The Board of Directors
Corporate Governance and the Effect on Firm Value
Authors: Croci, Ettore
Free Preview- Provides a clear focus on a single corporate governance mechanisms: the board of directors
- Showcases an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of the board and the attributes of the directors
- Highlights what attributes are beneficial to value creation
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- About this book
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Boards of directors are a central feature of any corporate governance regime. The role of directors and how they affect firm value and policies is examined in depth in academic literature. However, it is easy to get both lost and overwhelmed when searching through the literature review that investigates several characteristics, often one at the time. This book provides a careful and concise look at corporate finance literature, specifically with regard to the board of directors, summarizing the main findings and reconciling them. This book documents the pros and cons associated with the various attributes of the board and the directors as found in the current literature and provides sections geared specifically to practitioners in this space, as well, allowing for a better and more comprehensive description of this important corporate governance mechanism. The resulting book aims to facilitate the interpretation of changes in corporate governance through the lens of the recent academic literature.
- About the authors
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Ettore Croci is Associate Professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. He received his PhD from the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland. His research focuses on empirical corporate finance and corporate governance.
- Table of contents (4 chapters)
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The Board of Directors
Pages 1-39
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Board, Firm Value, and Corporate Policies
Pages 41-106
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The Characteristics of the Directors
Pages 107-149
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Conclusions
Pages 151-156
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Board of Directors
- Book Subtitle
- Corporate Governance and the Effect on Firm Value
- Authors
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- Ettore Croci
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-96616-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-96616-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-96615-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 158
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations
- Topics
