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1 online resource |
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Cases in Point -- 1. -- 2. -- 3. -- 4. -- 5. -- Notes -- Introduction -- How to Use this Book -- How to Use This Book -- 1. : What is a Corporation -- Defining the Corporate Structure, Purpose, and Powers -- Evolution of the Corporate Structure -- The Purpose of a Corporation -- Metaphor 1: The Corporation as a "person" -- Metaphor 2: The Corporation as a Complex Adaptive System -- Are Corporate Decisions "Moral" -- Are Corporations Accountable |
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Three Key External Mechanisms for Directing Corporate Behavior: Law, The Market, and Performance MeasurementWhat does "Within the Limits of the Law" Mean -- A Market Test: Measuring Performance -- Equilibrium: The Cadbury Paradigm -- Esg: Environment, Social Governance -- A New Way to Analyze Investment Risk and Value -- Quantifying Nontraditional Assets and Liabilities -- Future Directions -- Summary and Discussion Questions -- Notes -- 2. : Shareholders: Ownership -- Definitions -- Early Concepts of Ownership -- EARLY CONCEPTS OF THE CORPORATION -- A Dual Heritage: Individual and Corporate "RIGHTS." |
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The Reinvention Of The Corporation: Eastern Europe In The 1990SThe Evolution Of The American Corporation -- The Essential Elements Of The Corporate Structure -- The Mechanics Of Shareholder Rights -- The Separation Of Ownership And Control, Part 1: Berle and Means -- Fractionated Ownership -- The Separation of Ownership and Control, Part 2: The Takeover ERA -- Waking The Sleeping Giant -- A Framework For Shareholder Monitoring and Response -- Ownership and Responsibility -- No Innocent Shareholder -- To Sell Or Not To Sell: The Prisoner's Dilemma -- Who The Institutional Investors Are |
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The Biggest Pool Of Money In The WorldPublic Pension Funds -- Private Pension Funds -- The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Shareholder Proxy Proposals on Governance Issues -- Focus on The Board -- Hedge Funds -- Synthesis: Hermes -- Investing in Activism -- New Models and New Paradigms -- The "Ideal Owner" -- Pension Funds as "Ideal Owners" -- Is the "Ideal Owner" Enough -- Summary and Discussion Questions -- Notes -- 3. : Directors: Monitoring -- A Brief History of Anglo-American Boards -- Who are They -- Who Leads the Board Splitting the Chairman and Ceo and the Rise of the Lead Director -- Diversity -- Meetings |
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Communicating with ShareholdersSpecial Obligations of Audit Committees -- Ownership/Compensation -- Post-Sarbanes-oxley Changes -- Board Duties: The Legal Framework -- The Board's Agenda -- The Evolution of Board Responsibilities: The Takeover Era -- The Fiduciary Standard and the Delaware Factor -- The Director's Role in Crisis -- Limits and Obstacles to Board Oversight of Managers -- Information Flow -- Practical Limits: Time and Money -- The Years of Corporate Scandals -- Boards Begin to Ask for More -- Director Information Checklist -- Who Runs the Board -- Catch 22: The Ex-CEO as Director -- Director Resignation |
| Summary |
In the wake of the recent global financial collapse the timely new edition of this successful text provides students and business professionals with a welcome update of the key issues facing managers, boards of directors, investors, and shareholders. In addition to its authoritative overview of the history, the myth and the reality of corporate governance, this new edition has been updated to include:analysis of the financial crisis;the reasons for the global scale of the recessionthe failure of international risk managementAn overview of corporate governance guidelines and codes of practice;n |
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Title from title screen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Corporate governance -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate Governance.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Leadership.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
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Business and Management.
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Corporate governance
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Corporate Governance
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Corporate governance -- USA.
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Minow, Nell, 1952-
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| ISBN |
9780470972731 |
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0470972734 |
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9780470972748 |
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0470972742 |
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9781119977735 |
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1119977738 |
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0470972599 |
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9780470972595 |
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9781283804004 |
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128380400X |
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