Corporate Governance

Nell Minow

Robert A.G. Monks

wiley

In the wake of the dramatic series of corporate meltdowns: Enron; Tyco; Adelphia; WorldCom; the timely new edition of this successful text provides students and business professionals with a welcome update of the key issues facing managers, boards of directors, investors, and shareholders. 
In addition to its authoritative overview of the history, the myth and the reality of corporate governance, this new edition has been updated to include: <ul> <li>analysis of the latest cases of corporate disaster; 
</li> <li>An overview of corporate governance guidelines and codes of practice in developing and emerging markets 
</li> <li>new cases: Adelphia; Arthur Andersen; Tyco Laboratories; Worldcom; Gerstner's pay packet at IBM</li> </ul>
 Once again in the new edition of their textbook, Robert A. G. Monks and Nell Minow show clearly the role of corporate governance in making sure the right questions are asked and the necessary checks and balances in place to protect the long-term, sustainable value of the enterprise. A CD-ROM containing a comprehensive case study of the Enron collapse, complete with senate hearings and video footage, accompanies the text. Further lecturer resources and links are available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/monks

Business & Money

Economics

Wiley/Blackwell

A detailed guide to the discipline of corporate valuation 
Designed for the professional investor who is building an investment portfolio that includes equity, Corporate Valuation for Portfolio Investment takes you through a range of approaches, including those primarily based on assets, earnings, cash flow, and securities prices, as well as hybrid techniques. Along the way, it discusses the importance of qualitative measures such as governance, which go well beyond generally accepted accounting principles and international financial reporting standards, and addresses a variety of special situations in the life cycle of businesses, including initial public offerings and bankruptcies. Engaging and informative, Corporate Valuation for Portfolio Investment also contains formulas, checklists, and models that the authors, or other experts, have found useful in making equity investments. <ul>
<li>Presents more than a dozen hybrid approaches to valuation, explaining their relevance to different types of investors</li> <li>Charts stock market trends, both verbally and visually, enabling investors to think like traders when needed</li> <li>Offers valuation guidance based on less quantitative factors, namely management quality and factors relating to the company and the economy</li> </ul>
Corporate Valuation for Portfolio Investment puts this dynamic discipline in perspective and presents proven ways to determine the value of corporate equity securities for the purpose of portfolio investment.

Corporate Valuation for Portfolio Investment: Analyzing Assets, Earnings, Cash Flow, Stock Price, Governance, and Special Situations

Alexandra Reed Lajoux

Finance

Bloomberg Press

Robert Monks is known for his pursuit of ineffective management as a shareholder activist. He presents corporations as ever-changing systems of relationships between owners, managers, governments, customers and society, and shows success as the ability to manage these relationships.

The Emperor's Nightingale

Capstone Publishing Ltd

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