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Corporate Governance in Transition

Dealing with Financial Distress and Insolvency in UK Companies
Palgrave Studies in Governance, Leadership and Responsibility

von: Marjan Marandi Parkinson
90,94 €
Verlag:	Palgrave Macmillan
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	05.09.2018
ISBN/EAN:	9783319771106
Sprache:	englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

<p>This book presents an account of legal, economic and managerial perspectives on governance in situations of financial distress and insolvency. It uses detailed real-life case studies of executive decision making to explore and illustrate the discussion. The book deals with the emergence of corporate governance as a framework of checks and balances on executive decision-making, before moving to the core issues of governance during financial distress and insolvency and alternative informal and formal rescue. Identifying and reviewing turnaround strategies and formal rescue processes available to management, the book also examines the increasing importance of creditors and their impact on business decision-making. The book provides a detailed interpretation of governance in five mega insolvencies in retail and construction following the financial crisis in 2008. It also sets out a methodology which is designed to inform and help those readers seeking to analyse and interpretdirector behaviour in such circumstances.</p>

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

<p>1 Governance in Distress.- 2 Corporate Governance in Public Companies.- 3 Financial Distress, Insolvency and Business Rescue.- 4 Corporate Governance in Financial Distress.- 5 Corporate Governance in Insolvency.- 6 Case Study 1: Stylo plc.- 7 Case Study 2: JJB Sports plc.- 8 Case Study 3: Waterford Wedgwood plc.- 9 Case Study 4: Woolworths Group plc.- 10 Case Study 5: Connaught plc.- 11 Insights from the Case Studies.- 12 Building Legal Case Studies.- 13 Building Legal Cases Studies.</p>

Autorenportrait

<p>Marjan Marandi Parkinson is a freelance consultant and Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Governance, Leadership and Global Responsibility, Leeds Business School, UK. Her research interests focus on director responsibilities and corporate governance in financially distressed and insolvent companies.</p>

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This book presents an account of legal, economic and managerial perspectives on governance in situations of financial distress and insolvency. It uses detailed real-life case studies of executive decision making to explore and illustrate the discussion. The book deals with the emergence of corporate governance as a framework of checks and balances on executive decision-making, before moving to the core issues of governance during financial distress and insolvency and alternative informal and formal rescue. Identifying and reviewing turnaround strategies and formal rescue processes available to management, the book also examines the increasing importance of creditors and their impact on business decision-making. The book provides a detailed interpretation of governance in five mega insolvencies in retail and construction following the financial crisis in 2008. It also sets out a methodology which is designed to inform and help those readers seeking to analyse and interpret director behaviour in such circumstances.<br>

Sonderbeitrag

Presents an integrative perspective of corporate governance during financial distress and insolvency Includes extended case studies to drive analysis Provides a methodology to develop knowledge and understanding of specific insolvency and governance situations

Verkaufsargumente

- Presents an integrative perspective of corporate governance during financial distress and insolvency<div>- Includes extended case studies to drive analysis</div><div>- Provides a methodology to develop knowledge and understanding of specific insolvency and governance situations </div>