preferred way of teaching business research, but that he was too constrained by having to adapt the existing United States text. Peter Moizer Leeds University Business School, UK E-mail address: pm@lubs.leeds.ac.uk. doi:10.1016/j.intacc.2007.06.005 Best Practice in Corporate Governance: Building Reputation and Sustainable Success, Adrian Davies, Gower Publishing Limited, Aldershot, Hants, England (2006), xiv+ 165 pages, £55.00, US$99.95, £81.54, ISBN: 0 566 08566 6 Corporate Governance is an essential aspect for anyone concerned with the company's sustainable growth. This book is devoted to identifying the key factors of good governance, and eventually the best practices. It relies on practical experiences, interviews and numerous real cases—which are mainly related to United Kingdom settings— analyzed in depth. The author points out regularly throughout the chapters several specific characteristics that emerge from its analysis of the different cases. And, notwithstanding the necessary need to implement the different recommendations from reports especially for the board of directors (such as the Cadbury Report), the relationships with stakeholders, managers' personal values and leadership style seem to be also key elements of good corporate governance. Besides the appendixes, the book has nine chapters divided in two main parts. The first part (“Organizing for Effective Governance”) encompasses four chapters that set what the author considers the main attributes of corporate governance, whilst the second part is devoted to “Different Models of Corporate Governance,” in the five last chapters. After a brief overview of the Corporate Governance (hereafter CG) genesis in the United Kingdom, Chapter 1 emphasizes the need to integrate different stakeholders in the analysis. The main stakeholders identified—i.e. shareholders, the board of directors, customers, employees, suppliers, community and the government—are cautiously introduced as the “interplay of these stakeholders is the theme of this book” (p. 6). The main dimensions of CG are then presented. Chapter 2 discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the distinct approaches CG models may have, such as rules-based models (e.g., the Cadbury Report) vs. other more interacting models. In doing so, it exhibits the main features of different governance regimes (i.e. United States of America, Japan, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and China). A micro perspective then emphasizes the main functions (Finance, Communication, etc.) within a company that concern CG and the role they may play within CG. Chapter 3 focuses on leadership, an attribute that should be taken with attention when considering effective CG. It proposes a typology of five leadership styles, i.e., heroic, crisis, collegiate, servant, and transformational, and how these styles may impact CG. The 333 Book reviews