This multi-disciplinary volume provides a critical examination of corporate governance reform in Southeast Asia especially after the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The weaknesses in the corporate sector, such as poor investment structure, weak legal and accounting systems, faulty financial practices, questionable political interventions, are some of the pertinent issues raised by the authors, who include legal specialists, corporate practitioners, economists, and political scientists. Policy measures to improve corporate transparency, institutional accountability, and fiscal prudence are also proposed. The volume provides interested readers and policy-makers in Southeast Asia with the most current research and policy options on corporate governance reform, and advocates more committed and effective governance changes in the future. Refer to this link for list of supported app: Click here! Buy by Chapter (individual chapters fulfilled in digital format) Preliminary pages with Introduction by Ho Khai Leong PART I: OVERVIEWS 1. Corporate Governance: An Alternative Model 2. Political Institutions and Corporate Governance Reforms inSoutheast Asia 3. Disclosure, Reporting, and Derivative Actions: Empowering Shareholders in Southeast Asia 4. Governance Reforms in the Banking Sector in Southeast Asia: Economics and Institutional Imperatives PART II: COUNTRY STUDIESMALAYSIA 5. Corporate Governance Reforms in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges 6. Corporate Governance in Malaysia: Reforms in Light of Post-1998 Crisis INDONESIA 7. Indonesias Tolerated Low-Speed Reform of Corporate Governance 8. The Political Economy of Corporate Governance in Indonesia THAILAND 9. Building Good Corporate Governance after the Crisis: The Experience of Thailand 10. National Corporate Governance Committee: Three Disciplines for Good Corporate Governance in Thailand SINGAPORE 11. State of Corporate Governance Reforms in Singapore: Economic Realities, Political Institutions, and Regulatory Frameworks 12. Corporate Governance Reforms and the Management of the GLCs in Singapore: Pressures, Problems, and Paradoxes PHILIPPINES 13. From the Inside Out: Reforming Corporate Governance in the Philippines by Engaging the Private Sector 14. Corporate Governance of Financial Institutions: The Philippine Case VIETNAM 15. Promoting Good Corporate Governance Practices in Vietnam: A New Element in the Economic Reform Agenda 16. Corporate Governance in Vietnams Equitized Companies: Progressive Policies and Lax Realities Index Subjects:Government & BusinessNumber of Pages: 387Imprint: Institute of Southeast Asian StudiesPublication Date: 38539Format: HB