Selected papers

Over the years, in the course of research into corporate governance and business systems, I have published many papers. A selection is collected here. Click on the title to open a pdf in a new browser window.

Research in Accountancy – a strategy for further work
Social Science Research Council, London, 1975

Accounts and accountability (or where to draw the bottom line)
Inaugural lecture from the Chair of Finance and Accounting, University of Hong Kong Supplement to The Gazette, Vol. XXXVI 6 March, 1989

The Board’s role in Strategy Formulation – some cross-cultural comparisons
Futures, Oxford, May 1994

Wielding Corporate Power - the ethics of corporate governance
The Hong Kong Ethics Development Centre, 1996

Corporate Governance after Hampel
The Accountant, London, 1997

Good Practice in Corporate Governance – a background paper for the UN Development Programme
Republic of Korea, Soeul,1998

Directors deserve all they get
The Director, London, June 1999

The cultural context of information management
In Re-thinking Management Information Systems, W. L. Currie and R. D. Galliers, 2000

Why do we work the way we do? 
The Director, London, July 2000

Auditing – profession or business?
Accountancy, June 2002

Oxford Management Myths
Oxford Magazine, Eighth week, Hilary Term 2006

Corporate governance – convergence?
Paper for the Chartered Secretaries International conference, Shanghai China, 2008

Where were the auditors?
Oxford University Press blog,
https://corporategovernanceoup.wordpress.com
posted February 18, 2009

 

Twenty Practical Steps to Better Corporate Governance
Corporate Secretaries International Association, Geneva, March 2010

The Governance of Critical Risk
For AON Global, Hong Kong, August 2010

New Frontiers for Corporate Governance
CSJ, Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, January 2011

Re-inventing the Limited Liability Company
Corporate Governance – an International Review, Volume 19 Number 4, July 2011

Business Ethics is the Bedrock of Corporate Governance
Oxford University Press blog
https://corporategovernanceoup.wordpress.com
posted 6 September, 2012

Business ethics begin in the boardroom
The European Financial Review, April/May, 2014

Wither Independent Audit?
OUP blog, March 2015
http://blog.oup.com/2015/03/wither-independent-audit

 

OTHER PAPERS

Captain Schjonemann (1860–1942) and his Brixham Navigation School
Bob Tricker 2017, First Published in Maritime South West 2017 Vol. 30

Why was the listing of China’s Ant Group dropped?
Blog post, January 2021

The Future of Corporate Governance
– A Personal Odyssey
Blog posts, May to July 2021

Corporate governance in Hong Kong and the rest of China
Blog post, October 2021

Corporate Governance Implications of Climate Change
Blog post, November 2021