| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 561 pages) |
| Contents |
Part 1: Fiduciary duties and corporate governance -- Controlling corporate self-dealing: convergence or path-dependency? / Zohar Goshen -- On the export of U.S.-style corporate fiduciary duties to other cultures: can a transplant take? / Lynn A. Stout -- Fiduciary duty in transitional civil law jurisdictions: lessons from the incomplete law theory / Katharina Pistor and Chenggang Xu -- What corporate law cannot do / Mark J. Roe -- Part 2: Convergence and reform, Europe and Asia -- Regulation and the globalization (Americanization) of executive pay / Brian R. Cheffins and Randall S. Thomas -- Corporate governance, employees, and the focus on core competencies in France and Germany / Michel Goyer -- Convergence on shareholder capitalism: an internationalist perspective / Jeffrey N. Gordon -- Off the books, but on the record: evidence from Italy on the relevance of judges to the quality of corporate law / Luca Enriques -- Institutional change and M & A in Japan: diversity through deals / Curtis J. Milhaupt and Mark D. West -- Financial malaise and the myth of the misgoverned bank / Yoshiro Miwa and J. Mark Ramseyer -- Revamping fiduciary duties in Korea: does law matter to corporate governance? / Kon-Sik Kim and Joongi Kim -- Global markets and parochial institutions: the transformation of Taiwan's corporate law system / Lawrence S. Liu -- Part 3: Globalization and the capital markets: The impact of cross-listings and stock market competition on international corporate governance / John C. Coffee, Jr. -- Coming to America?: Venture capital, corporate identity, and U.S. securities law / Edward B. Rock -- Engineering a venture capital market: replicating the U.S. template / Ronald J. Gilson |
| Summary |
Markets for capital, products, and managerial talent are expanding rapidly across national borders, yet domestic laws and practices have never had greater impact on corporate structures and cross-border deals. Investors pursuing high returns and diversification, entrepreneurs seeking capital, and managers endeavoring to restructure troubled enterprises now routinely face transaction counter-parties who operate within different legal and political systems, and who rank social priorities quite differently. This dynamic tension between global markets and domestic institutions fue |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Corporate governance -- Law and legislation.
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Corporation law.
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Corporate governance.
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LAW -- Corporate.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Corporate governance
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Corporate governance -- Law and legislation
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Corporation law
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Milhaupt, Curtis J., 1962-
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| ISBN |
0231501765 |
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9780231501767 |
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