Comparative Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets

This review essay seeks to provide an overview of the state of the art of corporate governance (CG) in emerging markets (EMs). We focus mostly on the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and adopt a systematic cross-national comparative focus. The chapter has four main sections. We begin by highlighting why it is important to better understand CG in EMs and to identify some of the key challenges these countries face as they seek to...