A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Directors in Corporate Governance
Author: Josephine Nabisinja
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 122
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Author: Josephine Nabisinja
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 122
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Afra Afsharipour
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2021-06-25
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 1788975332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis research handbook provides a state-of-the-art perspective on how corporate governance differs between countries around the world. It covers highly topical issues including corporate purpose, corporate social responsibility and shareholder activism.
Author: Paul Davies
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2013-11-28
Total Pages: 3778
ISBN-13: 0191015261
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCorporate boards play a central role in corporate governance and are thus regulated in the corporate law and corporate governance codes of all industrialized countries. Yet while there is a common core of rules on the boards considerable differences remain. These differences depend partly on shareholder structure, partly on historical, political and social developments and especially employee representation on the board. More recently, in particular with the rise of the international corporate governance code movement, there is a clear tendency towards convergence, at least in terms of the formal provisions of the codes. This book analyses the corporate boards, their regulation in law and codes and their actual functioning in ten European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom). It offers the most up to date practical and analytical information on boards in Europe by leading company law experts. The issues addressed include: board structure, composition and functioning (one tier v. two tier, independent directors, expertise and diversity, separating the chair and the CEO functions, information streams, committees, voting and employee representation); enforcement by liability rules (in particular conflicts of interest), incentive structures (remuneration) and shareholder activism.
Author: Lasha Tsertsvadze
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9789941105784
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Klaus J. Hopt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 1304
ISBN-13: 9780198268888
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book goes back to a symposium held at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private and Private International Law in Hamburg on May 15-17 1997"--P. [v].
Author: Jean Jacques du Plessis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-04-28
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1351795996
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation -- List of tables -- About the editors and authors -- Preface -- 1 Analyses, perspectives and jurisdictional overview -- 2 The United Kingdom -- 3 Australia -- 4 South Africa -- 5 The United States -- 6 Germany -- Index
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gregory Francesco Maassen
Publisher: Gregory Maassen
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9090125914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Wenge Wang
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Published: 2014
Total Pages: 286
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKConventional wisdom holds that independent directors can improve corporate governance in publicly traded corporations. This author argues that independent directors may play an important role in improving corporate governance in theory but not in reality and the inefficiency of independent directors lends no benefit to sound corporate governance no matter what kind of corporate governance model is adopted, either the Anglo-American unitary model or the Chinese hybrid model. Thus, to evaluate the role of independent directors in corporate governance is the subject of this PhD project. The purpose is to find out whether a sound system of independent directors, especially in the case of Chinese practice, will lead to good corporate governance. Evaluation is carried out by way of a combined research methodology of a comparative study in corporate law between the US, New Zealand and China, where independent directors are in place in publicly traded corporations, and a meta-empirical study in corporate governance with focus on independent directors and corporate performance in Chinese listed companies. The comparative study in corporate law conducted by this research has examined the role of independent directors in corporate governance in the United States, New Zealand and China, which investigates not only the evolution and development of corporate governance and independent directors but also ownership structure, the board of directors, board independence and the supervisory board in connection with the role of independent directors in corporate governance in the targeted jurisdictions. The meta-empirical study reviews and generalizes the existing empirical evidence on the relationship between independent directors and corporate performance in Chinese listed companies. The main finding presented in this research reveals that the transplantation of independent directors from the unitary board model in corporate America into the two-tier board model in corporate China is a misfit in the form of the hybrid board model in China. This suggests that there is a need to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the monitoring role of independent directors in corporate governance in Chinese listed companies, bearing in mind the fact that independent directors are a given in the current corporate governance system in China.
Author: Hans-Christoph Hirt
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9783039100583
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe power to control litigation in the company's name is normally vested in the board of directors. This gives rise to a conflict of interest whenever some or all of the directors breach their duties. In such a situation, the board's decision whether or not to litigate is potentially tainted because the wrongdoers are part of the decision-making process. The board as a whole is therefore an unsuitable decision-making body and the following question arises: who should decide whether it is in the company's interest to initiate litigation against the alleged wrongdoers? There are a number of different persons and bodies in which the decision-making power could be vested. The British approach is the reversion of management power to the shareholders in general meeting and, in certain restricted situations, the availability of the derivative action brought by a shareholder on behalf of the company. Both mechanisms give rise to significant difficulties. This book begins by explaining the board's conflict of interest, sets out a theoretical framework of legal strategies that cover the whole range of approaches to deal with it and analyses their strengths and weaknesses. The analysis consists of an assessment and comparison of four models of the enforcement of directors' duties, which are based on the current law and reform proposals in Britain and Germany. Particular reference is made to recent case law and its practical implications.