This book investigates how transnational forces and global political dynamics shape the regulation of corporate governance across national borders. The authors, Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, Henk W. Overbeek, and Andreas Nölke, utilize a critical political economy framework to analyze the shift from state-centric regulation to transnational governance regimes. They argue that corporate governance is not merely a technical matter of firm management but a site of intense political contestation involving global capital, institutional actors, and shifting power structures.

Experts in international political economy recognize this text as a significant contribution to the study of transnational regulatory processes. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the rigorous application of critical theory to contemporary economic governance.