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Download or read book Concentrated Corporate Ownership written by Randall K. Morck and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standard economic models assume that many small investors own firms. This is so in most large U.S. firms, but wealthy individuals or families generally hold controlling blocks in smaller U.S. firms and in all firms in most other countries. Given this, the lack of theoretical and empirical work on tightly held firms is surprising. What corporate governance problems arise in tightly held firms? How do these differ from corporate governance problems in widely held firms? How do control blocks arise and how are they maintained? How does concentrated ownership affect economic growth? How should we regulate tightly held firms? Drawing together leading scholars from law, economics, and finance, this volume examines the economic and legal issues of concentrated ownership and their impact on a shifting global economy.
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Download or read book Institutional Approach to Global Corporate Governance written by J. Jay Choi and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains papers examining issues concerning the effects of national and international institutional factors on corporate governance and performance. This volume focuses on the relevance of national business systems alongside industrial and institutional infrastructure to assess the efficacy of corporate governance regimes.
Download or read book Corporate Governance Regimes written by Joseph McCahery and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an up-to-the-minute survey of the field of corporate governance, focusing particularly on issues of convergence and diversity. A number of topics are discussed including bankruptcy procedures, initial public offerings, the role of large stakes, comparative corporate governance, and institutional investors.
Download or read book Corporate Governance in Global Capital Markets written by Janis Sarra and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent failures of Enron, WorldCom, and other large publicly traded corporations have catapulted the issue of corporate governance onto the international stage. In this timely book, Janis Sarra draws together the work of legal scholars and practitioners from across North America to provide a comprehensive analysis of corporate governance issues in global capital markets. The contributors to this collection explore the theoretical underpinnings of corporate governance and provide concrete illustration of different models and their outcomes. While the perspectives of the authors sometimes differ, their common project is to explore different normative conceptions of the corporation in order to contribute to an analysis of global trends in corporate governance.
Download or read book Corporate Governance and Accountability written by Jill Solomon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-03-16 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Courses in corporate governance and corporate social responsibility are growing in number at universities in many countries. This textbook covers corporate governance for the UK market.
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