TY - BOOK TI - Handbook on international corporate governance: country analyses SN - 9780857934024 U1 - 338.6HAN PY - 2011/// CY - Cheltenham, UK PB - Edward Elgar KW - Corporate governance -Cross-cultural studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The second edition of this major Handbook provides a thoroughly revised and extensive analysis of the development of corporate governance across a broad range of countries including Australia, China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey and the UK. Additional coverage in this second edition includes Brazil, Hungary, Malaysia, and Norway. The Handbook reveals that while the stage in the corporate governance life cycle may vary from country to country, there are certain core features that emerge such as the importance of transparency, disclosure, accountability of directors and protection of minority shareholders' rights ER -