Governance and Risk (Hardcover)

All-new techniques for limiting market risk, by ensuring that what a company has disclosed is both accurate and honest

As each new corporate financial debacle roars through the headlines, calls for increased governance and greater transparency have reached a deafening pitch. A primary problem from company to company is the inconsistency of measurement and disclosure, and how these reporting differences can hurt investors, regulators, and even the companies themselves.

In The Standard & Poors Handbook of Corporate Governance & Risk, a team of Standard & Poors and industry experts helps readers develop an analytical model for evaluating individual organizations and protecting themselves against the effects of inaccurate or incomplete reporting. This latest addition to the impressive Standard & Poors body of work unveils:

• An all-new methodology for measuringand scoring corporate governance
  
• Bases for evaluating governance acrosscompanies, countries, and cultures
  
• Case studies from British Petroleum, FannieMae, Aeroflot, and other global giants