No. 12-3, July 2004

Index

• Alternative Perspectives on Independence of Directors
• Board Independence and Product Market Competition in Swedish Firms
• Book Reviews
• Characteristics of Women and Men Corporate Inside Directors in the US
• Conversion, Performance and Executive Compensation in UK Building Societies
• Corporate Governance and Financial Distress: evidence from Taiwan
• Corporate Governance in Russia: what model will it follow?
• Corporate Governance of Banks in Developing Economies: concepts and issues
• Corporate Governance Policy and Company Performance: the Portuguese case
• Corporate Governance Update
• Does the Composition and Practice of Boards of Directors Bear Any Relationship to the Performance of their Companies?
• Governance of UK NHS Trusts: the Annual General Meeting
• Shareholding Versus Stakeholding: a critical review of corporate governance
• The Agency Problems, Firm Performance and Monitoring Mechanisms: the evidence from collateralised shares in Taiwan
• The Independence Paradox: (im)possibilities facing non‐executive directors in The Netherlands
• The Role of Corporate Governance in the IPO Process: a note
• Trustees, Institutional Investors and Ultimate Beneficiaries