Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Business Law

Recent cases of corporate failures, including the fixing of LIBOR rates and money laundering issues in the banking industry, highlight how behavioural issues on the part of company directors are significant contributory factors in corporate governance and the success or failure of companies. This book examines how personality and behavioural issues have contributed to major corporate failures, and how this risk may be managed.

The book examines behavioural risks in corporate governance, and evaluates the extent to which risk management mechanisms have acknowledged various aspects of...

This volume examines how innovation and digital transformation impact the financial and accounting sectors. Featuring selected contributions from the third ‘Finance, Accounting and Law in the Digital Age conference 2024’ held at the University of Salamanca, Spain, the contributions of this book explore the development of digital finance and the complicated equation between financial stability, the security of investors and financial consumers, sustainable finance, and support for innovation. Climate change and the exponential growth of technology have built an explosion of financial...

This volume discusses the role and characteristics of Islamic finance and how it can contribute to a sustainable financial system. Islamic finance is not only for the 1.5 billion Muslims. Several countries are interested in it because it has interesting characteristics in terms of transparency and banking regulation. Although the origins of Islamic finance date back several centuries, its resurgence is relatively recent. From its modern beginnings in Egypt and Malaysia, Islamic finance is now a growing sector and its recent performance contrasts with that of conventional banks. Rapid...