Foreword by Professor Emilios Avgouleas
Chapter 1
Introduction: Enhancing Board Effectiveness – Institutional, Regulatory and Functional Perspectives for Developing and Emerging Markets
Onyeka K. Osuji, Franklin N. Ngwu, Chris Ogbechie and David Williamson
Chapter 2:
Principles of Corporate Governance and Effective Board
Folajimi Ashiru, Franklin Nakpodia and Emmanuel Adegbite
Chapter 3
Codes for Boards of Directors: A Law and Morality and Organisational Differences Perspective
David Williamson & Gary Lynch-Wood
Chapter 4
The Nature of Boards in Developing and Emerging Markets
Chris Ogbechie
Chapter 5: Corporate Governance and Business Growth: Evidence from China
Jia Liu; Moshfique Uddin; Anup Chowdhury & Christopher Muganhu
Chapter 6
Board Effectiveness: Do Committees Really Matter? Evidence from Turkey
Emek Toraman Çolgar
Chapter 7
Individualism in Boards or Directors: Why Good Board Members Make Bad Decisions
Chris van der Hoven and Kalu Ojah
Chapter 8
Tone at the Top, Organizational Culture and Board Effectiveness
Surendra Arjoon
Chapter 9
Institutions and Board Effectiveness: Any Link? The United Kingdom, United States and Nigeria in Perspective
Francis Okanigbuan
Chapter 10
Club Theory and Directors’ Performance Evaluation
Onyeka K. Osuji
Chapter 11
Corporate Governance Codes for Public Sector, Private Sector and Not-for Profit Boards- Varied Rules and Structure or One size fits all
Olawale Ajai
Chapter 12
Reporting by the Companies: Development and Challenges
Indrajit Dube & Mia Mahmudur Rahim
Chapter 13
Director’s Selection, On-boarding and Disqualification Process
Chris Ogbechie
Chapter 14
Directors’ Duties and Accountability, Personal Liability and Lifting the Veil of Incorporation
Ngozi Okoye
Chapter 15:
Money laundering, Tax havens and Transparency: Any role for the Board of Directors of Banks?
Euphemia Godspower-Akpomiemie and Kalu Ojah
Chapter 16
The Journey to Board Effectiveness: The Case of Indonesia
Sylvia Veronica
Chapter 17
Board Roles in Business Groups and Multinational Enterprises in Emerging Markets
Gül Okutan Nilsson
Chapter 18
The Board in the Financial and Social Performance of Firms
Ogechi Adeola and Eugene Ohu
Chapter 19
Director Remuneration in Developing and Emerging Markets: Issues, Challenges and Prospects
Franklin N. Ngwu
Chapter 20
Board Composition and Diversity in Developing and Emerging Markets
Enase Okonedo
Chapter 21
Shareholders and Institutional Investment
Kalu Ojah and Chris van der Hoven
Chapter 22
Board Effectiveness and Regulation: Explaining the DeficitGary Lynch-Wood and David Williamson
Chapter 23
Effective Boards in Developing and Emerging Markets: Looking Ahead
David Williamson, Chris Ogbechie, Onyeka K. Osuji & Franklin N.Ngwu
