What is Corporate Governance?

Niamh Brennan ()

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Abstract: The word governance comes from a Latin word – gubernare – which means to steer. Cicero has written ‘he that governs sits quietly at the stern and scarce is seen to stir’. Thus my colleague, Dr Collette Kirwan, has conceptualised the board as being the navigator of the company.

Keywords: Corporate governance; Limited liability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-07
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Published in: Business and Leadership, July 2014() 2014-07-28

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