Download or read book The Shareholder Action Guide written by Andrew Behar and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A valuable call to action for small shareholders to change the ways big corporations do business.” —Robert Reich, former US Secretary of Labor Want to make misbehaving corporations mend their ways? You can! If you own their stock, corporations have to listen to you. Shareholder advocate Andrew Behar explains how to exercise your proxy voting rights to weigh in on corporate policies—you only need a single share of stock to do it. If you've got just $2,000 in stock, Behar shows how you can go further and file a resolution to directly address the board of directors. And even if your investments are in a workplace-sponsored 401(k) or a mutual fund, you can work with your fund manager to purge corporations from your portfolio that don't align with your values. Illustrated with inspiring stories of individuals who have gone up against corporate Goliaths and won, this book informs, inspires, and instructs investors how to unleash their power to change the world.
Download or read book The Responsible Shareholder written by Bottomley, Stephen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the role of shareholders in modern companies, this timely book argues that more should be expected of shareholders, both morally and legally. It explores the privileged position of shareholders within the corporate law system and the unique rights and duties awarded to them in contrast to other corporate actors. Introducing the concept of shareholders as responsible agents whose actions and inactions should be judged on that basis, Stephen Bottomley unites a number of distinct corporate governance discussions including stewardship, activism and shareholder liability.
Download or read book Comparative Company Law written by Andreas Cahn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 1095 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents in-depth, comparative analyses of German, UK and US company laws illustrated by leading cases, with German cases in English translation.
Download or read book The Role of the Shareholder in the Corporate World written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Shareholder Rights Directive II written by Hanne S. Birkmose and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Commentary is the first comprehensive work to analyse the revised EU Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II). SRD II sets a new agenda for engaged shareholders and sustainable companies in the EU, sparking a wider debate on the adoption of duties in company and capital markets law. By providing a systematic and thorough framework for analysis, this Commentary evaluates the purpose and aims of SRD II and further enriches the debate on the usefulness of the EU’s drive to encourage long-term shareholder engagement.
Download or read book Shareholder Democracies written by Mark Freeman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And as they became more prevalent, the issue of internal governance became more pressing.
Download or read book Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder Rights written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication reviews provisions covering related party transactions and the protection of minority shareholder rights in 31 jurisdictions, both OECD and non-OECD. In addition, the regulatory and legal systems that have beeen developed in five jurisdictions are reviewed in detail.
Download or read book Minority Shareholders Protection written by S.H. Goo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-23 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a readable style, this book provides an account, and much-needed analysis, of minority shareholders rights and remedies under section 459 of the Companies Act 1985. In the study of minority shareholders rights, there has been a tendency to give inadequate attention to the remedies now available. This book take a new approach to the treatment of minority shareholders protection. Much of this book is devoted to a detailed study of the effectiveness of section 459 as a shareholders remedy. Commencing with an examination of the problems faced by a minority shareholder, the book goes on t.
Download or read book The Shareholder Rights and Activism Review written by Francis J. Aquila and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shareholder Rights written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Securities and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Convergence in Shareholder Law written by Mathias M. Siems and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-12-20 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the one hand, it can be argued that the increasing economic and political interdependence of countries has led to the convergence of national legal systems. On the other hand, advocates of the counterhypothesis maintain that this development is both unrealistic and unnecessary. Mathias M. Siems examines the company law of the UK, the USA, Germany, France, Japan and China to see how this issue affects shareholder law. The author subsequently analyses economic and political factors which may or may not lead to convergence, and assesses the extent of this development. Convergence of Shareholder Law not only provides a thorough comparative legal analysis but also shows how company law interconnects with political forces and economic development and helps in evaluating whether harmonisation and shareholder protection should be enhanced.
Download or read book Shareholders Rights and Obligations written by Marcel Willems and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shareholders are important stakeholders of companies. In recent times the position of shareholders has become more and more scrutinized, partly as a result of activist measures they have taken, sometimes resulting in the breaking up of large corporations. At the other hand of the spectrum we see minority shareholders being marginalised and even forced to transfer their shares.Questions that arise in these and similar situations are, amongst others: how can the management board of the company block what it deems destructive action by shareholders, but also: what can shareholders do in the event that the value of their shares decreases as a result of actions by management or third parties? As a result there are many relationships concerning companies in which shareholders play a role. The role of a shareholder may depend on the type of company, but also on the type of shareholder (activist vs. long term investor), the type of shares, and the articles of incorporation and shareholders agreements.This practical handbook provides an overview of these and other relevant legal issues concerning shareholders in some 25 of the most important business nations around the globe. It provides guidance to shareholders, directors, supervisory directors, general counsel and their attorneys to promote a better understanding of the rights, but also the obligations, of shareholders. Besides, this guide provides all those concerned with practical information on the relevant dispute resolution systems.
