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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- An ever-new theme -- Uncertainty, freedom, fairness -- Transparency is worthwhile -- Introduction -- What is corporate governance? -- What is the content of this book? -- How to use this book? -- Acknowledgments -- Part One....

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