Governance Culture and Development [electronic resource]: A Different Perspective on Corporate Governance /
Meisel, Nicolas.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development : Development CentreContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2004.
Drawing notably on the experience of France, this book examines whether good corporate governance generates national growth.  It finds that it is a society's entire governance culture  -- corporate and public governance together rather than either of them alone --  is what matters.  The book shows that we must change the way we judge the quality of a country's institutions of governance, and proposes a striking new way to do so.   "A highly informative and insightful essay which has much to teach policy reformers in the developing world."  - Dani Rodrik, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.   "A brilliant exercise in comparative economic history.  The lessons of French reconstruction after World War II are of a critical importance to the policy makers of the emerging world today."  - Daniel Cohen, Professor, École Normale Supérieure and Columnist, Le Monde.  
Acknowledgements -- Preface by Louka T. Katseli -- Summary -- Chapter I. Corporate Governance and National Development -- Chapter II. Corporate Governance and the Interplay of Private Interests: Institutional Legacy on the Eve of the French Miracle -- Chapter III. The Trente Glorieuses: Emergence of a Governance Focal Monopoly -- Chapter IV. An Obsolete Governance Culture? -- Chapter V. Implications for Developing Countries -- Annex 1. On the Determinants of France's Post-War Growth Rates -- Annex 2. Focal Monopoly, Governance Culture and Game Theory -- Bibliography
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Drawing notably on the experience of France, this book examines whether good corporate governance generates national growth.  It finds that it is a society's entire governance culture  -- corporate and public governance together rather than either of them alone --  is what matters.  The book shows that we must change the way we judge the quality of a country's institutions of governance, and proposes a striking new way to do so.   "A highly informative and insightful essay which has much to teach policy reformers in the developing world."  - Dani Rodrik, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.   "A brilliant exercise in comparative economic history.  The lessons of French reconstruction after World War II are of a critical importance to the policy makers of the emerging world today."  - Daniel Cohen, Professor, École Normale Supérieure and Columnist, Le Monde.  
Corporate governance.
Development Centre Studies