... GUEST EDITORIAL Corporate governance, accountability and mechanisms of accountability: an overview Niamh M. Brennan University College Dublin, Ireland, and Jill Solomon University of Cardiff, Wales, ... the interests of management and shareholders, and with mechanisms of accountability such as auditcommittees, internal audit and risk management as assurances of the quality of financial reporting. ... frontiers of context and global reach in corporate governance research.By exploring mechanisms of accountability and governance in mediaeval England,Jones (2008) extends the extant work in corporate...