Download or read book The Shareholder Value Myth written by Lynn Stout and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the trouble with shareholder value thinking and at better options for models of corporate purpose. Executives, investors, and the business press routinely chant the mantra that corporations are required to “maximize shareholder value.” In this pathbreaking book, renowned corporate expert Lynn Stout debunks the myth that corporate law mandates shareholder primacy. Stout shows how shareholder value thinking endangers not only investors but the rest of us as well, leading managers to focus myopically on short-term earnings; discouraging investment and innovation; harming employees, customers, and communities; and causing companies to indulge in reckless, sociopathic, and irresponsible behaviors. And she looks at new models of corporate purpose that better serve the needs of investors, corporations, and society. “A must-read for managers, directors, and policymakers interested in getting America back in the business of creating real value for the long term.” —Constance E. Bagley, professor, Yale School of Management; president, Academy of Legal Studies in Business; and author of Managers and the Legal Environment and Winning Legally “A compelling call for radically changing the way business is done... The Shareholder Value Myth powerfully demonstrates both the dangers of the shareholder value rule and the falseness of its alleged legal necessity.” —Joel Bakan, professor, The University of British Columbia, and author of the book and film The Corporation “Lynn Stout has a keen mind, a sharp pen, and an unbending sense of fearlessness. Her book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the root causes of the current financial calamity.” —Jack Willoughby, senior editor, Barron’s “Lynn Stout offers a new vision of good corporate governance that serves investors, firms, and the American economy.” —Judy Samuelson, executive director, Business and Society Program, The Aspen Institute
Download or read book The Protection of Minority Shareholders under the new Company Law of the People s Republic of China written by Ludwig Hetzel and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-08-17 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Law - Civil / Private, Trade, Anti Trust Law, Business Law, grade: B+, Tsinghua University, language: English, abstract: The Company Law of the People’s Republic of China was revised in the year 2005. This paper analyses the protection of the minority shareholders under the new law.
Download or read book The Protection of Minority Shareholders Under the New Company Law of the People s Republic of China written by Ludwig Hetzel and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Law - Civil / Private / Trade / Anti Trust Law / Business Law, grade: B+, Tsinghua University, language: English, abstract: The Company Law of the People's Republic of China was revised in the year 2005. This paper analyses the protection of the minority shareholders under the new law.
Download or read book Oranburg s Corporate Law Compendium written by Seth C. Oranburg and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oranburg's Corporate Law Compendium: Stockholder Rights helps students learn the doctrine and practice of stockholder rights and their effectuation. It is designed to accompany graduate-level coursework in corporate law. This compendium has three modules corresponding with the primary stockholder rights: voting rights, suing management, and selling shares. Module One deals with corporate governance as it relates to stockholder voting rights. This includes the basics of stockholder voting, stockholder voting rights in fundamental transactions, stockholder rights to initiate corporate action, board responses to stockholder initiatives, stockholder information rights, and public stockholder activism. Module Two deals with the fiduciary duties that directors and officers owe to stockholders and stockholders' rights to sue to when these duties are breached. This includes director's substantive duties of care, oversight, and loyalty, and the procedural effectuation of those duties through stockholder direct and derivative litigation. These triumvirate duties make directors liable to the corporation or its stockholders when the board does not act with sufficient process, where it fail to set up compliance monitoring system, or where directors have a conflict of interest. While director liability is limited by the business judgment rule, exculpation, indemnification, and insurance, stockholders can sue or cause the corporation to sue directors for violation of these duties in direct or derivative actions.Module three deals with stock markets and the rights of stockholder to sell their shares. This includes a basic overview of securities regulations, securities markets, securities fraud, and insider trading. While this module is mainly about public stock markets, it also alludes to private stock transaction.This compendium assumes that students have developed a basic working knowledge of corporations through other coursework, such as the classes I teach on Corporations & Society and Corporations & Entrepreneurship. I recommend learning those basics before attempting to tackle the information in this class. Additionally, I recommend that students who want to round out their understanding of business associations should also learn about Agency & Authority and Piercing the Corporate Veil, which I also teach in other courses.Students who have masted the basics of corporations and understand stockholder rights as covered in this course will be prepared for advanced coursework in securities regulation, venture capital financial, mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, business planning, and other related topics.I hope that this compendium helps you enjoy learning about corporate law!
Download or read book Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder Rights written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-18 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication reviews provisions covering related party transactions and the protection of minority shareholder rights in 31 jurisdictions, both OECD and non-OECD. In addition, the regulatory and legal systems that have beeen developed in five jurisdictions are reviewed in detail.
