Shareholder-Driven Corporate Governance
Shareholder-Driven Corporate Governance

Author: Anita Anand

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0190096535

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"This is a book about the ways in which capital markets have come to be shaped by the ubiquity of sophisticated investors. In particular, the majority of today's investors have the economic might and technical capacity to play a role in the decision-making of the corporations in which they invest. This brings with it a host of benefits, such as better corporate strategy and mechanisms to ameliorate the moral hazard that can exist when the people who bear the risk of corporate activity are different than those who make decisions. It also poses regulatory challenges, and a key element of this book is an examination of the ways in which our thinking about corporations and capital markets must change to reflect the prevalence of sophisticated shareholders"--

Shareholder-driven Corporate Governance
Shareholder-driven Corporate Governance

Author: Anita Anand

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780190096564

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This is a text about the ways in which capital markets have come to be shaped by the ubiquity of sophisticated investors. In particular, many of today's investors have the economic might & technical capacity to play a role in the decision-making of the corporations in which they invest. This phenomenon brings with it a host of benefits, such as mechanisms to ameliorate the moral hazard that can exist when the people who bear the risk of corporate activity are different from those who make decisions. A key element of this work is an examination of the ways in which thinking about corporations & capital markets must change to reflect the prevalence of sophisticated shareholders. The book develops a concept - shareholder-driven corporate governance - to explain the role of powerful shareholders & to propose a regulatory scheme that furthers their participation in corporate decision-making.

U.S. Corporate Governance
U.S. Corporate Governance

Author: Donald H. Chew

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2009-08-25

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780231519984

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Corporate governance constitutes the internal and external institutions, markets, policies, and processes designed to help companies maximize their efficiency and value. In this collection of classic and current articles from the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, thought leaders such as Michael Jensen and Robert Monks discuss the corporate mission of value maximization and the accomplishments and limitations of the U.S. governance system in achieving that end. Essays address the elements driving corporate value: the board of directors, compensation for CEOs and other employees, incentives and organizational structure, external ownership and control, role of markets, and financial reporting. They evaluate best practice methods, challenges in designing equity plans, transferable stock options, the controversy over executive compensation, the values of decentralization, identifying and attracting the "right" investors, the evolution of shareholder activism, creating value through mergers and acquisitions, and the benefits of just saying no to Wall Street's "earnings game." Grounded in solid research and practice, U.S. Corporate Governance is a crucial companion for navigating the world of modern finance.

Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance
Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance

Author: Shuangge Wen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1136019847

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Rising defaults in the financial market in 2007, the current widespread economic recession and debt crisis have added impetus to existing doubts about companies’ governance, and cast new light on future trends in shareholder-oriented corporate practice. Taking account of these developments in the field and realising the current need for changes in governance, this book offers a thorough exploration of the origins, recent changes and future development of the corporate objective—shareholder primacy. Legal and theoretical aspects are examined so as to provide a comprehensive and critical account of the practices reflecting shareholder primacy in the UK. In the wake of the financial crisis, this book investigates the direction of future policy, with particular attention to changes in governing rules and regulations and their implications for preserving the objective of shareholder primacy. It examines current UK and EU reform proposals calling for long-term and socially-responsible corporate performance, and the potential friction between proposed legal changes and commercial practices. This book will be useful to researchers and students of company law, and business and management studies.

Global Corporate Governance
Global Corporate Governance

Author: Donald H. Chew

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2009-08-24

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 0231519974

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Effective corporate governance, or the set of controls and incentives that drive top management, originates both outside and inside the firm and assures investors who hope to commit their capital. Essential when buying stocks in one's own country, effective corporate governance is even more important abroad, where information can be less reliable and investor influence (or protection) more limited. In this collection of articles from the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, more than thirty leading scholars and practitioners discuss the possibilities and limitations of global corporate finance and governance systems, whether in Europe and North America or in the emerging markets of Israel, India, Korea, and South Africa. Essays discuss the political roots of American corporate finance; the structural and financial variations between international corporations; control premiums and the effectiveness of corporate governance systems; debt, folklore, and cross-country differences in financial structures; the driving forces behind the East Asian Financial Crisis of 1997; corporate ownership and control in India, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom; financial and economic lessons of Italy's privatization program; changes in Korean corporate governance; sovereign wealth funds; and the new organization of Canadian business trusts. A special roundtable discussion addresses shareholder activism in the U.K.

Research Handbook on Shareholder Power
Research Handbook on Shareholder Power

Author: Jennifer G. Hill

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2015-07-31

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 1782546855

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Much of the history of corporate law has concerned itself not with shareholder power, but rather with its absence. Recent shifts in capital market structure require a reassessment of the role and power of shareholders. These original, specially commiss

Shareholder Empowerment
Shareholder Empowerment

Author: Maria Goranova

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-12-27

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1137373938

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In this volume, leading management experts offer critical insights into the promises and illusions of shareholder empowerment, the discrepancies between theory and practice, and the challenges posed by variations in global corporate governance regimes.

Driven to the Brink
Driven to the Brink

Author: Alicia Micklethwait

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-03-14

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 113759053X

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Driven to the Brink is a collection of short stories about corporate disasters and how inadequate governance and flawed culture caused a massive destruction of shareholder value. Look at any major corporate meltdown and two factors emerge: a failure of corporate governance and a culture where short-termism and greed are rewarded and risk is encouraged to flourish unchecked. Two years before the latest crash, Alicia Micklethwait co-wrote the best-selling Greed and Corporate Failure which examined some of the high profile corporate disasters of the early years of the 21st century. Sadly those lessons were forgotten. Companies have continued to be Driven to the Brink of disaster. Now, with co-author Patty Dimond, they examine what we must learn this time around. Drawing on in-depth case studies of the Libor scandal, Olympus, Co-op, Kids Company and others, Dimond and Micklethwait ask what have we learned and more importantly, what can we do to prevent these disasters from happening again? They also examine the large, emerging and less widely understood world of Corporate China with detailed discussion of the Lixel and Glaxo frauds. On a positive note, staying with China, they look at the story of Alibaba and ask is an ethical culture enough to protect shareholder rights?

The Nature of Corporate Governance
The Nature of Corporate Governance

Author: Janet Dine

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1781006121

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This book presents a thoughtful inquiry into the nature and rationale of corporate governance. The authors address fundamental questions including; What is the balance between ownership and control?; For whose interests should the company be run?; What is the institutional balance between shareholders, directors and other potential stakeholders, including the economy? Professor Dine and Dr Koutsias consider how these issues are dealt with by the jurisprudence of three major and greatly influential jurisdictions; the USA, the UK, and Germany, and also reflect on why and how the current corporate governance context in some states is defined by social, political and historical developments. The authors argue that corporate governance is crucial for the identity of each country. What is revealed in the work is that when national corporate governance is thriving it allows space for democracy to flourish. Corporate governance scholars, policy makers, LLM and LLB students of company law and corporate governance, NGOs involving issues of inequality, poverty and democracy will find this important book an insightful resource.