| Description |
xxxii, 376 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Corporate Governance Systems in the UK and Australia -- Ch. 2. The Growth of Institutional Share Ownership -- Ch. 3. The Participants in the UK -- Ch. 4. Areas of Involvement in the UK -- Ch. 5. Manner of Involvement in the UK -- Ch. 6. The Participants in Australia -- Ch. 7. Areas of Involvement in Australia -- Ch. 8. Manner of Involvement in Australia -- Ch. 9. The Desirability of Increased Institutional Monitoring -- Ch. 10. The Potential for Increased Institutional Monitoring, Without Legal Reform -- Ch. 11. Conclusion and Suggested Reforms -- Appendix A. Participants in UK Interview Study -- Appendix B. Questions Asked in UK Interview Study -- Appendix C. Participants in Australian Interview Study -- Appendix D. Questions Asked in Australian Interview Study -- Appendix E. Abbreviations in Chapters 3 and 5 -- Appendix F. Sources for Table 3.2 -- Appendix G. Abbreviations in Chapters 6 and 8 -- Appendix H. Sources for Table 6.2 -- Appendix I. Details of Study B -- Appendix J. Details of Study C -- Appendix K. Details of the Australian Study -- Appendix L. Long-Term Institutional Shareholdings |
| Summary |
"This book examines the role of institutional shareholders in corporate governance, which is the system by which companies are directed and controlled. This is a subject of great concern to public companies, their management, their shareholders and their employees. The recent concern about the effectiveness of corporate governance in a number of different countries has produced an outpouring of books and other publications including the Report of the Cadbury Committee in the UK. The unusual feature of this book is that it compares the system of corporate governance operating in Australia with that operating in the UK, while at the same time also looking carefully at US, German and Japanese experiences. The significance of the subject matter of this book lies in the fact that institutional investors collectively hold a very large proportion of the equity capital of the UK corporate sector and a sizeable proportion of the equity capital of the Australian equivalent. In addition domestic companies occupy an extremely significant position in the UK economy and a significant one in the Australian economy. How these companies are directed and controlled is of very great significance to the economies of these countries."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Corporate governance.
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Corporate governance -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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Corporate governance -- Australia.
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Corporations -- Investor relations -- Australia.
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Corporations -- Investor relations -- Great Britain.
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Corporations -- Investor relations.
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Institutional investments -- Australia.
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Institutional investments -- Great Britain.
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Corporate governance -- Great Britain.
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Institutional investments.
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| Author |
Stapledon, G. P. (Geof P.)
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| LC no. |
96000424 |
| ISBN |
0198260881 |
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