Effective Corporate Governance
An emerging market (Caribbean) perspective on governing corporations in a disparate world.
Author: Vindel L. Kerr
Foreword by Douglas Orane

This book is a manifesto for building highly effective Boards and corporations while balancing power, performance and profits with integrity, transparency, accountability and reform in private and public sectors.

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NEW REVIEWS BY LEADING EXPERTS

Review by: A. W. Sangster
"A Good Corporate Companion"
The Jamaica Observer
Sunday, April 17, 2005

This publication was formally launched on April 4, 2005 and is published by the Centre for Corporate Governance and Competitive Strategy (GovStrat). It was prepared for publication by LMH Publishing Limited. The book features the Grace Kennedy Group as the subject of an exploratory 'Case Study' and the Foreword is written by Douglas Orane, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Mr. Orane makes the point that "The work is a manifesto for revolutionising Caribbean boardrooms via an examination of the way organisations are managed versus directed.
I have no hesitation in recommending it to all who are interested in the subject of corporate governance; but, particularly, to those who are charged with the management and governance of public as well as private sector organisations... <see more...>

Review by: Professor Neville C. Duncan
The following is the text of a presentation/review of Effective Corporate Governance made by Professor Neville C. Duncan at its Launch held on April 4, 2005, Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica.

Whether or not one agrees with all that is written in this book, it successfully breaks important new grounds.

As the Author has indicated, corporate collapses, fraud cases, shareholder suits and questionable strategic decisions have brought to the forefront the need to revolutionize corporate governance. The failure of these occurrences to lead to widespread resignations and or imprisonment in Jamaica screams out for effective corporate governance... <see more...>

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