The book covers the broad area of Corporate Governance (CG) and its constituents. It includes new and contemporary topics such as CG in family-controlled businesses, governance of multinational corporations, related party transactions and impact investing.

It is a blend of theory and practice, and presents cases old and new, from Maxwell to Tata Sons, from both the western and eastern hemisphere to facilitate the understanding of CG issues. The book brings together governance frameworks of different countries in one place. For instance, when 'appointment of auditors' is discussed the UK code, US laws, EU Audit legislation 2016 and Indian rules are covered. It includes latest and novel regulations such as CSR in India.