Topic Gateway Series UK Company Law Sykes,C.and Peijun X.Companies Act 2006:directors'duties.Credit Management,March 2008,pp 23-24.A good overview,including discussion of whether the Act will inhibit individuals from holding multiple directorships;or whether the new powers for derivative actions might lead to a flurry of test cases,especially during sensitive times such as takeovers. Books Ebooks available to CIMA members at:www.netlibrary.com [Accessed 25 April 2008] Harper,J.(2007).Chairing the Board:a practical guide to activities and responsibilities.London:Kogan Page.Updated to account for CA 06 Henriques,A.(2007).Corporate truth:the limits to transparency.London: Earthscan.Argues that accountability and transparency fall far short of what society should expect.Although there has been an increase in the extent to which corporate reports include societal or environmental impacts,the quality of many of these reports could be improved.Reporting such impacts(transparency) is not enough as action(accountability)is also necessary. Inkpen,A.and Ramaswamy,K.(2006).Global strategy:creating and sustaining advantage across borders.New York:Oxford University Press.(Strategic Management Series).This book is about globalisation,rather than company law, but it includes some interesting material on legal and governance matters. It argues that international strategy is not just an extension of classic strategic analysis,because it requires companies to deal with (and sometimes exploit) differences in legal and governance matters when doing business across international boundaries. The book includes useful analysis,for example,of countries which offer similar levels of investor protection because of their shared common-law origins of company law.This is in comparison to those countries whose company law originates from French civil law. Knell,A.(2006).Corporate Governance:how to add value to your company:a practical implementation guide.London:Elsevier (2006).Doing business 2007:how to reform:comparing regulation in 175 economies.Washington,DC:World Bank.Self-explanatory title for an interesting guide to the pace and extent of reform in other countries.A snapshot of the reforms undertaken in 2005-2006 to simplify business regulations,to increase access to credit,to reduce the costs of importing and exporting,and to strengthen property rights. 11Topic Gateway Series UK Company Law 11 Sykes, C. and Peijun X. Companies Act 2006: directors' duties. Credit Management, March 2008, pp 23-24. A good overview, including discussion of whether the Act will inhibit individuals from holding multiple directorships; or whether the new powers for derivative actions might lead to a flurry of test cases, especially during sensitive times such as takeovers. Books Ebooks available to CIMA members at: www.netlibrary.com [Accessed 25 April 2008] Harper, J. (2007). Chairing the Board: a practical guide to activities and responsibilities. London: Kogan Page. Updated to account for CA 06. Henriques, A. (2007). Corporate truth: the limits to transparency. London: Earthscan. Argues that accountability and transparency fall far short of what society should expect. Although there has been an increase in the extent to which corporate reports include societal or environmental impacts, the quality of many of these reports could be improved. Reporting such impacts (transparency) is not enough as action (accountability) is also necessary. Inkpen, A. and Ramaswamy, K. (2006). Global strategy: creating and sustaining advantage across borders. New York: Oxford University Press. (Strategic Management Series). This book is about globalisation, rather than company law, but it includes some interesting material on legal and governance matters. It argues that international strategy is not just an extension of classic strategic analysis, because it requires companies to deal with (and sometimes exploit) differences in legal and governance matters when doing business across international boundaries. The book includes useful analysis, for example, of countries which offer similar levels of investor protection because of their shared common-law origins of company law. This is in comparison to those countries whose company law originates from French civil law. Knell, A. (2006). Corporate Governance: how to add value to your company: a practical implementation guide. London: Elsevier (2006). Doing business 2007: how to reform: comparing regulation in 175 economies. Washington, DC: World Bank. Self-explanatory title for an interesting guide to the pace and extent of reform in other countries. A snapshot of the reforms undertaken in 2005-2006 to simplify business regulations, to increase access to credit, to reduce the costs of importing and exporting, and to strengthen property rights