'The editors have accomplished a wondrous fete of academic entrepreneurship in collating, on a global basis, information relating to corporate governance and initial public offerings (IPOs). Focusing on IPOs is particularly useful because it provides a market place reality test of various aspects of corporate governance. The method of presentation of materials, the classification of categories and the use of charts makes it easy to use this formidable research tool. This is a book that everyone interested in Corporate Governance will want to own - buy it.' Robert A. G. Monks, shareholder activist, corporate governance adviser and founder of ISS, the Corporate Library, the LENS Fund and Governance for Owners
List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction William Judge and Alessandro Zattoni; 2. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Australia Helen Wei Hu and Monica Guo-Sze Tan; 3. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Belgium Yves Fassin, Abigail Levrau and Lutgart Van den Berghe; 4. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Canada Dhirendra Shukla; 5. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in China Jean Jinghan Chen and Stephen X. H. Gong; 6. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Germany Till Talaulicar; 7. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in India Nisha Kohli; 8. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Israel Stav Fainshmidt; 9. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Italy Alessandro Zattoni and Chiara Mosca; 10. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Japan Hideaki Sakawa and Naoki Watanabel; 11. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Majdi A. Quttainah and William F. Paczkowski; 12. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Mexico Jose Luis Rivas; 13. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in the Netherlands Hans van Ees and Teye Marra; 14. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Nigeria Emmanuel Afolabi Adegbite; 15. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Russia Sheila M. Puffer and Daniel J. McCarthy; 16. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Singapore Michael A. Witt; 17. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Spain Félix J. López-Iturriaga and Ignacio Danvila del Valle; 18. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Sweden Jonas Gabrielsson; 19. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Switzerland Winfried Ruigrok and Dimitrios G. Georgakakis; 20. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in Turkey Sibel Yamak and Bengi Ertuna; 21. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in the United Kingdom R. Greg Bell; 22. Corporate governance and initial public offerings in the United States Krista Lewellyn and William Judge; Index.