{"product_id":"9781137590510","title":"Driven to the Brink: Why Corporate Governance, Board Leadership and Culture Matter","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDriven to the Brink: Why Corporate Governance, Board Leadership and Culture Matter\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMicklethwait, Alicia; Dimond, Patricia\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDriven to the Brink\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of short stories about corporate disasters and how inadequate governance and flawed culture caused a massive destruction of shareholder value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLook at any major corporate meltdown and two factors emerge: a failure of corporate governance and a culture where short-termism and greed are rewarded and risk is encouraged to flourish unchecked. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Two years before the latest crash, Alicia Micklethwait co-wrote the best-selling \u003ci\u003eGreed and Corporate Failure \u003c\/i\u003ewhich examined some of the high profile corporate disasters of the early years of the 21st century. Sadly those lessons were forgotten.  Companies have continued to be \u003ci\u003eDriven to the Brink \u003c\/i\u003eof disaster. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now, with co-author Patty Dimond, they examine what we must learn this time around. Drawing on in-depth case studies of the Libor scandal, Olympus, Co-op, Kids Company and others, Dimond and Micklethwait ask whathave we learned and more importantly, what can we do to prevent these disasters from happening again?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e They also examine the large, emerging and less widely understood world of Corporate China with detailed discussion of the Lixel and Glaxo frauds. On a positive note, staying with China, they look at the story of Alibaba and ask is an ethical culture enough to protect shareholder rights?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2017-03-27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137590510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-59053-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 244\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752962486412,"sku":"9781137590510","price":34.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137590510.jpg?v=1775962872","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781137590510","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}