The new corporate governance in theory and practice /

"Forty years ago, almost all power in any given corporation was wielded by senior managers while shareholders were essentially powerless and the board of directors provided an occasional rubber stamp. The Enron scandal and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are now emblematic of how corporate power has mor...

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Main Author: Bainbridge, Stephen M
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008
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Table of Contents:
  • The means and ends of corporate governance
  • Why a board?
  • Director primacy in the courts
  • The shift from managerialism to director primacy
  • The future of corporate governance : director or shareholder primacy