Comparative corporate governance. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Afra Afsharipour, Martin Gelter.
• Editors: Afsharipour, Afra; Gelter, Martin
• Contents: Contents: 1 Introduction to comparative corporate governance 1 Afra Afsharipour and Martin Gelter PART I PERENNIAL DEBATES IN COMPARATIVE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 2 Methods of comparative corporate governance 20 Christopher M. Bruner 3 Corporate law and economic development 38 Vikramaditya S. Khanna 4 The law and economics of comparative corporate law 56 María Isabel Sáez Lacave and María Gutiérrez Urtiaga 5 Corporate purpose and short-termism 73 Martin Petrin and Barnali Choudhury 6 Comparative and transnational developments in corporate social responsibility 92 Cynthia A. Williams PART II THE BOARD: ITS DUTIES AND ITS FUNCTIONS 7 The structure of the board of directors: boards and governance strategies in the US, the UK and Germany 116 Klaus J. Hopt and Patrick C. Leyens 8 Board composition: between independent directors, minority representatives and employee representatives 144 Jean Jacques du Plessis 9 Diversity and the board of directors: a comparative perspective 179 Darren Rosenblum 10 Board duties: the duty of loyalty and self-dealing 200 Marco Corradi and Geneviève Helleringer 11 The duty of care and the business judgment rule: a case study in legal transplants and local narratives 220 Carsten Gerner-Beuerle 12 Board duties: monitoring, risk management and compliance 242 Virginia Harper Ho 13 Who decides executive pay? A comparative perspective 263 Li-Wen Lin 14 Accounting and convergence in corporate governance: doctrinal or economic path dependence? 282 Martin Gelter PART III SHAREHOLDERS 15 Shareholder proposals shaking up shareholder say: a critical comparison of the United States and Europe 302 Sofie Cools 16 Controlling shareholders and their duties 324 Gaia Balp and Marco Ventoruzzo 17 Minority shareholders' rights, powers and duties: the market for corporate influence 346 Umakanth Varottil 18 Institutional investors, activist funds and ownership structure 368 Assaf Hamdani and Sharon Hannes 19 Diversified enterprises with controlling shareholders: a theoretical analysis of risk-sharing, control/voting leverage, and tunneling 389 Sang Yop Kang PART IV ENFORCEMENT 20 Public versus private enforcement in corporate governance 412 Pierre-Henri Conac 21 Direct and derivative shareholder suits: towards a functional and practical taxonomy 431 Alan K Koh and Samantha S Tang PART V SPECIAL TOPICS: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 22 Corporate governance in negotiated takeovers: the changing comparative landscape 455 Afra Afsharipour 23 Managing management buyouts: a US-UK comparative analysis 477 Andrew F. Tuch Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 346.0664; Corporate governance -- Cross-cultural studies; Corporation law
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788975339
• Related ISBNs: 9781788975322
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