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Keeping better company : corporate governance ten years on /
Table of Contents: “…; Market Changes in the Five Countries; 2 GERMANY; Introduction; Background; Board structure; Shareholders; The Market; The Banks; The Basic Principles; The Developing Scene; Annex 2: The German Corporate Governance Code; 3 JAPAN; Introduction; The Law; Companies: The Japanese Universe; Shareholders; Japanese Companies: The Top Command; The Board of Directors; Annual General Meetings…”
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Capital Adequacy Beyond Basel : Banking, Securities, and Insurance.
Table of Contents: “…Capital regulation for position risk in banks, securities firms, and insurance companies -- Capital adequacy in insurance and reinsurance -- Consolidated capital regulation for financial conglomerates -- Using a mandatory subordinated debt issuance requirement to set regulatory capital requirements for bank credit risks -- No pain, no gain? …”
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The German financial system /
Table of Contents: “…Schmidt, Marcel Tyrell -- German banks and banking structure / Andreas Hackethal -- Institutional investors in Germany : insurance companies and investment funds / Raimond Maurer -- Organized equity markets / Erik Theissen -- Monetary policy transmission and the financial system in Germany / Andreas Worms -- Universal banks and relationships with firms / Ralf Elsas, Jan Pieter Krahnen -- Initial public offerings and venture capital in Germany / Stefanie Franzke, Stefanie Grohs, Christian Laux -- Mergers and acquisitions in Germany : social setting and regulatory framework / Frank A. …”
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Corporate governance : what can be learned from Japan? /
Table of Contents: “…A review of corporate governance ideas -- Current views of Japanese corporate governance -- Carrying out the research -- Japanese companies and their shareholders -- THe company-main bank relationship -- A community of employees -- Japanese directors : elders of the corporate community -- What can be learned?…”
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John Law : economic theorist and policy-maker /
Table of Contents: “…The Establishment of the General Bank -- 12. The Establishment of the Company of the West -- 13. …”
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The rise of mutual funds : an insider's view /
Table of Contents: “…Beginning the foundation -- Completing the foundation : the Investment Company Act -- Early development -- Responding to the bear market : money market funds -- Other responses to the bear market -- The revolution in retirement plans -- Reentry of securities firms and banks -- Responding to fund growth : calls for new types of regulation -- Modernizing SEC regulation -- Updating other regulation -- The trading scandals -- The 2008 meltdown -- Work of a trade association -- Looking back, and ahead.…”
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Principles of corporate finance law /
Table of Contents: “…Distinctive Features of the Company Limited by Shares -- Separate legal personality -- Piercing the veil of incorporation -- Limited liability -- Promotion of entrepreneurial activity -- Passive investment -- Portfolio diversification -- Transferability of shares -- Tort liabilities -- The Corporate Group -- The recognition of corporate groups in company law -- The definition of the corporate group for accounting purposes -- The definition of the corporate group for other purposes -- Substantive company law and the corporate group: a general overview…”
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The language of perjury cases /
Table of Contents: “…Perjury charges for a shipping company executive ; perjury charges for another shipping company executive -- pt. 4. …”
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The rise of mutual funds : an insider's view /
Table of Contents: “…Introduction; 1 Beginning the Foundation; 2 Completing the Foundation: The Investment Company Act; 3 Early Development; 4 Responding to the Bear Market: Money Market Funds; 5 Other Responses to the Bear Market; 6 The Revolution in Retirement Plans; 7 Reentry of Securities Firms and Banks; 8 Responding to Fund Growth: Calls for New Types of Regulation; 9 Modernizing SEC Regulation; 10 Updating Other Regulation; 11 The Trading Scandals; 12 Work of a Trade Association; 13 Looking Back and Ahead; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V…”
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Fighting over words : language and civil law cases /
Table of Contents: “…Continental Casualty Company -- Exclusive marketing services: Matrixx v. …”
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Forging Nations : Currency, Power, and Nationality in Britain and Ireland Since 1603 /
Table of Contents: “…Storms from the South: Scotland's Money and England's Revolution -- A Failed Revolution? Bank of Scotland and the Company of Scotland -- Exporting Revolution? …”
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The Japanese firm : the sources of competitive strength /
Table of Contents: “…Cole -- Training, productivity, and quality control in Japanese multinational companies / Mari Sako -- Co-ordination between production and distribution in a globalizing network of firms: assessing flexibility achieved in the Japanese automobile industry / Banri Asanuma -- The evolution of Japan's industrial research and development / D. …”
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Executive remuneration and employee performance-related pay : a transatlantic perspective /
Table of Contents: “…2.2 Executive Compensation in Europe (versus the United States)2.3 The Transatlantic Pay Divide -- 2.4 Equity-Based Incentives for European CEOs -- 3. Banking Bonuses and the Financial Crisis -- 3.1 The US Experience -- 3.2 The European Experience -- 3.3 How Incentive Pay Can Increase Risk (and How to Fix it) -- 3.4 Did Banking Bonuses Cause the Financial Crisis? …”
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Private law in the external relations of the EU /
Table of Contents: “…/ Stephanie Francq -- The external dimension of private international family law / Etienne Pataut -- The external reach of EU private law in the light of L'Oreal versus eBay and Google and Google Spain / Nilo Jaaskinen and Angela Ward -- Do EU contract and company law have global reach? / Stefan Grundmann -- International banking standards, private law, and the European Union / Jan Wouters and Jed Odermatt -- The EU in the transnational financial regulatory arena : the case of IOSCO / Antonio Marcacci -- The external dimension of EU consumer law / Jules Stuyck and Mateja Durovic -- EU regulatory private law in the energy community : the synergy between the CEER and the ECRB in facilitating customer protection / Anna-Alexandra Marhold -- Non-measurable negotiations : the EU between transnational regulation of pharmaceuticals and private law / Marco Rizzi.…”
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The emergence of routines : entrepreneurship, organization, and business history /
Table of Contents: “…Russell and Lee Vinsel -- Ford Motor Company's lost chapter : purchasing routine and the advent of mass production / Damon Yarnell -- Heuristics, specifications, and routines in building long-span railway bridges on the western rivers, 1865-80 / John K. …”
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Regulating energy and natural resources /
Table of Contents: “…Omorogbe -- Sustainable energy development in Latin America and donor driven reform : what will the World Bank do? / Lila K. Barrera-Hernández -- International soft law and globalization / Catherine Redgwell -- Contemporary United States energy regulation / John Gulliver and Donald N. …”
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