Corporate governance in Asia continues to attract global interest due to its critical importance to the world's fastest-growing region. The study of governance systems remains complicated by Asia's mix of legal traditions, market systems and social history. This comprehensive textbook provides a comparative overview of the corporate governance framework, theory and practice in major Asian countries. Students at all levels will gain an understanding of corporate governance systems in Asia and how they compare with models attributed to the US, the UK and Europe. Featuring six foundational chapters focusing on general theory and corporate governance systems and eight country-specific chapters, this book can be used as the basic textbook for a general course on comparative corporate governance or as an essential reference about corporate governance in Asia for a wide variety of professionals including academics, jurists, students, practitioners, investors, creditors, policymakers and analysts.

Provides a comparative overview of corporate governance frameworks and practices in major Asian countries.

In 2003, the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance produced recommendations to improve corporate governance in Asia. This report summarises the results of a stocktaking exercise to determine progress made to date and the challenges remaining in the implementation of these recommendations.

This publication offers a unique snapshot of how corporate governance is being enforced in Asia.

This book explores how corporate governance is interpreted and applied in Asian corporations. Using examples of good and bad governance, it analyzes whether there is a uniquely Asian approach to governance issues.

Of the meeting -- Introduction / by Joanna R. Shelton -- Corporate governance patterns in OECD economies: is convergence under way? / by Stilpon Nestor and John K. Thompson -- Latest directions in corporate governance / by Ian T. Dunlop -- The legal and institutional preconditions for strong stock markets: the nontriviality of securities law / by Bernard Black -- Comparative corporate governance trends in Asia / by Il Chong Nam, Yeongjae Kang, Joon-Kyung Kim -- Corporate governance in Japan / by Takahiro Yasui -- Disclosure and corporate governance: a Japanese perspective / by Hideki Kanda -- Corporate governance in Korea / by Il Chong Nam et al. -- Corporate restructuring in Thailand and Korea / by William P. Mako -- Chaebol reform: the missing agenda in corporate governance / by Yoon Youngmo -- Corporate governance in the special administrative region of Hong Kong / The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, China -- Corporate governance in India / by Pratip Kar -- Corporate governance and restructuring in Malaysia: a review of markets, mechanisms, agents and the legal infrastructure / by R. Thillainathan -- Corporate governance environment and policy: their impact on corporate performance and finance in the Philippines / by Cesar G. Saldana -- Corporate governance in Singapore: current practice and future developments / by Mak Yuen Teen and Phillip H. Phan -- Corporate governance: the challenge facing the Thai economy / by Deunden Nikomboriak and Somkiat Tangkitvanich -- Corporate governance in Chinese Taipei / by Chen-En Ko et al.