This book is about the relationship between corporate governance regimes and labour management‎.‎ It examines how finance and governance influence employment relationships‎,‎ work organization‎,‎ and industrial relations by means of a comparative analysis of Anglo‎-American‎,‎ European‎,‎ and Japanese economies‎.‎ The starting point is the distinction widely found in the corporate governance‎,‎ business systems‎,‎ and political economy literature between countries dominated by ‎'‎shareholder value‎'‎ conceptions of corporate governance and those characterized by ‎'‎stakeholder‎'‎ regimes‎.‎ By drawing on a wide range of countries‎,‎ the book is able to demonstrate the complexities of corporate governance arrangements and to present a more precise and nuanced exploration of the linkages between governance and labour management‎.‎ Each country‎-based chapter provides an analysis of the evolution and key characteristics of corporate governance and then links this to labour management institutions and practices‎.‎ The chapters‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