The due diligence handbook
Subtitle: corporate governance, risk management and business planning
By: Linda S. Spedding
Contributors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: CIMA/Elsevier
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 710
ISBN-13: 9780080942681; 9780750686211
Subjects: Risk management; Law and legislation; Business planning; Corporate governance
Description: "Due Diligence Handbook provides business directors with a practical and authoritative guidance to minimising financial and legal risks, as well as risks to reputation. The book brings together practical information on relevant legislation, regulations, codes and best practice guidance in one volume." "The book provides clear guidance and case studies to help understand the complexity of due diligence issues, and to demonstrate the detailed work that is necessary to ensure that the benefits of an acquisition can be realised and that there are no unexpected problems."--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and traditional due diligence; title: Due diligence in corporate finance; title: Money laundering and terrorist financing; title: Trends and drivers for due diligence and corporate governance; title: Key due diligence and corporate governance management issues; title: Commercial due diligence case studies; title: Reputational due diligence and risk management; title: Cultural due diligence; title: Information technology and e-commerce : issues of due diligence, risk management and corporate governance; title: Corporate governance issues; title: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; title: International dimensions and corporate governance : the Indian perspective; title: International dimensions : corporate governance in Hong Kong special administrative region and the People's Republic of China; title: International dimensions : corporate governance in Australia; title: Corporate governance in Japan; title: Environmental due diligence and risk management : sustainability and corporate governance; title: Charity considerations : issues of transparency and governance; title: Governance in the family, the family business and family trusts.