Corporate Governance in Government Corporations

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-27783-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Law, Ethics and Governance

Many governments across the world have responded to the need for greater efficiency in the delivery of government services by the reorganization of these bureaucracies along the lines of for-profit business corporations. In doing so, governments have relied on the capacity for governance practices to overcome the weaker incentives created by the attenuated 'property rights' that are created in public enterprise.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whincop, Michael J

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction; Historical and comparative issues; The management of the government corporation; The government as shareholder; Stakeholders and corporate governance; Reforming government corporations; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

The late Michael J. Whincop was the Professor and Law School Director of the Business Ethics and Corporate Regulation Program at the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University, Australia.