Governance and Ownership
Governance and Ownership

Author: Robert Watson

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 584

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This innovative collection brings together key papers which examine the motivations and interests of ownership groups, the processes of corporate decision making, and the consequences of particular governance arrangements for other corporate stakeholders. The careful selection of articles reflects the wide range of research methods used to study the complex inter-relationships involved. Part I considers the diversity of forms of corporate ownership. The following parts examine in detail the relationships between ownership structures and the various aspects of corporate governance. This insightful volume will be of interest to students, researchers and practitioners alike. 20 articles, dating from 1994 to 2001

The Control of Corporate Europe
The Control of Corporate Europe

Author: Fabrizio Barca

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2001-11-15

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0191530050

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Written by an international team of authors, this book provides the first systematic account of the control of corporate Europe based on voting block data disclosed in accordance with the European Union's Large Holdings Directive (88/627/EEC). The study provides detailed information on the voting control of companies listed on the official markets in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and, as a benchmark comparison, the United States. The authors record a high concentration of control of corporations in many European countries with single blockholders frequently controlling more than fifty per cent of corporate votes. In contrast, a majority of UK listed companies have no blockholder owning more than ten per cent of shares, and a majority of US listed companies have no blockholder with more than six per cent of shares. Those chapters devoted to individual countries illustrate how blockholders can use legal devices to leverage their voting power over their cash-flow rights, or how incumbents prevent outsiders from gaining voting control. It is shown that the cultural and linguistic diversity of Europe is (almost) matched by its variety of corporate control arrangements.

Governance and Expropriation
Governance and Expropriation

Author: Larry H. P. Lang

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 504

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Corporate groups outside the US are often controlled by a complex of ownership links, which typically form a pyramidical structure. The usual practice of expropriation in such groups is to pass bad assets to companies down the pyramid and to pass the proceeds up the pyramid via internal transactions.

Handbook of Business Communication
Handbook of Business Communication

Author: Gerlinde Mautner

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-07-24

Total Pages: 712

ISBN-13: 1614514860

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In spite of the day-to-day relevance of business communication, it remains underrepresented in standard handbooks and textbooks on applied linguistics. The present volume introduces readers to a wide variety of linguistic studies of business communication, ranging from traditional LSP approaches to contemporary discourse-based work, and from the micro-level of lexical choice to macro-level questions of language policy and culture.

Corporate Governance and Globalization
Corporate Governance and Globalization

Author: Thomas Clarke

Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited

Published: 2006-10-27

Total Pages: 464

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Compiled by a leading authority on Corporate Governance, this three volume set covers the major controversies in the field. Coherently presenting the arguments through bench mark articles and cutting edge papers, this collection is the first of its kind to draw together the work of leading academic writers. It launches a critical inter-disciplinary theoretical and policy investigation into the dimensions and significance of the globalization of corporate governance.

Corporate Ownership Around the World
Corporate Ownership Around the World

Author: Rafael La Porta

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 68

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We present data on ownership structures of large corporations in 27 wealthy economies, making an effort to identify ultimate controlling shareholders of these firms. We find that, except in economies with very good shareholder protection, relatively few of these firms are widely-held, in contrast to the Berle and Means image of ownership of the modern corporation. Rather, these firms are typically controlled by families or the State. Equity control by financial institutions or other widely-held corporations is less common. The controlling shareholders typically have the power over firms significantly in excess of their cash flow rights, primarily through the use of pyramids and participation in management. The results suggest that the principal agency problem in large corporations around the world is that of restricting expropriation of minority shareholders by the controlling shareholders, rather than that of restricting empire building by professional managers unaccountable to shareholders.