Regulation of Complex Conglomerates / John H. Farrar. Emerging Issues: Governance and Sustainability. 24 Markets, Regulation and Governance: The Causes of the Global Financial Crisis / Thomas Clarke --
25 Corporate Governance and the Global Financial Crisis: The Regulatory Response / Alice Klettner --
26 International Corporate Responsibility / Paul Redmond --
27 Governance for Sustainability: Challenges for Theory and Practice / Suzanne Benn.