TY - BOOK AU - Asaoka,Daisuke TI - Financial management and corporate governance AV - HG173 .A8143 2022 U1 - 658.15 23/eng/20220120 PY - 2024///] CY - New Jersey PB - World Scientific KW - Management KW - Finance KW - Consolidation and merger of corporations KW - Investments KW - Corporate governance KW - Moral and ethical aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "This book provides an integrative perspective on financial management and corporate governance deployed in management decisions. It analyzes wide-ranging issues such as valuation, capital investment, capital structure, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder and stakeholder value management, and corporate governance structure. Throughout the analyses, the book provides a coherent view of firms, laws and markets, and offers practical financial modeling techniques to assist in financial decisions. This book also incorporates the latest developments in practice, such as direct listings and SPACs in capital markets, contractual arrangements in mergers and acquisitions, setting of corporate purpose, protection of minority investors in related party transactions, balancing of shareholder and stakeholder value from an ESG perspective, and the growing influence of activist funds, index investors and proxy advisors. It also looks at these complex issues in firm management through the dual lens of asymmetric information and conflicts of interest that managers deal with, and gives coherency and clarity to the understanding of these key issues in management"-- ER -