Handbook on international corporate governance : country analyses The second edition of this major Handbook provides a thoroughly revised and extensive analysis of the development of corporate governance across a broad range of countries including Australia China Germany India Italy Japan Poland Russia South Africa Spain Turkey and the UK. Additional coverage in this second edition includes Brazil Hungary Malaysia and Norway. The Handbook reveals that whilst the stage in the corporate governance life cycle may vary from country to country there are certain core features that emerge such as the importance of transparency disclosure accountability of directors and protection of minority shareholders’ rights.