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Comparative corporate governance / (Record no. 23181)

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ISBN 9781788975322
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title English
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Classification number 346.0664
Item number COM
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Title Comparative corporate governance /
Statement of responsibility, etc etd. by Afra Afsharipour, Martin Gelter.
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Place of publication Cheltenham:
Name of publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Limited,
Year of publication 2021.
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Number of Pages xx, 518 pages ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
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Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Formatted contents note Contents:1 Introduction to comparative corporate governance 1Afra Afshar pour and Martin Gelter PART I PERENNIAL DEBATES IN COMPARATIVE CORPORATEGOVERNANCE2 Methods of comparative corporate governance 20Christopher M. Bruner 3 Corporate law and economic development 38Vikramaditya S. Khanna 4 The law and economics of comparative corporate law 56María Isabel Sáez Lacave and María Gutiérrez Urtiaga 5 Corporate purpose and short-termism 73Martin Petrin and Barnali Choudhury 6 Comparative and transnational developments in corporate social responsibility 92Cynthia A. Williams PART II THE BOARD: ITS DUTIES AND ITS FUNCTIONS7 The structure of the board of directors: boards and governancestrategies in the US, the UK and Germany 116Klaus J. Hopt and Patrick C. Leyens 8 Board composition: between independent directors, minorityrepresentatives and employee representatives 144Jean Jacques du Plessis 9 Diversity and the board of directors: a comparative perspective 179Darren Rosenblum 10 Board duties: the duty of loyalty and self-dealing 200Marco Corradi and Geneviève Helleringer 11 The duty of care and the business judgment rule: a case study in legaltransplants and local narratives 220Carsten Gerner-Beuerle 12 Board duties: monitoring, risk management and compliance 242Virginia Harper Ho 13 Who decides executive pay? A comparative perspective 263Li-Wen Lin 14 Accounting and convergence in corporate governance: doctrinal oreconomic path dependence? 282Martin Gelter PART III SHAREHOLDERS15 Shareholder proposals shaking up shareholder say: a critical comparisonof the United States and Europe 302Sofie Cools 16 Controlling shareholders and their duties 324Gaia Balp and Marco Ventoruzzo 17 Minority shareholders’ rights, powers and duties: the market forcorporate influence 346Umakanth Varottil 18 Institutional investors, activist funds and ownership structure 368Assaf Hamdani and Sharon Hannes 19 Diversified enterprises with controlling shareholders: a theoreticalanalysis of risk-sharing, control/voting leverage, and tunneling 389Sang Yop Kang PART IV ENFORCEMENT20 Public versus private enforcement in corporate governance 412Pierre-Henri Conic 21 Direct and derivative shareholder suits: towards a functional and practical taxonomy 431Alan K Koh and Samantha S Tang PART V SPECIAL TOPICS: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS22 Corporate governance in negotiated takeovers: the changing comparative landscape 455Afra Afsharipour 23 Managing management buyouts: a US-UK comparative analysis 477Andrew F. TuchIndex
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Subject Corporate governance
Form subdivision Cross-cultural studies.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Subject Corporation law.
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Subject Corporate governance.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Subject Corporation law.
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Author 2/ Editor Afsharipour, Afra.
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Author 2/ Editor Gelter, Martin.
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