The book focuses on corporate governance with an original perspective:(i) It is based on academic research: solid theory and rigorous empirical findings provided by previous studies; (ii) It has a strategic-management perspective, and it aims at helping students to learn both mindsets and frameworks, and competencies and useful knowledge to design and assess corporate governance practices; (iii) It presents best practices across major national governance systems at international level; (iv) It has been developed for didactic purposes;(v) It acknowledges the recent debate on shareholder and stakeholder views.