Corporate Governance and Strategic Management

This book aims to analyze the relationship between governance and sustainability in light of the regulatory interventions on Sustainable Corporate Governance. The objective is to identify the challenges posed by sustainability and to evaluate through initial empirical research the state of the art of companies in the field of human rights due diligence and the governance determinants that have influenced good practices. Starting from an analysis of the literature in order to highlight the latest evolu-tionary trends on the subject, this book aims to investigate the changes in governance models of companies that legislation and sustainability are imposing. Using mixed, quantitative, and qualitative methodologies, it is proposed to investigate the state of the art of European companies regarding the implementation of due diligence systems and evaluate the critical governance mechanisms to encourage the adoption of good practices to identify and prevent harmful phenomena in human rights. The book consists of four chapters. The first chapter defines corporate governance and retraces the main theoretical frameworks underlying the conceptualization of corporate governance. Subsequently, some governance models widespread in the main European countries are proposed with a final focus on risk control and management systems, increasingly crucial for managing complexity.