IPE Libraray Catalogue Hyderabad

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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