Author: Darryl Reed
Sanjoy Mukherjee/
Translator(s)/Editor: Darryl Reed / Sanjoy Mukherjee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 270
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195684370
Description
This collection discusses recent changes in corporate governance through an exploration of India’s history of development, the nature of its corporate economy, and the recent changes in the global political economy. In particular, it examines the changing corporate governance policies and practices in India inc. in the face of liberalization. Neo-liberal advocates of economic reforms attempt to link corporate governance with development by arguing that reforms are opening up new opportunities for corporations, while increased market pressure and legal reforms are forcing them to become more competitive and responsible to their shareholders. The volume explores various controversial aspects of this argument and investigates the actual extent to which economic reforms have contributed to development by promoting improvements in corporate governance.
This book delves into relevant yet unexplored territory and addresses the following questions: what does corporate governance in the Indian context entail? Is corporate governance practised by Indian firms or does it still remain a largely academic issue? What should be the development priorities, responsibilities, and role of Indian firms? Does the Anglo-American model effectively meet India’s corporate governance needs to does it need to be supplemented and contextualized? In addressing these questions, the book incorporates positive, strategic, and normative analyses of governance reforms.
The contributors evaluate practices and policies, and provide strategic recommendations for boards and managements to ensure responsible corporate governance. The comprehensive analysis offered here will benefit management professionals, economists, development researchers, students, academics, and policy-makers.
REVIEWS
There is good balance on the whole between theory, history, and empirics. In particular, the reader who is interested in institutional detail will find plenty on offer here.
-Economic and Political Weekly
Focuses on examining the intersection of two particularly significant areas where change has been taking place over the past decades-the manner in which corporations are governed and the efforts of developing countries to promote development.
-IIM Bangalore Management Review
Contents
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
CONTRIBUTORS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
1. Corporate governance reforms in developing countries
DARRYL REED
2. Corporate governance in India: three historical models and their development impact
ANANYA MUKHERJEE REED AND DARRYL REED
3. Economic reforms, corporate boards, and governance
N BALASUBRAMANIAN
4. Economic reforms, corporate philosophy, and development
ANUP SINHA
5. Corporate financial reporting
ASISH K BHATTACHARYYA
6. Institutional investors and nominee directors
JAIRUS BANAJI
7. Corporate governance and development in India: a survey
SANJOY MUKHERJEE
8. Corporate governance reforms and corporate sector development in India
JAYATI SARKAR AND SUBRATA SARKAR
9. On economic reforms, governance, and development: examining the problematic role of corporate profit strategies
ANANYA MUKHERJEE REED
10. The role of business in society: business-NGOs partnerships for development
SHANKAR VENKATESWARAN
11. From social responsibility to development-driven business: the ongoing experience of the TATA group
ANANT D NADKARNI
12. The role of governance in promoting development: evaluating governance responsibilities and models of governance
DARRYL REED