Boards' contribution to strategy and innovation

The urgent and sustained interest in corporate governance is unprecedented, the connections between corporate governance and economic performance being emphasized by the World Bank, the IMF and others in the global economic community. In what promises to be a timely and definitive intellectual map of a key emerging discipline the Handbook of Corporate Governance offers a critical overview of the key themes, theoretical controversies, current research and emerging concepts that frame the field. Consisting of original substantive chapters by leading international scholars, and examining corporate governance from an inter-disciplinary basis, the text will highlight how critical governance issues are to the formation, growth, financing, structural development, and strategic direction of companies and how corporate governance institutions in turn influence the innovation and development of industrial and economic systems globally. Comprehensive, authoritative and presented in a highly-accessible framework this Handbook is a significant resource to those with an interest in understanding this important emerging field.