Shareholder Empowerment [electronic resource] : A New Era in Corporate Governance /
Goranova, Maria.editor.
Ryan, Lori Verstegen.editor.
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.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Shareholder Empowerment: An Introduction; Part I Shareholder Empowerment: Promises and Illusions; Chapter 2 Combining Financial and Psychological Insights for a New Typology of Ownership; Chapter 3 Is Shareholder Empowerment a "Good Thing"?; Chapter 4 Shareholder Democracy as a Misbegotten Metaphor; Chapter 5 "Agents without Principals" Revisited: ; Chapter 6 Boards and Shareholders: Bridging the Divide; Chapter 7 The Twilight of the Berle and Means Corporation*
Part II Shareholder Diversity and Global EmpowermentChapter 8 Managerialism versus Shareholderism: ; Chapter 9 Religious Organizations as Shareholders: Salience and Empowerment*; Chapter 10 Angel Investors: Early Firm Owners; Chapter 11 Privatization and Principal-Principal Conflicts in Transition Economies; Chapter 12 Institutional Change and Ownership Patterns in Italy; Chapter 13 Local Repairs in Light of Global Ideals: Corporate Governance Reforms and Firm Ownership around the World; Notes on Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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