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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462461003321

Autore

Milhaupt Curtis J

Titolo

Global Markets, Domestic Institutions [[electronic resource] ] : Corporate Law and Governance in a New Era of Cross-Border Deals

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (579 p.)

Disciplina

346.0664

346/.0664

Soggetti

Corporate governance - Law and legislation

Corporate governance

Corporate law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: The Dynamic Tension in Corporate Governance; PART I Fiduciary Duties and Corporate Governance; 1. Controlling Corporate Self-Dealing: Convergence or Path-Dependency?; 2. On the Export of U.S.-Style Corporate Fiduciary Duties to Other Cultures: Can a Transplant Take?; 3. Fiduciary Duty in Transitional Civil Law Jurisdictions; 4. What Corporate Law Cannot Do; PART II Convergence and Reform, Europe and Asia; 5. Regulation and Globalization (Americanization) of Executive Pay

6. Corporate Governance, Employees, and the Focus on Core Competencies in France and Germany 7. Convergence on Shareholder Capitalism: An Internationalist Perspective; 8. Off the Books, but on the Record: Evidence from Italy on the Relevance of Judges to the Quality of Corporate Law; 9. Institutional Change and M&A in Japan: Diversity Through Deals; 10 Financial Malaise and the Myth of the Misgoverned Bank; 11. Revamping Fiduciary Duties in Korea: Does Law Matter to Corporate Governance?; 12. Global Markets and Parochial Institutions: The Transformation of Taiwan's Corporate Law System

PART III Globalization and the Capital Markets 13. The Impact of Cross-Listings and Stock Market Competition on International Corporate



Governance; 14. Coming to America? Venture Capital, Corporate Identity, and U.S. Securities Law; 15. Engineering a Venture Capital Market: Replicating the U.S. Template; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Markets for capital, products, and managerial talent are expanding rapidly across national borders, yet domestic laws and practices have never had greater impact on corporate structures and cross-border deals. Investors pursuing high returns and diversification, entrepreneurs seeking capital, and managers endeavoring to restructure troubled enterprises now routinely face transaction counter-parties who operate within different legal and political systems, and who rank social priorities quite differently.This dynamic tension between global markets and domestic institutions